WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The diagram below shows how bricks are made in a factory.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
- 1Digging clayClay is extracted from a quarry
- 2CrushingLarge lumps are broken up
- 3MixingClay is mixed with water and sand
- 4ShapingThe mixture is pressed into moulds
- 5DryingBricks are dried in warm air for two days
- 6FiringThey are baked in a kiln at 1,000°C
- 7CoolingBricks cool slowly to avoid cracking
- 8DeliveryBricks are stacked and taken to building sites