Process diagram 🐟
Useful language for process diagrams
Keywords: Task 1 | Vocabulary
Introduction
- The figure illustrates the process used to…
- The figure illustrates the way in which…
- The figure illustrates the stages and equipment that are involved in the process of…
Overview
- The process can be outlined in [number] steps/stages.
- The process starts with… and ends at…
- Overall, there are… steps/stages in the process, from…, through…, to…
- This process comprises [number] main stages:…
- Note: Notice the difference between “consist” and “comprise” in usage.
- consist of sth
- The process consists of…
- comprise sth (NOT comprise
ofsth)- The process comprises…
- be comprised of sth
- The process is comprised of…
- consist of sth
Details paragraphs
- First (of all)
- Then
- Next
- After that
- After
- At the first/second… stage (of the process)
- At the start of the process
- In the first step
- The first/second… stage in the process is that…
- Once sth have/has been V3,…
- The resulting + noun
- Following this
- Subsequently
- This stage is followed by
- Alternatively
- Concurrently
- At the same time
Make sure that you vary the way you use linking words.
More complex transitions
- after being V3
- at this point
- at which point
- after which
- where
- in the next step (can be used at the beginning of the second details paragraph)
- subsequently (better used in the middle of a sentence)
- finally
- this noun
- , thereby gerund (usually used in the end)
TIP:
When there’s a specific machine used, but you’re not sure what it does, you can “cheat” with the phrase “be passed into/through (machine’s name)”. Otherwise, take advantage of the given words, as stated in the Approach section.
More useful vocabulary
- sold at retail establishment
- sold to the public
- for sale to the public
- the delivery of … to retail outlets
- manually (when something is done by hand)
- melt → molten
- a mechanical claw
- apple/cherry/pear orchard (fruit or nut trees, not citrus)
- orange/lemon/palm/banana/coconut/olive/coffee grove
- cannery
- warehouse
- spawn (v/ noncount n)
- spawning grounds
Life cycles
- The diagram gives information about the various stages in the life of the..
- Overall, the full lifecycle of… takes…, from…, through…, to…
- The lifecycle of the… begins when…
- In the next stage,…