Comparing Two Processes

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 14 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe two related processes in one linked answer — an overview naming both, and a second paragraph that contrasts line by line.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Two diagrams, one answer

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Linking, not listing

    Read a 200-word text about Linking, not listing

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Comparison Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 description

    Read a 256-word text about The finished Band 7 description

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Comparison Language Practice

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Traditional vs. Modern

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Improve the Comparisons

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Compare Two Methods

    Role-play: Your IELTS tutor shows you two diagrams: traditional tea production (hand-picked, sun-dried, 8 stages) and modern tea production (machine-harvested, factory-processed, 5 stages). (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Compare without judging

    3 discussion questions

Open the full lesson

The remaining 8 stages of this lesson, with the procedure, the examples and the exercises, are included with Starter, along with the interactive version you can teach from. Lesson 1 of this course is free: the full plan is on this site, and a free account opens it in the interactive player.

Start with lesson 1, freeSee Starter pricing

Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

whereasstreamlinedlabour-intensiveautomatedin stark contrastsupersede

This plan comes from the Task 1 Academic: Diagrams & Processes course in the Tuton library. Browse all free lesson plans.