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100

Correct the grammar mistake: 

The maps illustrates the changes.

The maps illustrate the changes.

100

Add the missing article:

There was road going through the village.

There was a road going through the village.

100

Correct the spelling mistake: The infrastructure was modenerised.

The infrastructure was modernised.

100

Correct the verb form: 

The farmland are replaced by houses. 

The farmland was replaced by houses.

100

Correct the agreement error: 

There are is also an expansion.

There is also an expansion.

200

Fix the run-on sentence.

The farmland disappeared rows of houses were constructed.

  • The farmland disappeared. Rows of houses were constructed.
    OR

  • The farmland disappeared, and rows of houses were constructed.

200

Correct the informal word: The village got developed into a bigger community.

The village was developed into a larger community.

200

Replace the vague phrase with a precise one: 


The farmland was replaced by many things.

The farmland was replaced by housing developments and roads.

200

Correct the word form: 


A lots of changes have been made.

A lot of changes have been made. 

(or even better yet)

A number of changes were made.

200

Remove the personal pronoun and make it academic:


We can also see that the school was enlarged.

It can also be observed that the school was enlarged.

OR

The school was also enlarged.

300

Replace the informal phrase with an academic alternative: 


The population insanely increased.

The population increased significantly.

OR


The village became more densely populated.

300

Improve the collocation: Couples of houses were built.

A number of houses were built.
OR
Several houses were constructed.

300

Correct the relative clause.

The houses which most of them were built along the road.

The houses, most of which were built along the road, …
OR
Most of the houses were built along the road.

300

Remove speculation and make the sentence objective.


The population density improved sharply.

The residential area expanded significantly.

300

Correct and formalise the sentence.


The gardens got smaller because they built more houses.

The gardens were reduced in size as additional houses were constructed.

400

Combine using a complex clause.

 The farmland disappeared. The river remained unchanged.

  • While the farmland disappeared, the river remained unchanged.

  • Although the farmland was removed, the river remained unchanged.

400

Improve lexical sophistication.


The village became more modern.

The village underwent substantial residential development.
OR
The settlement evolved into a predominantly residential community.

400

Rewrite using passive voice and formal vocabulary.


They replaced the large house with a retirement home.

The large house was converted into a retirement home.

400

Combine and add precision.


Houses were built. Roads were extended.

Houses were constructed along newly extended roads.
OR
Numerous houses were built alongside an expanded road network.

400

Make this sentence more academically precise.

The village changed a lot over the years.

The village underwent significant transformation over the 80-year period.

500

Rewrite to Band 8 level using at least one subordinate clause.


The farmland was replaced by houses.

The farmland was entirely replaced by residential housing, resulting in a significant expansion of the village. 

500

Add a non-defining relative clause (wh-)

The primary school was enlarged.

The primary school, which was located near the large house, was significantly enlarged.

500

Rewrite using “whereas” correctly.


The shops were removed. The post office stayed the same.

The shops were removed, whereas the post office remained unchanged.

500

Improve vocabulary and add a participle clause. 

(-ing)

The large house was replaced by a retirement home.

The large house was redeveloped into a retirement home, marking a shift in the village’s residential function.

500

Rewrite this as a high-level overview sentence beginning with “Overall,...”: 


The village became bigger and lost farmland.

Overall, the village underwent substantial residential expansion, as agricultural land was replaced by housing developments and infrastructure was expanded.

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