IELTS Task 1 process: Ethanol fuel from corn
The main features of this process: Corn passes through storage, milling, cooking with water, fermentation, separation, ethanol purification, a second storage stage and transportation. Separation produces a solid by-product and liquid; only the liquid is shown continuing to purification.
6 students’ answers below, each marked by Axiom, from band 4.5 to 7.0. Updated on 26 July 2026.
The question
The diagram below shows how ethanol fuel is produced from corn.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
- Corn
- Storing
- Milling
- Cooking (4 hours)
- Fermenting (48 hours)
- Separating
- Purifying Ethanol (5 hours)
- Storing
- Transporting
What your overview should cover
An answer reaches the higher Task Achievement bands only with a clear overview of the main features, not every number. For this process, that means:
- Corn passes through storage, milling, cooking with water, fermentation, separation, ethanol purification, a second storage stage and transportation.
- Separation produces a solid by-product and liquid; only the liquid is shown continuing to purification.
- The three timed stages are cooking for 4 hours, fermentation for 48 hours and ethanol purification for 5 hours.
Students’ answers on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #6
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The diagram illustrates the production of ethanol fuel from corn. Overall, corn undergoes several distinct stages before it is transformed into ethanol fuel, beginning…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #5
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The picture illustrates the proccess of ethanol fuel production from corn. In general, there are three major levels, which corn covers before becoming a fuel; raw product…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #4
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The production process of ethanol fuel with the use of corns. The process begins with corn, It gets stored and is then taken to the mill machiene to start the milling…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 4.5
Answer #3
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 4.0
The diagram clealry shows that process of how ethanol fuel is produced from corn. First off all, we take the corn and store at the barn untill miling process. When we…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #2
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The given illustration details the process that is used to produce ethanol fuel out of corn. Overall, it can be seen that it is an eight stage, man-made, linear process.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #1
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The diagram illustrates the process of ethanol fuel production. Overall, the process entails 8 steps. Corn is first delivered to a storing site, and then it is grinned in…
Check your answer to this question
Write your own report on this question and Axiom gives it a band for each criterion, with revisions for your own sentences. How the Task 1 checker works.
Check an essay free