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Introduce The Diagram-Bricks

The 8-stage process of brick making begins with clay being dug from the ground. The clay is then broken into smaller pieces on a metal grid with assistance from a roller. Next, sand and water are added to the clay mixture which is molded into bricks and placed in an oven to dry. The bricks undergo a heating and cooling process in a kiln and chamber before being packed and delivered.

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Introduce The Diagram-Bricks

The 8-stage process of brick making begins with clay being dug from the ground. The clay is then broken into smaller pieces on a metal grid with assistance from a roller. Next, sand and water are added to the clay mixture which is molded into bricks and placed in an oven to dry. The bricks undergo a heating and cooling process in a kiln and chamber before being packed and delivered.

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Describing a diagram Bricks

Introduce the Diagram

As with any task 1, you can begin by paraphrasing the rubric:

The diagram explains the way in which bricks are made for the building
industry.

As you can see, this has been taken from the question, but it has not been
copied. You need to write it in your own words.

Highlight the Main Points


You should still give an overview of what is taking place

As there are no trends to comment on, you can make a comment on, for
example, the number of stages in the process and how it begins and ends:

Overall, there are eight stages in the process, beginning with the digging up of
clay and culminating in delivery.
Give the Detail

Now you need to explain the process diagram, and there are two key aspects of
language associated with this:

1) Time Connectors

A process is a series of events, one taking place after the other. Therefore, to
connect your stages, you should use time connectors.

Here is the rest of the answer with the time connectors highlighted (notice that
you simply go from the beginning to the end of the process):

To begin, the clay used to make the bricks is dug up from the ground by a large
digger. This clay is then placed onto a metal grid, which is used to break up the
clay into smaller pieces. A roller assists in this process.

Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is
turned into bricks by either placing it into a mould or using a wire cutter. Next,
these bricks are placed in an oven to dry for 24 48 hours.

In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process.
They are heated in a kiln at a moderate and then a high temperature (ranging
from 200c to 1300c), followed by a cooling process in a chamber for 2 3
days. Finally, the bricks are packed and delivered to their destinations.

These connectors are the same you would use to write a graph over time when
you explain a series of changes.

These are some common process diagram connectors:

To begin
Following this
Next
Then
After
After that
Before**
Subsequently
Finally

** If you use before, this means that you will be mentioning a later stage before
an earlier stage, so you need to use it carefully. If you can use it properly
though, it will get noticed.

Here is an example using stages four and five:


Before being dried in the oven, the mixture is turned into bricks by either placing
it into a mould or using a wire cutter.

2) The Passive

When we describe a process, the focus is on the activities, NOT the person
doing them.

When this is the case, we use the passive voice, not the active.

This is a brief explanation of how to use the passive voice, but if you are new or
unsure about using it, you should do some further study and practice.

Most sentences use this structure:

Subject + Verb + Object


A large digger digs up the clay in the ground.
In the active voice (as above), the digger is doing the verb i.e. the digger is
doing the digging.

When we use the passive voice, we make the object (the clay) the subject, and
make the subject (the digger) the object. We also add in the verb to be and the
past participle (or Verb 3).

(S) The clay in the ground (V) is dug up (O) by the digger.
So throughout most of your description for your process diagram, you should be
using the passive voice.

This is difficult as some verbs cannot take the passive. For example, 'to go'
cannot be passive, so it is kept in the active voice:

...the bricks go through a heating and cooling process.


This is why you need to make sure you practice the passive so you know
exactly how to use it.

Also, as you will see from the description, it is more usual to to comment on
who or what is doing the action so the 'by...." phrase is excluded.

Here is the same example description with uses of the passive highlighted:

To begin, the clay (which) is used to make the bricks is dug up from the
ground by a large digger. This clay is then placedonto a metal grid, onto a
metal grid, which is used to break up the clay into smaller pieces. A roller
assists in this process.
Following this, sand and water are added to the clay, and this mixture is
turned into bricks by either placing it into a mould or using a wire cutter. Next,
these bricks are placed in an oven to dry for 24 48 hours.

In the subsequent stage, the bricks go through a heating and cooling process.
They are heated in a kiln at a moderate and then a high temperature (ranging
from 200c to 1300c), followed by a cooling process in a chamber for 2 3 days.
Finally, the bricks are packed and delivered to their destinations.

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