Today we talk to Summer, a student in our course, about how she wrote the winning Task 1 essay about IELTS maps this month.
This is a question type that is becoming more common on the IELTS exam, though still rare.
Moreover, it is also a Task 1 question that many students find daunting, because they have no idea how to write about it!
So, listen to our advice today and learn how to write a stellar IELTS Task 1 essay about maps!
Here is the map question we discuss today:
Follow the 3 steps: Plan, Write, Check
- These may seem logical to you, but I know that many students skip one or more of these on exam day!
- All 3 steps are important. You must plan in order to have an organized essay, and you must check your work in order to raise your vocabulary and grammar scores.
Read carefully
- Read the question slowly.
- Look at the information on the diagram or graph. You must think about it and really understand what this information is about.
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Organize your essay logically
- Use cardinal directions- north, south, east, west.
- Organize your description from top to bottom or left to right, for example.
- Don’t just say there were changes. You must write what the changes meant for the place, or looked like.
- Here is Summer’s overall trend: Major changes happened on the island, transforming it into a promising tourist attraction.
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