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IELTS Academic Task 1: Map — Education & campuses
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The maps below show a university campus in 2000 and the same campus today. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The layouts are as follows. In 2000, the main teaching building stood in the centre of the campus, with the library to its north and a small café to its east. Student accommodation was located in the south-west corner, a sports field occupied the south-east, and the main entrance was in the south, with a car park beside it. Today, the teaching building and the library remain, but the library has been extended to twice its original size. The café has been replaced by a larger student centre. A new science building has been built in the north-east corner, where there was previously open grassland. The sports field has been replaced by an indoor sports hall, the accommodation block has been extended, and the car park has been moved to the north-west corner and enlarged.
Examiner focus: Growth in every direction: unchanged core, enlarged buildings, and two swaps (field → hall, café → student centre) plus the relocated car park.
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