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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 4.0 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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User Essay Analysis

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Band 4.0

The picture below illustrates the floor plan of public library which demonstrates the information on the change of investor design happened between couple of decades. Overall, the upper left side block has been replaced to strong telling events, Childers’s fiction books and two sofa in a place of CDs, video’s, computers games whereas the right side has also changed, with a lecture room, adult fiction books, information desk, self-service machines and a café. The central tables and chairs have been removed, and the entrance remains at the bottom.

Twenty years ago, the library had CDs, videos and computer games in the upper-left corner, with adult fiction books below. On the lower left was a reading room for newspapers and magazines. Children’s books occupied the upper-right corner, while adult non-fiction books were underneath. An enquiry desk stood on the lower right, and tables and chairs were arranged in the middle.

Today, the former media area contains storytelling events and children’s fiction books, with two sofas nearby. The adult fiction section has moved to the right side, below a new lecture room. An information desk and self-service machines are also on this side, while a café replaces the enquiry desk. On the left, all reference books and a computer room have taken the place of the former reading room and adult fiction area. Thus, the layout now includes more services and activity spaces.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Replace the opening overview with one clear sentence naming the main conversions: the former media and reading areas give way to spaces such as storytelling, reference books and a computer room.
2
Compare the plans systematically: describe the old arrangement first, then explain what changed in each part of the library.
3
Proofread the first paragraph specifically for articles, plurals and map-label spelling—for example, “a public library,” “two sofas” and “videos.”

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