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(Writing Task 1 – Process)
Exercise 1: Life cycle of the honey bee
The diagram shows the life cycle of the honey bee.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
making comparisons where relevant.
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Sample essay
The diagram illustrates the various stages in the life of a honey bee. We can see that the complete life
cycle lasts between 34 and 36 days.
It is also noticeable that there are five main stages in the development of the honey bee, from egg to
mature adult insect.
The life cycle of the honey bee begins when the female adult lays an egg; the female typically lays
one or two eggs every 3 days. Between 9 and 10 days later, each egg hatches and the immature insect,
or nymph, appears.
During the third stage of the life cycle, the nymph grows in size and sheds its skin three times. This
moulting first takes place 5 days after the egg hatches, then 7 days later, and again another 9 days
later. After a total of 30 to 31 days from the start of the cycle, the young adult honey bee emerges
from its final moulting stage, and in the space of only 4 days it reaches full maturity.
(169 words, band 9)
Useful language
● Stages (n): các giai đoạn
● During the third stage of life cycle: Trong giai đoạn thứ 3 của vòng đời
● After a total of 30 to 31 days from the start of the cycle: Sau tổng cộng 30 đến 31 ngày
kể từ khi bắt đầu vòng đời
● Reach full maturity: đi đến mức hoàn toàn trưởng thành
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Exercise 2: Solar panels
The diagram below shows how solar panels can be used to provide
electricity for domestic use.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
making comparisons where relevant.
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Sample essay
The picture illustrates the process of producing electricity in a home using solar panels.
It is clear that there are five distinct stages in this process, beginning with the capture of energy
from sunlight. The final two steps show how domestic electricity is connected to the external power
supply.
At the first stage in the process, solar panels on the roof of a normal house take energy from the sun
and convert it into DC current. Next, this current is passed to an inverter, which changes it to AC
current and regulates the supply of electricity. At stage three, electricity is supplied to the home from
an electrical panel.
At the fourth step shown on the diagram, a utility meter in the home is responsible for sending any
extra electric power outside the house into the grid. Finally, if the solar panels do not provide enough
energy for the household, electricity will flow from the utility grid into the home through the meter.
Useful languages
● Five distinct stages in this process: 5 giai đoạn rõ rang trong quá trình
● At the first stage: trong giai đoạn đầu tiên
● This current is passed to an inverter: dòng điện này được chuyển sang máy đổi điện
● At the fourth step: Trong bước thứ 4
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Exercise 3: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The diagram below shows how the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
collects up-to-the-minute information on the weather in order to produce
reliable forecasts.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
making comparisons where relevant.
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Exercise 4: Liquid chocolate
The process diagram details the steps by which liquid chocolate is
produced from cocoa beans.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
making comparisons where relevant.
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Exercise 5: Recycling aluminum drinks cans
The diagram below shows the stages in the recycling of aluminum drinks
cans
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
making comparisons where relevant
Write at least 150 words.
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Exercise 6: Production of electricity using OTEC
The diagram below shows the production of electricity using a system
called Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.
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Exercise 7: Making sugar from sugar cane
The diagram below shows the manufacturing process for making sugar
from sugar cane.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevant.
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