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 maps illustrate the transformations that took place in a small theatre from 2010 to 2012. Overall, this place underwent several modifications, with the expansion of the theatre and the rearrangement of its facilities. In 2010, the audiences could access this theatre by a main door in the south. To the left of the entry, there were an admin office and a ticket office, while a café occupied the lower-right corner. …

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212 words · Illustrative target band

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 bo…

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224 words · Illustrative target band

The maps illustrate the changes of a small theater layout over a 2-year period between 2010 and 2012. Looking from an overall perspective, it is clear that the layout of the theater witnessed remarkable developments. Most noticeably, the expansion on the two sides and the introduction of the restaurants. As observed, on the right of the auditorium in 2010 was a café, while by 2012 this area had become the ticket offi…

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