MAP
Writing task 1
The maps below show the center of a small town called Birshire as it
is now, and plans for its development.
You need to write an overview or summary of the changes you see between the maps. You need to write just
two sentences and nothing more.
Describe the biggest change in a short sentence.
State the names of other few changes from the map. Do not mention the location of these.
Passive voice for IELTS Writing Task 1
Maps
It is advisable you use passive voices in the perfect aspect of tenses to comment on the amendments in the maps.
If the maps are of a past date, use the past perfect tense in the passive form.
Format Example
The health post had been replaced by a
hospital.
subject + had been + past participle
The area for farming had been decreased.
If the maps set out the changes till today, then use the passive form of the present perfect tense.
Format Example
The highway, which goes from east to west, has
been expanded.
subject + has/have + been + past participle
The trees in the park have been cut down.
• For maps which deal
will future changes,
Format Example apply the future
perfect tense in the
The street will have been
elongated in the future.
passive voice.
subject + will have + past
participle A new shopping center will
have been built in the town
center.
IELTS Writing Task 1 Map Tips: Relative clauses
• The playground, which is in the middle of the park, has been
downsized.
• The branch manager who meets all the company goals will be
promoted.
• The sculpture, which was built in 2014, has been vandalized by
thugs.
• The underlined parts in the above examples are relative clauses.
If they are removed from sentences, the sentences might still be
grammatically correct, but they will lose some information.
• Relative clauses make sentences complex, so boosting the chance
of scoring high in IELTS Writing.
The given maps describe the changes which have been planned for the town of Birshire.
In summary, Birshire will have undergone a drastic transformation from a rural town into an urbanized area in
the future. New infrastructures like roads, a car park, a supermarket, and a sports center will have been added
First and foremost, all the farms from Birshire will have been removed in the days to come. Griffiths
Farm, which is in the top right corner of the map, will have been replaced by a supermarket,
whereas Hoolahan Farm, which is currently on the right side of McGoldrick Road, will make way for
a parking lot. Moreover, the Farmer’s Market, which is beside Corbie Road, will no longer be there
in the future.
Furthermore, apart from the addition of a roundabout at the junction of McGoldrick Road and That Street,
Corbie Road will be extended beyond That Street. The open field at the bottom right of the map will be the
venue for the construction of a Sports Center. Together with the removal of the shops from the the bottom
left, more houses will have been erected.