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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

  • Identify what stayed constant: the stage, auditorium, fourteen chairs and central main entrance.
  • Track the storage room’s relocation from the left side in 2010 to the right side in 2012.
  • Compare the supporting rooms: the 2010 media room and café give way to a different arrangement including a hall, showers and restaurants in 2012.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the two dates and the place shown.
  2. Give an overview of the main features that remain and the overall scale of change.
  3. Compare the upper and side areas, including the media room, hall, showers and storage.
  4. Describe the lower rooms and note the café/restaurant and ticket-office changes.
  5. Finish with the features that remain in the same position.
Useful vocabulary & examples
remain in the same position
to stay in the same location in both plans

The auditorium remained in the same position in both years.

be relocated to
to be moved to a different place

The media room was relocated to the left side of the theater.

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

The café was replaced by a restaurant area.

occupy the upper area
to be situated in the top section of a plan

The hall occupied the upper area in 2012.

Task Prompt

The plans below show a theater in 2010 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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Band 4.0

The plants illustrate how much particular theater has changed between 2010 and 2012. Overall, over the period the theater witnessed dramatic developments to the North and to the South. The most striking alternation is to the Southern area of the theater, with the Cafe to the right of the main entrance. Additionally, thr ticket office was moved from the lower-left side to the lower-right, while the cafe was removed. In 2010, the media room was across the top of the plan, above the stage and auditorium. A storage area was located on the left. At the bottom, an admin office and ticket office were on the left, and the cafe was opposite them on the right. The main entrance was in the middle. By 2012, a hall occupied the upper part of the building, while the stage and auditorium remained in the central area. The media room moved to the left side, and storage was relocated to the right. Showers were added on the lower-left side, below the media room. The admin office stayed in the bottom-left area, but restaurants replaced the former ticket office there. The ticket office was placed at the bottom right. The main entrance remained near the center. The auditorium seating also remained unchanged, with 14 chairs shown in both plans.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Replace the broad opening overview with a concise summary of the key changes: the media room moved, several facilities changed location or purpose, and the auditorium seating stayed the same.
2
Use a quick room-by-room comparison checklist while writing: note each facility’s 2010 location, its 2012 location, and whether it was added, removed, or unchanged.
3
Proofread specifically for articles and spelling, including “theater” and “the”; then check that each directional phrase matches the plan.

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