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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 8.0 Example

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212 words AcademicTask 1Map
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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User Essay Analysis

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Band 8.0

The map illustrates the developments of small-sized playhouse between 2010 and 2012. Overall, it is discernible that the theatre was expanded with better infrastructure and more rooms and facilities for residents over a period of 2 years. Another noticeable feature is that only the auditorium area remains unchanged. Notable changes are observed in the entrance area, which remains at the centre of the lower edge in both plans. In 2010, the upper section contains a media room, with a storage area to its left; the stage and auditorium lie directly below. By 2012, the former media room has been replaced by a hall, while the media room has been relocated to the left-hand side and storage to the right. The stage and auditorium continue to occupy the central part of the building, although the seating arrangement appears to have changed. Supporting facilities also change considerably: a shower area is added beside the auditorium, and the former café is replaced by a restaurant area on the lower left. The administration office remains on the left side, while the ticket office moves from the lower left to the lower right. Overall, the venue gains several additional facilities and its rooms are reorganised, while the main entrance and central performance spaces remain broadly in place.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Make a two-column list of features present in 2010 and 2012 before writing; mark each as unchanged, moved, replaced or newly added.
2
Revise the overview to name the major reorganisation and additions, while avoiding “only” unless every other feature has been checked.
3
Use directional descriptions consistently—upper, lower, left and right—and pair each moved or replaced room with its original and new position.

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