Can-Do Task: Describing a Process Formally

Task: describe a process or system using a full range of passive forms.

Notice

  • Example: First, the raw materials are collected. Then they are processed and checked for quality before being packaged.
  • Example: Applications are reviewed by a committee. Once a decision has been made, candidates are contacted by email.

Rule

Your task: Choose a process you know well (how a product is made, how an application is processed, how an event is organised) and describe it in 6–8 sentences. Use at least four different passive forms from this module: simple passive, passive with a modal, passive infinitive or gerund, and passive perfect or continuous.

Practice

  1. Planning line: which process will you describe?
    Answer: Personal answer — e.g. how coffee is made, how a visa is processed.
  2. Draft your opening sentence using the simple passive.
    Answer: Personal answer, e.g. ‘The beans are harvested by hand.’

Connect

Read model process descriptions before writing your own.

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CEFR: Writing — write clear, detailed text describing a process related to my field of interest.

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