When describing a process diagram, most students have no problem describing the stages in the process step by step. However, not many students are able to write a good summary (or 'overview') of the process as a whole.
Think about how you would summarise this process:
(Click on picture to make it bigger. Source: 'Meanings into Words Upper-Intermediate')
Here are my tips for summarising process diagrams:
Write 2 sentences:
- First say how many stages there are in the whole process.
- Then say how/where the process begins and ends.
The diagram shows that the whole coffee making process goes through eleven different stages.
It starts with the picking of coffee beans from the field and ends when the coffee is ready to be packed into jars.
Posted by: Khan | February 23, 2012 at 10:16
The figure illustrates the process of coffee making.
The process of coffee produce involves 11 stages. It starts with collecting coffee beans and ends with packing product into jars.
Posted by: Aika | February 23, 2012 at 11:14
the diagram shows how coffee is made by diffrent stages.It starts picking of coffee beans and ends when it is ready for packing into jars
Posted by: anita | February 23, 2012 at 12:15
shoulw we replaced the world mixture with blend?and freeze with refrigerate?
Posted by: anita | February 23, 2012 at 12:20
This diagram shows us how coffee is made.
It has 11 stages. Starts it by picking the coffee beans and ends by packing them into jars.
Posted by: Alisher | February 23, 2012 at 13:32
It can be clearly seen that the process of coffee making is carried out subsequently in 11 different steps, where it begins with the collection of coffee beans and finally ends in packaging of coffee.
Posted by: crk | February 23, 2012 at 14:22
The figure illustrates the process of how coffee is made and it includes eleven steps. The process begins with harvesting coffee beans and finishes with packing coffee into jars
Posted by: Tuxedo | February 23, 2012 at 14:47
in this picture we can see how the coffee is made in 11 different steps . finally the coffee is packing in the jar.
Posted by: shazia | February 23, 2012 at 16:36
Hi Siomon, check this out)
It is clear from the flow chart that there are eleven comlex stages of producing coffee. We can also see that the prime step commences in the open air (special area) and probably ends at some coffee mill.
Thank you beforehand,
Nosirkhan
Posted by: Nosirkhan | February 23, 2012 at 17:46
The method of coffee making composed of eleven various steps. The first procedure is collecting the coffee beans and the final step is to store the finished product into containers.
Posted by: ennaecarg | February 23, 2012 at 20:13
Hi,
The figure explains all the eleven steps of manufacturing a coffee, from the main source up to the final step of packing.
Thanks
Posted by: jawairia | February 23, 2012 at 22:15
Hi
The above diagram shows that coffee produced in eleven steps of manually and automatically. In fact coffee beans harvested and dried by farmers and then machines carried out the process to the end and packaged.
Thanks Simon
Posted by: Mehdi | February 24, 2012 at 01:01
The figure illustrates the process of making coffee beans.
There are eleven stages in the process,beginning with the harvesting coffee beans and finally packaging of coffee.
Posted by: benjapot | February 24, 2012 at 01:51
Hi Simon,
I received my result yesterday which wasn't good. I've just got overall: 6.0
Lis: 6.5
R: 6.5
W: 5.5
Sp: 6.0
what should I do in order to get 6.5 overall and all skills have to higher than 6.0 ?
Posted by: Anh | February 24, 2012 at 02:34
There are 11 stages in the coffee making process.This process starts with collectng coffee beans from trees and ends with packaging coffee powder into jars.
Posted by: Hind | February 24, 2012 at 08:50
The diagram illustrates the eleven stages involved in coffee production. It is clear that the procedure is quite complicated, starts with collecting coffee bean and ends with packing end product into jars.
Posted by: Abe | February 24, 2012 at 10:46
Ever wondered how coffee is manufactured, today we are going to discuss the manufacturing process of the coffee. For simplicity it can be broken into 5 phases harvesting, drying, grinding, filtering and packing.
First coffee beans have to be handpicked. After carefully handpicking they are left to be dried in the scorching sun. Next grinding, to make the beans brittle they are roasted in the furnace and cooled quickly then they are mill grinded to powder. Later this course powder is mixed in hot water and strained to filter dirt.
After the impurities are filtered the mixture is frozen and grinded to fine powder again. Now this powder is dried in vacuum container to evaporate the excess moisture. Finally it’s ready to be packed and stored in jars
Posted by: Snehal | February 24, 2012 at 18:25
The diagram shows how coffee process is carried out in 11 stages, which is initiated by the bean-picking and ends at jar-packing.
Posted by: harry | February 25, 2012 at 01:36
Dear Simon,
Could you please post your full essay of this diagram next week?
Thanks million, Simon!
Best wishes,
Phuong
Posted by: Phuong Nguyen | February 25, 2012 at 07:33
Hi Simon,
Is it this sentence grammatically correct?
Sara has 10 books mare than Anna.
If not, please let me know what's the correct form.
Best wishes,
Mehdi
Posted by: Mehdi | February 25, 2012 at 09:43
FROM SIMON:
I'll write some of the essay for this question next Thursday.
Quick note to Snehal:
Don't start essays with a question (Ever wondered...?)
...
Sorry I can't answer all of your questions individually.
Posted by: Simon | February 25, 2012 at 16:05
Hi Anh,
Your results are not bad) In my opinion, you should just practise more on your writing and speaking skills. Try to write more essays and speak anywhere (even alone)), this really helped me to achieve high band scores exactly at WRITIN and SPEAKING, however, my reading is far from perfect((
Posted by: Nosirkhan | February 26, 2012 at 03:14
This graph illustrated a totally eleven steps to produce coffee products from coffee beans harvest to product packaging.
Posted by: Richard Ma | February 26, 2012 at 11:46
Dear Simon,
I am learning your previous Writing lessons (a pie chart which is posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011, and a line graph on Thursday, March 17, 2011).
You usually focuses on complex graphs (including more than one pie charts/ bar charts) in each writing lesson. I highly appreciate that you gave us many helpful tips; showed us how to get main ideas, how to pick up significant figures, etc. To be honest, I almost don't know how to write a Writing test 1 before I study your lessons. Thank you so much for your GREAT works!
However, when I encounter writing test 1 which presents only one pie chart or a simple line graph, I get difficulty in expressing my idea in more detail as well as choosing the less important figures to make my writing at least 150 words.
Could you kindly post more essays on these topics or maybe the full essays of the two graphs I mentioned above?
Thanks again!
Best wishes,
Phuong
Posted by: Phuong Nguyen | February 27, 2012 at 13:26
The picture shows the coffee manufacturing process. It is clear that there are eleven stages in the process of coffee production.
Posted by: josh | March 06, 2012 at 22:49
the above diagram depicits how coffee powder can be produced and it involves three stages whic are collection of coffee beans, sorting and processing.
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