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Describe a time when you are very busy
You should say
When it was
What you had to do during that time
How you managed it
And explain how you felt about being busy
Describe a country you have visited
You should say:
Where is this country
When did you visit it?
What were the interesting things about this country
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Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems.
Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.
Computers should never have been invented. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?Unemployment has become an increasing problem in the recent past. What factors contribute to an increase in unemployment and what steps can be taken to solve the problem?
Some people think that young children should be allowed to do paid work, while others think that this should be illegal. Discuss both opinions and give your opinion.
(a) The advantages of allowing children to do paid work (b) Your opinion.
(a) Problems of overpopulation in urban areas (b) Government solutions (c) Individual solutions
(a) The problems of overpopulation (b) The solutions
(a) How governments can tackle urban overpopulation (b) How individuals can tackle urban overpopulation.
(a) The reasons why computers were invented (b) The benefits of computers (c) Your opinion.
(a) The problems with computers (b) Solutions to these problems.
(a) The benefits of computers (b) The drawbacks of computers (c) Your opinion
(a) The causes of increasing unemployment (b) How to solve this problem
(a) The problems with increasing unemployment (b) How to solve this problem.
(a) The reasons why unemployment is increasing.
(a) The advantages of allowing children to do paid work (b) The disadvantages this (c) Your opinion.
(a) The problems of allowing children to do paid work (b) The benefits of allowing them to do paid work.
IELTS Map - Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Below is a map of the city of Brandfield. City planners have decided to build a new shopping mall for the area, and two sites, S1 and S2 have been proposed.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Map of Brandfield with two proposed sites for a shopping mall
Model Answer
The map illustrates plans for two possible sites for a shopping mall in the city of Brandfield. It can be seen that the two sites under consideration are in the north and the south east of the town.
The first possible site for the shopping mall, S1, is just north of the city centre, above the railway line, which runs from the south east of the city to the north west. If it is built here, it will be next to a large housing estate, thus providing easy access for those living on the estate and in the city centre. It will also be next to the river that runs through the town.
The site in the south east, S2, is again just by the railway line and fairly close to the city centre, but it is near to an industrial estate rather than housing.
There is a main road that runs through the city and is close to both sites, thus providing good road access to either location. A large golf course and park in the west of the town prevents this area from being available as a site.
190 words
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IELTS Writing task 1 map vocabulary
There are various phrases that can be used to explain things. But there are certain words which can be used to describe the IELTS map or a diagram which are as follows:
Adverbs and Prepositions
- North/South/East/West
- Upstairs/Downstairs
- Clockwise/Anticlockwise
- To the north/To the south/To the east/To the west
- Across the road
- Before you get to
- In the middle of = in the centre of
- Just beyond = a little beyond = just past
- Inside/Outside
- To the left of/ To the right of
Verbs
- Go up/Go down
- Start by
- Is located = is situated = lies = there is = is
- Run through = cross = pass through = go through
- Cross = pass over = cut across
Nouns
- Crossroad = intersection = junction
- Hosing area = residential area = sleeping area
- Entrance = doorway
- Path = way
- Roundabout
- Area = field = zone
- Site = place = location
- Edge = boundary = end = fringe
Sentences
- The railway runs through the pass-through/ crosses/ goes through Z.
- A is located in the northeast of the town.
- X is situated in the northeast of the town, just behind the housing area.
- A is located in the northeast of B, which has a lot of population.
- Y is located in the centre of the town, which has a railway running through it from north to south.
Paraphrases
You need to be careful while paraphrasing the sentences. Sometimes the words that you paraphrase may not be appropriate
- Town centre = city centre may be the wrong word used because the town cannot be a city. So the correct paraphrasing should be the centre of the town
Also check :
IELTS map writing vocabulary
In order to succeed in getting a good band score, you have to know some of the vocabulary given below.
Introduction
- Illustrates
Eg: The map is illustrated with colors.
- Describes
Eg: This map clearly describes that the cyclone is moving towards the north.
- Demonstrates
Eg: The drought-prone areas are demonstrated in the map, by conducting a soil test.
- Represents
Eg: Those shades of grey in the map, represent the drought-prone areas.
- Reflects
Eg: The map reflects that the Indian borders are shrinking.
- Shows
Eg: The map clearly shows that there would be rainfall in southern areas.
- According to
Eg: The building is constructed according to the map.
- Provides detail of
Eg: The map provides details of deviations in the building.
- Gives information about
Eg: The map gives information about the irrigation channels used in the field.
