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    Describing a Process

    English for Biology Students


    Faculty of Biology
    Universitas Gadjah Mada
    When you explain the step-by-step
    order of how things happen or how
    things get done, you are describing a
    process.

    For example:
    How to draw money from an ATM.
    How to create an email account.
    How to drive a car.
    Describing a process
    • Important for describing a series of actions:
    ▫ Explaining how things are made.
    ▫ Explaining how people reach a particular goal.
    • Can be in passive or active form.
    ▫ Passive form  for processes.
    ▫ Active form  for procedures.
    • The need of sequencing words:
    ▫ To link one sentence or idea to another.
    Examples of sequencing words
    • Listing or enumeration:
    ▫ First, ….. Furthermore, …….. Finally, ……
    ▫ Firstly, …… Secondly, …….. Thirdly, ……..
    ▫ ……start with……… Moreover,……. …, and to
    conclude, ……
    ▫ Next, ……. Afterwards, ……. Then, ….. Lastly, …..
    • Cause and effects:
    ▫ As a result, ….. Consequently, ….. This caused…..
    ▫ …. so……, ……..causing ….., ……, hence……
    ▫ Therefore, ……. Hence, ………
    (Source: http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/)

    Example: A Procedure
    How to make popcorn

    First, put three tablespoons of oil in a large pot.


    Then, heat the oil on a high flame until one kernel
    of popcorn pops when you drop it into the hot oil.
    Now, pour a quarter cup of popcorn into the pot
    and cover the pot with a lid. Reduce the flame
    and gently shake the pot. Continue shaking until
    the corn has popped. Finally, empty the popcorn
    into a large bowl and add melted butter and salt.
    (Source: http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/)

    Example: A Process
    How instant coffee is produced

    First, the coffee beans are picked from the trees


    and dried in the sun. Then, the beans are roasted
    and then cooled rapidly before being ground. The
    beans are then mixed with hot water and the
    mixture is strained before it is frozen. Finally, the
    frozen mixture is ground and then dried in a
    vacuum before it is packed into jars. The coffee is
    now ready to be sold in shops.
    Passive voice formation
    • To be (is/are) + past participle
    Active: The farmer sends the milk to the factory.
    Passive: The milk is sent to the factory.
    Active: They renovated the restaurant in 2004.
    Passive: The restaurant was renovated in 2004.

    • Modal + be + past participle


    ▫ Wood may be used for different purposes.
    ▫ The letters have to be sent to the sponsors.
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    Exercise 1: Chocolate
    Chocolate 1 ……………… (make) from up to 12 different types of
    cocoa beans. First, the beans 2 ……………… (sort) by hand before
    being roasted. Each type of bean 3 ……………… (roast) separately,
    which is time consuming but important. Next, the beans
    4……………… (load) into a machine called a “winnower”, which
    removes the hard outer shells of the beans. After this the beans
    5…………… (mash) into a thick paste and sugar and vanilla
    6…………… (add). This paste 7 ……………… (call) the “chocolate
    liquor”. Then the chocolate liquor 8……………… (heat) for up to
    72 hours to make sure the liquid 9……………… (blend) evenly.
    Following this, the liquor 10……………… (temper) for several
    hours – repeatedly heated and then cooled. Finally, the
    chocolate 11 ……………… (allow) to cool and harden before being
    packaged.
    Exercise 2: The Water Cycle
    The heat of the sun 1 ……………… water to evaporate from
    seas, rivers, and lakes. In addition, water vapor 2……………
    from the soil and from plants. As the water vapor then
    3……………… into the atmosphere, it cools and condenses
    into clouds. The clouds 4 ……………… by winds until they
    5……………… high ground. At this stage, the water droplets
    6 ……………… back to earth as rain, hail, or snow. After the
    rain has fallen on land, it either evaporates into the air or it
    7 ……………… by soils and plants. Some of it also 8..…………
    into rivers and lakes and eventually reaches the sea.

    Reach - fall - absorb - rise - run - cause - release - blow

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