Task 1 · process diagram · 1 samples

The diagram shows a paper-recycling process with these stages: used paper collection → sorting → mixing with water → filtering → pressing into sheets → drying → finished recycled paper. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. Write at least 150 words.

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Ideas to explore

  • Describe collection and sorting before mixing the paper with water.
  • Follow filtering, pressing and drying in the shown order.
  • Identify finished recycled paper as the output without inventing chemicals or timings.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the process.
  2. Give an overview of the sequence.
  3. Describe collection to filtering.
  4. Describe pressing, drying and output.
Useful vocabulary & examples
used paper
paper that has already served a purpose

Used paper is collected for recycling.

be pressed into sheets
be compressed to form flat layers

The filtered material is pressed into sheets.

finished recycled paper
the usable output of the recycling process

Drying produces finished recycled paper.

Sample answers

Target Band 9 · Original model answer

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The diagram outlines the production of recycled paper from used paper, beginning with collection and ending with a finished product. Overall, the process consists of seven successive stages. The material is first gathered and prepared, then converted into a wet mixture before being formed into sheets and dried. No repeated stage or alternative route is shown. Initially, used paper is collected and taken for sorting…

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