Eastminster village
The maps below show the transformation of the village of Eastminster over a ten-year period.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Sample answer 1
The maps give information about how a village called Eastminster changed during a ten-year period.
Overall, the Village underwent residential and commercial developments with less open spaces over the decade.
Looking first at the area to the North of the river, the Woodland in the north-west was turned into an adventure park while the park in the North East of the town became much smaller in size. It is clear that the park in the north-east gave way to the expansion of houses which were originally smaller in size compared to those of ten years ago. Moreover, the large house with gardens was replaced with a hotel and the golf course. The other main development to the north of the river was the relocation of the school from the South bank of the river.
The area south of the river experienced greater changes. To the east, the streets of houses were demolished to make ways for blocks of flats. Besides, the area to the south west of the old streets of houses, which was originally a public garden, had more houses built. Further developments that occurred where the construction of factories and warehouses, line together with the conversion of the school on the river into a new shopping complex. The final transformation was the expansion of the hospital west of the old school situated by the river.
Word count: 229 words
Sample answer 1
The maps showed the changes that took place in the town of Eastminster between the years 1999 and 2009.
It is clear that Eastminster became more urbanized with less open spaces over the decade.
North of the river, which divides the town, the Woodland in the north-west was turned into an adventure park. Moreover, by 2009 the large house with gardens had been replaced with a hotel with a golf course. More houses were also built encroaching on the park in the north-east. The other main change was the relocation of the school from the south to the north bank of the river.
The area south of the river experienced greater of urbanization. To the east, the streets of houses were demolished to make way for blocks of flats. By 2009, where a public garden stood south to be old streets of houses, there were more houses. Further developments that occurred where the construction of factories and warehouses, line together with the conversion of the school on the river into a new shopping complex. The final transformation was the expansion of the hospital west of the old school situated by the river.
Word count: 192 words