The two maps show the changes that have taken place in the town of Westley since 1815.

Read the sample IELTS Writing Task 1 on the topic: The two maps below show the changes that have taken place in the town of Westley since 1815.

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The two maps below show the changes that have taken place in the town of Westley since 1815.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Band Score: 5.5 Bands

The two maps illustrate the changes which have happened in the town of Westley from 1815 till today.

Overall, the town have updated it’s transportation considerably, in addition, it have become modernization by creating wide range of facilities such as cinema, sporsts centre and shopping centre.

Firstly, In 1815 , there was a numerous space of field , which has currently removed and replaced by a railway sation, as well as, Twine Toll Bridge, which was a leading road to London, has  changed with a railway extention. Whereas, in the middel of the town the road system has significantly modified and extended.

Nowdays, in north east of Westley, there is Lenton Hotel and the Red Lion where Lord Westley’s House used to be. The lake of lenton have remained unchanged, however lenton housing estate is now where it once was lenton wood. Town hall have updgraded as it comprises shopping , buisness and residential area in the south. Also, there is a  west gate shopping center where the church used to be.

Written by an IELTS Student

Band Score Analysis (5.5):

• There are many spelling mistakes.
• The student has not discussed the changes in a sequence.
• Some changes, like cinema, Lenton Woods, etc is not discussed at all.
• Grammatical mistakes are prevalent (punctuation mistakes, subject-verb agreement issues, wrong choice of word).
• Paraphrasing is not good enough.

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Band Score: 6.5 Bands

The two maps illustrate the town of Westley, how it was in 1815, and today.

Overall, the town has updated its transportation system considerably. In addition, it has become modernized and changed into an industrial area by creating a wide range of facilities such as a cinema, sports centre, and shopping centre.

Firstly, in 1815, on the left of the town, there was a large field, which was removed and replaced by a railway station. Moreover, the Twine Toll Bridge, which was a leading road to London, has been demolished and replaced with a railway track.

The road extending from the Tinton village had Lake Lenton on the left, which remained unchanged. On the right side of this road, there was Lord Westley’s House in 1815, and it has been replaced by the Lenton Hotel and The Red Lion. Moving further on this road, the Coach Inn was demolished to build a new Sports center and Museum. Right next to it, Lenton Woods was deforested to build the Lenton Housing Estate. Similarly, the church and houses have been replaced by West Gate Shopping Center and Business and Residential Area, respectively, while the Market Square and Town Hall were not changed at all.

Finally, the road emerging from Tinton Village was extended further to build a Cinema, and a new Shopping, Business, and Residential Area.

Written by an IELTS Student

Band Score Analysis (6.5):

• The student has discussed all the changes that occurred in the map.
• Paraphrasing is done accurately.
• There is a mix of compound and simple sentences.
• The changes are discussed properly in a sequence to maintain cohesion.
• With further improvement in sentence structures, the student could have achieved 7 bands.
• Some information mentioned in the overview is inaccurate.
• The removal of the Twine Toll Bridge is not mentioned.