Map Notes
Map Notes
o Structure
o Describing locations
o Sample answer
You will also be able to learn some new vocabulary that will
help you deal with any Task 1 maps question.
future.
present.
The first kind is very rare, as it only requires you to use the
present simple, and no comparisons can be made.
The third is the most common and will be the main focus of
this post.
Structure
To describe two maps, I advise my students to follow a
four-paragraph structure.
Paragraph 2- Overview
Examples:
Examples:
Examples:
developments.
totally transformed.
reconstructed.
redeveloped.
7. Between 1995 and 2005, the old houses were rebuilt.
You can use ‘to the left’ and ‘to the right’, but a better way
is to use ‘north’, ‘south’, ‘east’ and ‘west’. I normally advise
my students to draw the symbols on the question paper if
they are not already there.
Examples: