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IELTS Academic Task 1: Map — Parks & leisure
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The maps below show a public park in 2005 and the same park in 2025. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The layouts are as follows. The park is roughly rectangular, with its main entrance in the south-west corner. In 2005, a rose garden occupied the north-west corner, a large open lawn filled the centre, and a small pond lay in the north-east. There were tennis courts in the south-east and a few benches along the paths. By 2025, the rose garden and the lawn remained, but the pond had been enlarged and a café had been built beside it. The tennis courts had been replaced by a children's playground, and a new outdoor gym had been installed along the southern path. A cycle path now runs around the edge of the park, and a second entrance has been opened in the north-east corner, next to a new car park outside the park boundary.
Examiner focus: Mostly additions rather than replacements: keep the unchanged features brief and give the detail to the pond/café area and the new access points.
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