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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 9.0 Example
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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
- Introduce the process.
- Give an overview of the sequence.
- Describe collection to filtering.
- 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.
Answer analysis
Task Achievement
All stages are covered in the correct order without adding unsupported chemicals, machinery or temperatures.
Grammar
Passive constructions describe the transformations while sequence markers clarify progression.
Task Prompt
User Essay Analysis
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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. Once sorted, it is mixed with water to create a material that can be processed further. The resulting mixture then passes through a filtering stage before it is ready to be shaped. These early steps prepare the collected paper for the later manufacturing operations.
After filtering, the mixture is pressed into sheets. This is followed by drying, which comes immediately before the final stage in the sequence. The output is finished recycled paper. Unlike the original collected material, which enters the system as used paper, the product leaves it as newly formed sheets. The diagram specifies the order of operations but provides no information about their duration, the equipment used or the quantity of paper produced.
