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Grammar for Task 1 Maps
100

What information must be included in a map introduction?

  • what the maps show
  • time (past → present / years)
100

Is it important to include specific details in overview? Why?

NO, because it will bring down the task achievement score.

100

Same: which phrase can be used to  describe the facilities remained the same?a

 remained unchanged; it remained its original location.

100

This two-word formal phrase means “situated directly across from something.”

opposite to

100

What is the correct voice for describing buildings that were built by someone

the passive voice

200


What is wrong with this introduction?

“The map shows a park.”

How to upgrade it?



  • no time reference
  • too vague
  • The maps show changes in a park over time.
200

How to write an overview for a map task?

it should be the general description of the map or general description of the changes.

200

Can you use three different ways to describe the facilities gone?

sth has been demolished to make room for

sth has been replaced by

sth has been substituted by

200

This phrase describes two roads or buildings that never meet and stay the same distance apart.

parallel to

A new footpath was built running parallel to the main highway.

200

What is the linking word used to show a contrast between two separate changes?

 While, whereas, but

300


Rewrite this introduction in a better way:

“The maps show Grange Park.”


The maps illustrate the changes that have taken place in Grange Park from 1920 to the present day.

The maps display the Grange park as it appeared in 1920 and its current appearance.

300

How to understand the general description of the map?

It refers to the defining features of the map, e.g. a road that runs through the map or the river that might cut through the map or you might describe if it's on the coast.

300

Change: which phrase can be referred to change?


sth will become or sth will be

300

This precise locative phrase means “situated in the far corner where the north and east sides meet.”

in the northeast corner

300

What is the correct tense to describe a map that shows a future planned development.

be expected to/ be planned to/ be predicted to

400


Paraphrase this sentence using a different verb:

“The maps show the changes in a park.”


  • illustrate
  • depict
  • present
  • display
400

Please give more examples of general description of the changes?

The town is more built up.

the area has more residential buildings

there are fewer natural features in the map

there are more facilities introduced into this area while a small number of amenities remained unchanged.

400

give an English explanation to repurpose

 it means to give some new purpose to the facilities.

400

This formal phrase describes something that is “completely enclosed on all sides.”





surrounded entirely by

Example: The central park is surrounded entirely by residential buildings.

400

What is this structure avoids repetition by referring back to a previously mentioned area.

the former; the latter

500

Write a full Band 7+ introduction for this task:

Take the  map 3 for reference ( map3)

The maps illustrate the paradise island as it appeared in the past and its existing appearance.

The maps illustrate changes that have taken place in the paradise from the past to the present.

500

Please give me an overview for the task -map 4

Overall, it had four beaches on its coastline along the Atlantic ocean and by 2010, the town was more built up and had additional infrastructure.

500

What verb means a road goes from one place to another?

Translate the sentence in English:

一条河流贯穿整个区域,并将该地区分为东西两部分。

run from A to B


A river runs through the entire area, dividing it into eastern and western parts.

500

What is this prepositional phrase meaning “following the path or line of a long, thin feature such as a road or river.”


along the road or river.

500


Please tell me one complex sentence describing: Original: farmland in the south. Later: a large housing estate with a small park inside it.  make a sentence






The farmland in the south has been redeveloped into a large housing estate, with a small park located inside the residential area.




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