Writing Task 1: Maps and Process Diagrams Flashcards
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A process diagram has 7 stages. Which overview best captures this?
Answer: Overall, the process involves seven distinct stages, beginning with raw material extraction and ending with a finished product.
A good overview names the number of stages, the starting point and the end point without listing every step individually.
Two maps show a village in 1985 and today. A road now runs where there used to be a river. The best description is:
Answer: The river has been replaced by a road.
When describing a change on a map that extends to the present, the present perfect passive ('has been replaced') is appropriate.
Which phrase best introduces a location on a map?
Answer: To the south of the town centre, adjacent to the railway station
Prepositional phrases of location ('to the south of', 'adjacent to') are the correct tools for describing spatial positions on a map.
You are describing a process diagram of bread-making. The dough is left to rise after mixing. The most accurate sentence is:
Answer: Once the ingredients have been mixed, the dough is left to rise.
A time clause with present perfect passive ('have been mixed') correctly shows that mixing is completed before the rising stage begins.
What is the key difference between describing a map and describing a process diagram?
Answer: Maps require spatial language (north/south/adjacent), while processes require sequential language (first/then/finally).
Maps demand location vocabulary and direction words, whereas process diagrams require sequence markers to show the order of stages.
Which sentence correctly uses 'while' to compare two map features?
Answer: While the northern area was dominated by housing in 1990, it is now an industrial zone.
The contrast requires past tense for 1990 ('was dominated') and present tense for now ('is now'), correctly handled in option A.
In a Task 1 response about a process diagram, how many paragraphs should a well-organised answer typically contain?
Answer: Three: introduction, overview, and one or two body paragraphs describing the stages
The standard structure is an introduction (paraphrase of the task), an overview, and body paragraphs grouping the stages logically.