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Maps are Traps
Maps are Traps
The map tasks in IELTS Writing Task 1 are designed to test your ability to describe environmental changes in an area, and of course, distibnguish between the main features and irrelevant ones. In my observations, maps also tend to catch students including a lot of information that is not actually presented.
Click generate on the left to get your randomly picked map task 1.
M1 - Tourist Island
M1 - Tourist Island
M2 - Islip Town
M2 - Islip Town
M3 - Flooding
M3 - Flooding
The maps below illustrate the current seasonal flooding along two rivers and two proposed solutions to the problem.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
M4 - City Park
M4 - City Park
M5 - Sports Centre
M5 - Sports Centre
There are two diagrams which show how a university's sports centre is today and how it will look after a planned renovation.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
M6 - City Hospital
M6 - City Hospital
The maps below show City Hospital as it was in 2007 and again in 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
M7 - Chorleywood Town
M7 - Chorleywood Town
Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the nineteenth century. The map below shows the development of the village.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
https://youtu.be/GV19AGFhOsg
M8 - University Campus
M8 - University Campus
The two illustrations show how part of a university campus looked in 2010 and how it looks today. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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