Task 1 · map · 18 samples

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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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.

Sample answers

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The plans presented below illustrate the transformations that occurred in a theater between 2010 and 2012. The two layouts exhibit notable differences in the distribution of facilities, with several areas undergoing significant changes. One of the most prominent alterations is the reorganization of administrative and media facilities. In 2010, the storage area occupied the upper left-hand corner, while the media room…

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The blueprints illustrate the modification of a small performance venue in 2010 and 2012. Taking a board view, there are some notable features including the relocations and renovations of almost all facilities except for the auditorium. In the meanwhile, the construction of a new area in place of the old one is also noteworthy. In 2010, media occupied the upper part of the building, above the stage, while storage was…

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202 words · Illustrative target band

The table shows the difference between a theater of 2010 and two years later. Overall, in about 2 years, the theater has not changed much except for adding more space, showers and internal structure. In 2010, the theater had storage next to the stage and media. The stage was located between the media and the auditorium. By 2012, the layout had been reorganised around a new hall above the stage, while the media room h…

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