Task 1 · process diagram · 18 samples

The diagram shows the process by which milk and related products are produced.

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Ideas to explore

  • Describe the process as a sequence from the farm to retail, rather than treating the products as unrelated items.
  • Mention the cold-storage stage and daily tanker delivery as important links between milking and dairy processing.
  • Distinguish the two visible product outcomes: pasteurized, packaged milk and cheese, cream and butter.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce what the diagram depicts.
  2. Give an overview of the start, end and main phases.
  3. Describe milking, refrigerated storage and tanker delivery in sequence.
  4. Explain the outputs at the dairy and finish with transport to shops.
Useful vocabulary & examples
refrigerated storage
a cooled place where milk is kept before further processing or transport

The milk is transferred to refrigerated storage after the cows are milked.

daily tanker delivery
milk being transported by tanker once each day

A tanker collects the stored milk for daily delivery to the dairy.

pasteurized and packaged
heat-treated to make it safer, then put into containers for sale

Some of the milk is pasteurized and packaged as drinking milk.

offered for sale
made available for customers to buy

The finished dairy products are transported to shops and offered for sale.

Sample answers

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The diagram illustrates the way dairy products including milk, cheese, cream and butter are produced, processed, and packaged for sale to consumers. Overall, there are 8 stages involved in the process, starting with cows grazing on grass and ending with the final products on sale in supermarkets and shops. In the first stage, cows graze on grass before they are milked by machine twice a day. The milk is stored in ref…

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189 words · Illustrative target band

The picture describes the various stages of producing and packaging milk for commercial sale. As can be clearly seen in the diagram, there are seven steps involved in this milk production procedure that starts with cow grazing and ends with the final products reaching the customers. Initially, cows are grazed to produce milk, and then it is transferred to refrigeration storage at the farm. A milk tanker then collects…

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183 words · Illustrative target band

The diagram depicts information about the procedure by which milk and related goods are manufactured. After analyzing, it can be seen clearly that in the first step, grass is grazed by the cows; in the second step, a milk machine is used to take milk from the cows twice a day. In the third step, the milk is held in refrigeration storage and then transported by a milk tanker to a dairy once daily. At the dairy, it is …

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