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What works: You wrote an overview, paraphrased the title rather than copying it, and met the 150-word minimum. You correctly count five stages on the windward side and two on the leeward side, and you follow the diagram's order from coast to desert.

Problems:

1. The overview misreads the "thousands of kilometres" arrow. It runs from the coast to the inland desert, not between the two sides of the mountain.
   • ❌ "windward and leeward sides which are thousands of kilometres away from each other"
   • ✅ "the whole process stretches over thousands of kilometres, from the coast to the inland desert"

1. The overview describes the layout but not the main point. The key feature is that the air loses its moisture as rain on the windward side, so the air reaching the leeward side is dry and creates a desert. You never state this cause and effect.
   • ❌ "2 stages make rain-shadow desert creation happen"
   • ✅ "the air loses much of its moisture as rain on the windward side, so the air that crosses to the leeward side is dry, producing a desert inland"

1. You add information that is not in the diagram. The diagram says nothing about "cool weather" or a "completely dry environment" over the thousands of kilometres.
   • ❌ "Over thousands of kilometers toward the mountains, there is no cool weather. The environment is completely dry"
   • ✅ "Having lost this moisture, the air continues over the mountain as dry air and descends the leeward side."

1. Some stages are described inaccurately or unclearly. The winds approach the coast, not "the sea". The air is already moist and cools as it rises, so it does not "make the air moist". Rain falls near the top of the windward side, which is not the same as "at the top of the mountain" because of "cool air".
   • ❌ "when the winds go up,that makes the air moist and gets cold"
   • ✅ "As this moist air rises, it cools and clouds form."

What works: The structure is clear (introduction, overview, two body paragraphs). The windward and leeward split is logical, and you use some sequencing language such as "Once" and "At the top".

Problems:

1. There are few linking devices, and the stages are not clearly numbered or sequenced. Words like First, Then, As a result, Finally would make the progression easier to follow.
   • ❌ "In the first part near the coast, the winds which approach the sea move upward toward the mountain."
   • ✅ "In the first stage, winds blow towards the coast, and in the second they are pushed upwards by the mountains."

1. A fragment breaks the flow, and the sentence's reference is unclear.
   • ❌ "Where the cloud formation happens."
   • ✅ "As this moist air rises, it cools, and clouds form."

1. The overview uses vague wording ("the formation takes place in two sides of mountains"). This makes the main idea hard to see and weakens the link between overview and body.

1. The second body paragraph starts with the distance rather than the leeward side, which makes the topic of the paragraph less clear.

What works: You know the key terms (windward, leeward, rain-shadow desert, inland) and your meaning is mostly clear.

Problems:

1. Several word choices are imprecise or unnatural.
   • ❌ "creation phases" → ✅ "stages of formation"
   • ❌ "rain falls of the clouds" → ✅ "rain falls from the clouds"
   • ❌ "the rain-shadow desert takes place and forms" → ✅ "a rain-shadow desert develops"
   • ❌ "the dry air progresses over the mountain downward" → ✅ "the dry air continues over the mountain and descends the leeward side"
   • ❌ "On the sea-side" → ✅ "On the windward side"

1. You repeat words (form, formation, creation, happens) instead of using alternatives such as develop, occur, result in.

1. Spelling is inconsistent: kilometres and kilometers both appear.

What works: You attempt relative clauses ("which approach the sea") and subordinate clauses ("because of…", "Once…"), and many simple sentences are accurate.

Problems:

1. Sentence fragments:
   • ❌ "Where the cloud formation happens."
   • ✅ "…and clouds form."

1. Punctuation and capitalisation errors, and a missing space:
   • ❌ "when the winds go up,that makes the air moist and gets cold."
   • ✅ "When the winds go up, the air cools."

1. Faulty parallel structure and agreement:
   • ❌ "makes the air moist and gets cold"
   • ✅ "the air rises and cools"
   • ❌ "formation takes place in two sides of mountains" → ✅ "on two sides of the mountains"

1. Wrong or missing articles and prepositions:
   • ❌ "a kind of desert called rain-shadow desert" → ✅ "called a rain-shadow desert"
   • ❌ "in two sides" → ✅ "on two sides"

1. Use of the passive is limited. A process description benefits from are pushed upwards, is cooled, is formed.

1. Make the overview explain the main point. State that the moisture falls as rain on the windward side, which leaves dry air and a desert on the leeward side. Do not use the overview only to describe the diagram's layout.
2. Check every detail against the diagram, and do not add anything. The distance arrow covers coast to desert, and you should delete the "no cool weather / completely dry environment" sentence.
3. Fix sentence-level accuracy. Remove fragments and fix punctuation ("Where the cloud formation happens.", "go up,that"). Use precise process vocabulary (stages, descends, develops) and sequencing words (First, Then, Finally).