Making Potato Chips - IELTS Describing a process / Passive

1. How do they make potato chips / crisps?
2. You are going to watch a video which shows the process 
3. You are going to write a description of the process using the passive and some sequencing words 

A) Look at these verbs. Check you know the meanings

manufacture / drop / move / take / wash / rinse / sort / peel / slice / fry / salt / shake / dry / cool / pack / seal / transport

B) Do you know the participles?

Highlight below for the answers

manufactured / dropped / moved / taken / washed / rinsed / sorted / peeled / sliced / fried / salted / shaken / dried / cooled / packed / sealed / transported

C) Check you know these words

conveyor belt / chute / tank / oil / packet

D) Using the present simple passive

• The passive is associated with an impersonal formal style. It is often used in notices, announcements and describing processes
• Check you know how to make the present simple pasive here
Passive present simple

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E) You can use these words to describe the sequence of events

• To begin with
• First of all
• Firstly
• Secondly, thirdly, etc
• Then
• Next
• After that
• Subsequently
• Eventually
• Finally

F) Watch the clip / Writing

• Describe the process using the vocabulary given above. Try and use as many passives as you can.
• Don't forget to say what the process is in the introduction. The video shows ...
• Write a final sentence which concludes the process. The crisps are now ready to be delivered to the shops.

G) Read about the manufacture of potato crisps here

http://www.hyfoma.com/en/content/food-branches-processing-manufacturing/fruit-vegetable-potato/potato/crisps/

H) Related reading for writing task 1 IELTS

• Natural Disasters -  BBC animated guides http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533964.stm
• Descring a process http://www.ielts-exam.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=44