Task 1 · map · 18 samples

The maps below show a science park in 2008 and the same park today. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Ideas to explore

  • Separate features that remain from those that have been added, relocated or replaced; the business units and car park remain, while the IT centre gives way to an innovation centre.
  • Describe the shift in land use: open grassland in the northwest is now substantially developed, while trees remain in the southwest.
  • Treat transport access as a key change, noting the cycle path, station and bus stop, while also mentioning the railway that continues to border the site.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the maps and identify the time comparison.
  2. Give an overview of the most important changes: redevelopment and improved access.
  3. Describe the 2008 arrangement by area, covering open land and existing facilities.
  4. Compare the current layout, highlighting retained and replaced buildings.
  5. Finish with access changes and any transport feature that remains.
Useful vocabulary & examples
give way to
to be replaced by something new

The IT centre has given way to an innovation centre.

remain in broadly similar positions
to stay in approximately the same locations

The business units remain in broadly similar positions.

be concentrated in
to be located mainly within a particular area

Woodland was concentrated in the southwest.

border the site
to run along the edge of an area

The railway continues to border the site to the east.

Sample answers

AI-completed learning example

203 words · Illustrative target band

The two maps illustrate changes that have been made to a science park between 2008 and today. Overall, it can be clearly seen that there are some main changes that have altered the science park, whichare the establishment of research and development, the extension of cybersecurity, and the improvement of public transportation infrastructures. Beginning by comparing the two layouts, we can see that the former grasslan…

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232 words · Illustrative target band

The provided maps depict the condition the science park in 2008 and now, illsutrating an impressive development of the infrastructure during that time period. Overall, there are some main changes that have altered the science park, which are the establishment of research and development, the extension of cyber security, and the improvement of public transportation. In 2008, the north-western area was largely grasslan…

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216 words · Illustrative target band

The provided map illustrates the differences between the park in 2008 and its current state. From an overall perspective, it is clear that the park has undergone significant changes, with the most noticeable being the addition of new buildings, which were erected after 2008. Several buildings have been constructed in previously vacant areas within the park. In 2008, the business units were in the west-central part o…

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