Task 1 · process diagram · 18 samples

The diagram give information about the manufacture of frozen fish pies.

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Ideas to explore

  • The process has two parallel preparation routes: one for potatoes and one for fresh salmon.
  • The diagram gives different time limits for the ingredients: potatoes may be held for up to one month, while salmon is processed within 12 hours or less.
  • After preparation, the ingredients meet at assembly; the pies are wrapped, frozen, stored and dispatched.

Suggested structure

  1. Paraphrase the process title and give an overview of the separate ingredient routes and their convergence.
  2. Describe the potato preparation sequence in diagram order, including its stated storage period.
  3. Describe the salmon route, including the seasoning, cooking, removal of skin and bones, and inspection.
  4. Explain assembly and finish with wrapping, freezing, storage and dispatch.
Useful vocabulary & examples
be kept for up to one month
to remain in storage for no longer than a month

The potatoes may be kept for up to one month before they are cleaned.

be stripped of its skin and bones
to have the outer skin and bones removed

After cooking, the salmon is stripped of its skin and bones.

converge at assembly
to come together at the stage where components are combined

The potato and salmon preparation routes converge at assembly.

be dispatched
to be sent out from a place to its destination

The frozen pies are stored before they are dispatched.

Sample answers

AI-completed learning example

182 words · Illustrative target band

The diagrams demonstrates information about how frozen fish pies are manufactured. Overall, the process involved four stages: prepares all ingredients, cooks and seasons the food, freezes and stores and finally ends up with delivery. In the beginning stage, all basic ingredients included potatoes, prepared peas, prepared sauce, and fresh salmon from a delivery that takes 12 hours or less. Potatoes, in contrast, may b…

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AI-completed learning example

199 words · Illustrative target band

The pictures illustrate the process by which frozen fish pie is generated from potatoes and fresh salmon together with some necessary ingredients. Overall, there is a dual process, which is named Potatoes and Fresh salmon, starting at different junctures. Notably, an automatic method is applied to the potato process, whereas the other combines manual labour for the salmon. The potatoes are delivered and can be kept f…

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AI-completed learning example

173 words · Illustrative target band

The given diagrams demonstrate the process of producing frozen fish pies. Overall, the production of fish pies involves several main steps, beginning with delivering ingredients to the manufacturer and finishing with dispatching the final products to different regions. The first branch shows how the potatoes are prepared. Initially, potatoes can be processed in up to one month before production begins. They are clean…

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