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IELTS Academic Task 1: Map — Coasts & redevelopment
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The maps below show a fishing port in 1995 and the same port today, after redevelopment. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The layouts are as follows. The port sits on a bay, with the sea to the north. In 1995, fishing boats moored along a quay on the west side of the bay, next to fish warehouses and a fish market. A boat-repair yard stood on the east side, and a small lighthouse marked the harbour entrance. Today, the fishing quay and market survive on the west side, but the warehouses have been converted into seafood restaurants and a maritime museum. The repair yard in the east has been replaced by a marina for leisure boats, with a sailing school beside it. A new promenade runs along the whole bay, and a car park has been built behind it. The lighthouse is unchanged.
Examiner focus: Working port to leisure waterfront — but fishing itself remains; organise east versus west and note the conversions, not demolitions.
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