Section 4 / Lesson 3 - Describing Purpose
Below you will find questions to practice giving the purpose of each step when describing a process in your IELTS Writing Task One. Using the study notes and the class video, you should be able to answer these questions and be able to use the language in your IELTS writing test. The answers to all the questions are available to Patreon supporters as a means to support this website and Youtube Channel. Please find them here.
First, we will look at which information we could give:
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1. Why are blades large and flat?
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2. What does the gearbox do?
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3. What goes the generator do?
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4. What does the transformer do?
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5. Why do they increase the voltage?
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Fill in the gaps using the language from the previous class.
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a. for b. to c. so that d. with the aim/ purpose of
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There might be more than one possible answer:
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6. Large blades are designed with a large flat surface __________ (spin) as the wind moves past them.
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7. This movement turns a gearbox, __________ (increase) the rotational speed.
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8. This energy is then transferred into a generator, which is used __________ (convert) kinetic energy into high-voltage electricity.
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9. The transformer ups the voltage __________ it can be transferred over a long distance.
Rewrite your answers to the previous questions using different methods for showing purpose. Remember, you cannot directly swap them as they are used in different ways.
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10. Rewrite the answer for question 6 using 'so that'
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11. Rewrite the answer for question 7 using 'to'
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12. Rewrite the answer for question 8 using 'with the aim of'
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13. Rewrite the answer for question 9 using 'for'