Reading Passage 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.
The Creativity Myth
A. It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In our everyday lives, we have to perform many acts out of habit to survive, like opening the door, shaving, getting dressed, walking to work, and so on. If this were not the case, we would, in all probability, become mentally unhinged. So strongly ingrained are our habits, though this varies from person to person, that sometimes when a conscious effort is made to be creative, automatic response takes over. We may try, for example, to walk to work following a different route, but end up on our usual path. By then it is too late to go back and change our minds. Another day, perhaps. The same applies to all other areas of our lives. When we are solving problems, for example, we may seek different answers, but, often as not, find ourselves walking along the same well-trodden paths.
B. So, for many people, their actions and behaviour are set in immovable blocks, their minds clogged with the cholesterol of habitual actions, preventing them from operating freely, and thereby stifling creation. Unfortunately, mankind’s very struggle for survival has become a tyranny – the obsessive desire to give order to the world is a case in point. Witness people’s attitude to time, social customs and the panoply of rules and regulations by which the human mind is now circumscribed.
C. The groundwork for keeping creative ability in check begins at school. School, later university and then work, teach us to regulate our lives, imposing a continuous process of restrictions which is increasing exponentially with the advancement of technology. Is it surprising then that creative ability appears to be so rare? It is trapped in the prison that we have erected. Yet, even here in this hostile environment, the foundations for creativity are being laid; because setting off on the creative path is also partly about using rules and regulations. Such limitations are needed so that once they are learnt, they can be broken.
D. The truly creative mind is often seen as totally free and unfettered. But a better image is of a mind, which can be free when it wants, and one that recognises that rules and regulations are parameters, or barriers, to be raised and dropped again at will. An example of how the human mind can be trained to be creative might help here. People’s minds are just like tense muscles that need to be freed up and the potential unlocked. One strategy is to erect artificial barriers or hurdles in solving a problem. As a form of stimulation, the participants in the task can be forbidden to use particular solutions or to follow certain lines of thought to solve a problem. In this way, they are obliged to explore unfamiliar territory, which may lead to some startling discoveries. Unfortunately, the difficulty in this exercise, and with creation itself, is convincing people that creation is possible, shrouded as it is in so much myth and legend. There is also an element of fear involved, however subliminal, as deviating from the safety of one’s thought patterns is very much akin to madness. But, open Pandora’s box and a whole new world unfold before your very eyes.
E. Lifting barriers into place also plays a major part in helping the mind to control ideas rather than letting them collide at random. Parameters act as containers for ideas and thus help the mind to fix on them. When the mind is thinking laterally and two ideas from different areas of the brain come or are brought together, they form a new idea, just like atoms floating around and then forming a molecule. Once the idea has been formed, it needs to be contained or it will fly away, so fleeting is its passage. The mind needs to hold it in place for a time so that it can recognise it or call on it again. And then the parameters can act as channels along which the ideas can flow, developing and expanding. When the mind has brought the idea to fruition by thinking it through to its conclusion, the parameters can be brought down and the idea allowed to float off and come in contact with other ideas.
Questions 1-5
Reading Passage 1 has five paragraphs, A-E.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
1. the way parameters in the mind help people to be creative
2. the need to learn rules to break them
3. how habits restrict us and limit creativity
4. how to train the mind to be creative
5. how the mind is trapped by the desire for order
Questions 6-10
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
6. According to the writer, creative people
A. are usually born with their talents
B. are born with their talents
C. are not born with their talents
D. are geniuses
7. According to the writer, creativity is
A. a gift from God or nature
B. an automatic response
C. difficult for many people to achieve
D. a well-trodden path
8. According to the writer
A. the human race’s fight to live is becoming a tyranny
B. the human brain is blocked with cholesterol
C. the human race is now circumscribed by talents
D. the human race’s fight to survive stifles the creative ability
9. Advancing technology
A. holds creativity in check
B. improves creativity
C. enhances creativity
D. is a tyranny
10. According to the author, creativity
A. is common
B. is increasingly common
C. is becoming rarer and rarer
D. is a rare commodity
Questions 11-14
Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer?
In boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet write
YES, if the statement agrees with the information in the passage
NO, if the statement contradicts the information in the passage
NOT GIVEN, if there is no information about the statement in the passage
11. Rules and regulations are examples of parameters.
12. The truly creative mind is associated with the need for free speech and a free society.
13. One problem with creativity is that people think it is impossible.
14. The act of creation is linked to madness.
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