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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 15th June
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
Diagram A below shows Sorrel Cottage and the surrounding land in 1980, diagram B shows the changes that took place from 1980 to 2002 followed by a key.
SAMPLE ANSWER
According to diagrams A and B, a number of changes took place at Sorrel Cottage between 1980 and 2002. The purchase of two plots of land enlarged the garden. The one adjacent to the southern border was bought in 1983 and almost equalled in size the original garden. Then in the year 1985 the area covered by the garden was effectively doubled the acquisition a plot of land on the eastern border.
Between 1986 and 1988, the cottage was extended on the southern side and the following year saw planting of an orchard in the northern part of the land acquired in 1985. A pond was added to the garden in 1990 and in the same year a vegetable garden was added on the other side of the garden from the orchard. In 1996, two lines of trees were planted one along the southern edge of the garden and the other above the orchard. Between 2000 and 2001, an open-air swimming pool was built in the land purchased in 1983.
