The farmland and forest park areas were cut down to make way for the development of sporting facilities; golf course and tennis courts. Although the old houses remain, new ones were constructed, along with a new road with two new houses beside it.Â
Question and answers taken and adapted from: https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-task-1-map.html
Jika kalian perhatikan contoh di atas, struktur paragrafnya bisa dibagi seperti ini:
Paragraf 1: Paragraf ini, seperti task 1 lainnya, terdiri dari parafrase soal dan overview. Overview disini berperan untuk menunjukkan tingkat perubahan yang terjadi antara kedua peta tersebut. Karena di contoh atas perubahan lumayan banyak maka dalam penulisan overview nya adalah "Overall, the city has seen considerable changes". Â
Contoh lain yang bisa kalian tuliskan adalah "Over the period, the area witnessed dramatic changes". From 1995 to the present time, the city saw spectacular developments". "The city changed considerably over the time period".
Paragraf 2: Di paragraph ini, kalian jelaskan peta di tahun 1995-nya terlebih dahulu
Paragraf 3: Sedangkan di paragraph ini, kalian jelaskan peta di present-nya seperti apa. Disini kalian sudah harus membandingkan kesamaan dan perbedaan dalam kedua peta tersebut.
Dalam mendeskripsikan kedua peta tersebut ada beberapa bahasa yang perlu kalian pahami.
- Dalam menjelaskan lokasi kalian harus menggunakan arah mata angin; South, South-East, South-West, North, North-East, North-West, East, dan West. Contoh:
In 1995, to the south of the village where the sea is there was previously a fishing industry, with a fishing port and quite a large fish market as well.
East of this, there was a small cafe.
The main housing of the village was located in the north west around a main road that runs from the coastal road, with twelve houses, four of them encircled by a smaller side-street.
- Kalian juga bisa menggunakan preposisi untuk menunjukkan lokasi seperti at, in, on, by, beside, to, off, from, across, next dan sebagainya. Contoh:
