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IELTS Task 1 Map: You Should Spend About 20 Minutes On This Task

The maps show the coastal village of Seaville in 1980 and 2010, illustrating significant changes over the 30-year period. In 1980, Seaville was a small, unspoiled holiday settlement with only cottages and a small hotel, along with a marsh, woodlands, and tea room. However, by 2010 it had developed substantially into a permanent town with more infrastructure and amenities, including retirement villages, houses, hotels, holiday cottages, a golf course, and boat club.

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IELTS Task 1 Map: You Should Spend About 20 Minutes On This Task

The maps show the coastal village of Seaville in 1980 and 2010, illustrating significant changes over the 30-year period. In 1980, Seaville was a small, unspoiled holiday settlement with only cottages and a small hotel, along with a marsh, woodlands, and tea room. However, by 2010 it had developed substantially into a permanent town with more infrastructure and amenities, including retirement villages, houses, hotels, holiday cottages, a golf course, and boat club.

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IELTS Task 1 Map

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.


The map below shows the development of the village of Ryemouth between 1995 and present.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

The map shows how a village called Ryemouth has developed over the last twenty-five years. There have
been several changes, the most noticeable being the increases in accommodation, the elimination of the
fishing industry, and the introduction of sports facilities. 
In 1995, to the south of the village where the sea is there was previously a fishing industry, with a fishing
port and quite a large fish market as well. Next to this was a small cafe. On the other side of the road
running by the sea stood a line of five shops and a hotel, while situated in the north east part of the village
was farmland and a park with trees. The main housing of the village was located in the north west around a
main road that runs from the coastal road, with twelve houses, four of them encircled by a smaller side-
street.

Turning to the present-day map, it can be seen that the fishing facilities have all gone, being replaced by four
apartments, and the shops have become restaurants. The cafe remains, as does the hotel, albeit with parking
facilities which it did not have before. Having been converted into a golf course, the farmland has now gone,
while the forest park has been removed to make way for tennis courts. Although the old houses remain, new
ones have been built, along with a new road with two new houses beside it.  

IELTS Map Writing


You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The two maps below show an island, before and after the construction of some tourist facilities.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Sample Answer
The maps illustrate the changes that have occurred on an island due to the building of facilities
for tourists.
The island originally consisted of just palm trees and the beach, yet now, although the palm
trees remain, it hosts a wealth of attractions for holiday makers, from restaurants and swimming
to accommodation.
The island is approximately 200 metres long, with a small beach on the western tip. It was
deserted before, with only a scattering of palm trees. Now though, there is an abundance of
places to stay in the form of fifteen beach huts situated in circular patterns in the centre of the
island and to the west.
Between these two sets of accommodation there is also a new large restaurant and a reception
building, both served by new vehicle tracks. Situated in the south is a t-shaped pier for ships to
dock, and sailing boats are now evident in this area of the sea. Footpaths have also been
constructed, which traverse the island, leading to the new buildings and also the beach, where
tourists can now swim.

The diagrams below show the coastal village of Seaville in 1980 and 2010. Summarise
the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
The maps illustrate significant changes in the seaside town of Seaville, over a thirty-year
period, from 1980 to 2010.
Overall, the village developed substantially from a holiday settlement to a permanent town
over the 30-year period. Similarly, infrastructure and amenities increased, along with the
town’s capacity to provide for tourists.
In 1980, Seaville was tiny, attracting only a few tourists, who were accommodated in
cottages or a small hotel. In contrast, East Bank was unspoilt. To the east of the cottages,
was a marsh, and there was woodland to the north. Regarding recreation, besides the beach,
the town only offered a tea room.
However, the village had grown dramatically by 2010. Retirement villages had been built to
the west of the main road. The marsh had been drained and the cottages demolished in order
to construct houses. To cater for tourists, both a new high-rise hotel and holiday cottages on
East Bank had been constructed. The woodlands had been cleared and supplanted by a golf
course. Similarly, a boat club had been built on the west bank of the river. New infrastructure
was created to access East Bank. On the other hand, the town had preserved the original
hotel.

Question 1
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Question 2
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Question 3
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Question 4
The diagrams below show the coastal village of Seaville in 1980 and 2010. Summarise the
information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where
relevant. 

Write at least 150 words.

Question 5
The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its
development. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant. 

Write at least 150 words.

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