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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 22nd May
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The plans below show Randwick Road in 2000 and 2010. Write a summary of the information. Select and report the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
In 2000, there were eight operating businesses, the largest of which was a charity shop. In 2010, there were ten businesses, and the charity shop had relocated into a smaller space. The newsagent, the secondlargest shop in 2000, had reduced its size by fifty percent by 2010. A childcare centre had occupied the premises of the old charity shop, and a pharmacy opened in the one site vacant in 2000.
Around half of the shops on Randwick Road in 2000 were the same ten years later. However, some shops contracted, and two closed down altogether. A new childcare centre and pharmacy appeared; the number of food outlets doubled. Significantly, in 2000, parking was permitted on both sides of the road, but by 2010 was restricted to one side from 10 AM until 3 PM, and forbidden on the other, where a bus stop was added.
The bakery was exactly the same in 2010 as a decade earlier. The Thai restaurant had changed its cuisine to North Indian, and a Brazilian restaurant had taken over the shoe shop. An organic grocery had replaced the video shop.
