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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 7.0 Example

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Task 1

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Ideas to explore

  • Highlight the main transformation: a central seating and table area in the earlier plan gives way to a layout with more specialised facilities.
  • Compare how the east side changes from children's and adult non-fiction books plus an enquiry desk to a lecture room, an information desk, self-service machines and a café.
  • Track the west side from media, adult fiction and a reading room to storytelling, children's fiction, reference books and a computer room; note that the entrance stays centrally located.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the two plans and give an overview of the most significant changes and any feature that remains.
  2. Describe the earlier layout, grouping rooms by side or by upper, middle and lower sections.
  3. Describe the current layout using the same spatial framework so the reader can compare positions.
  4. Finish with a concise summary of how the library's range of facilities has changed.
Useful vocabulary & examples
occupy the upper-left corner
be located in the top-left part of a floor plan

The media room occupied the upper-left corner of the library.

be replaced by
be removed and have something else put in its place

The central seating area was replaced by several new facilities.

remain in the same position
stay in the location shown in the earlier plan

The entrance remains in the same position at the centre of the lower wall.

be located opposite
be positioned across from another place or feature

The enquiry desk was located opposite the reading room.

Task Prompt

The diagram below shows the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago and how it looks now. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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Band 7.0

The provided maps depict the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago and the changes that occurred to it today. Overall, after analyzing the given maps, what can be seen is that such changes can benefit adults and children who want to buy food inside the library due to the addition of the café. The library has been substantially reorganised, while the entrance remains in the middle of the southern wall. Twenty years ago, the central area contained tables and chairs, with CDs, videos and computer games in the northwest and children's books in the northeast. Adult fiction and non-fiction occupied the two middle side sections. A reading room was in the southwest, and an enquiry desk stood in the southeast. Today, the central tables have been removed, and the side areas have been extensively repurposed. Storytelling events and sofas now occupy the northwest, with children's fiction directly below; all reference books and a computer room are further south on that side. On the east, the former children's-book area is now a lecture room, while adult fiction is beneath it. An information desk and self-service machines have replaced the old enquiry area, and a café has been added in the southeast.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Write the overview as a direct summary of the main transformation, for example, that the central tables were removed and the library’s rooms were substantially reorganised.
2
Compare the two plans by matching locations: describe the former and current uses of the west side together, then do the same for the east side.
3
Report only what the map shows: name the new café, but avoid claims about what visitors want or do.

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