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Instant Noodle Manufacturing Process

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The diagram below shows how instant noodles are manufactured. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Annotated response

9 correction notes

The picture illustrates the steps through which instant noodles are produced.

Overall, it can be seen that there are eight stages entailed in this process, starting with the delivery of flour and ending with . It is also noticeable that most steps of this process take place in the factory.

The procedure commences when a truck carries flour to the storage where this ingredient is kept for later use. In the following step, flour is transported to a mixer to be combined with water and oil. Once this mixture has been flattened by rollers, dough sheets are produced. This is followed by the sheets being cut into dough strips by a machine.

The next step is where the strips are rolled into noodle discs that are round in shape. These discs, subsequently, in cooking oil and before being along with vegetables and spices. In the final stage, labels are affixed to the cups .

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The response follows the eight stages in order and uses varied, generally controlled process language. The overview gives the broad sequence, but its factory observation adds little and the endpoint omits sealing. Some details go beyond what is specified, particularly rolling the strips into discs. More direct wording for drying and putting noodles into cups would also improve precision.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

TA Task Achievement

7.0

The response covers the eight stages in order, including water and oil at the mixer and vegetables and spices in the cups. The overview could include sealing and replace the factory observation with a material transformation; the diagram does not specify rolling as the method of forming discs.

CC Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

The response is logically organised with a clear overview and well-managed sequencing, although cohesion devices such as 'In the following step' and 'The next step' are somewhat mechanical at times.

LR Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is flexible and appropriately technical, with natural process language like 'storage silos', 'flattened by rollers', and 'affixed to the cups', with only minor imprecision such as 'become dry' for the drying stage.

GRA Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.5

The response uses varied passive structures and a subordinate time clause beginning “Once this mixture has been flattened by rollers”, with generally strong control. The future passive “will be fried” shifts away from the present-tense description, and there is a stray space before a comma.

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