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IELTS Writing Task 1 - The Revised Processes and Maps Strategies

The document provides strategies for summarizing maps and processes in IELTS Writing Task 1. For maps, it recommends using passive voice, deciding on tense, always summarizing information, using "replaced with" not "replaced by", and discussing features by location in separate paragraphs. For processes, it suggests paraphrasing the title, using passive voice where possible, employing discourse markers to discuss sequence, and interpreting pictures in one coherent paragraph rather than individually.

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IELTS Writing Task 1 - The Revised Processes and Maps Strategies

The document provides strategies for summarizing maps and processes in IELTS Writing Task 1. For maps, it recommends using passive voice, deciding on tense, always summarizing information, using "replaced with" not "replaced by", and discussing features by location in separate paragraphs. For processes, it suggests paraphrasing the title, using passive voice where possible, employing discourse markers to discuss sequence, and interpreting pictures in one coherent paragraph rather than individually.

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IELTS Writing Task 1 strategies: Processes and Maps.

Maps:
In the IELTS test, you may get 2 or three maps to compare their features (the most important
things in them). To interpret maps, do the following:
1. Try to use as many passive voice sentences as you can. For example, the roads have
been modernized (instead of: the workers modernized the roads)
2. Decide which tense to use.
a. If you have a past map and a present one, then keep using present perfect for the
changes. For example, the hotel has been expanded (not the hotel was expanded,
because we do not know when the changes have occurred).
b. If the maps are both in the past, then use past simple and past perfect for changes.
For example, by 2010, the roads had been modernized.
3. Always summarize the information. So, if there were three houses and now there are
five, just say: more houses have been built.
4. Use replaced with (not replaced by – it used when employees replace each other). For
example, the house has been removed and replaced with a post office.
5. When writing the paragraphs:
a. In the first sentence, paraphrase the information about the two/three maps.
b. Then, discuss the first map (for example, in 1980) in the first body paragraph.
c. Following this, discuss what had occurred in the second map (for example, in 2010)
in the second body paragraph.
d. Group the given information and discuss them within each paragraph. For example,
the first group can be information on the built up area, and the second could be on
transportation: roads, bridges, car parks, etc. Then, discuss how these two groups
were in the first map, then what changes have/had happened to them in the second
map.
e. When you discuss each feature, try to mention its location.
i. If there is a compass, then mention the location in relation to the directions.
For example, the stables located in the east of the town have been replaced
with a block of flats.
ii. If there is no compass, then the location should be mentioned based on the
map. For example, the farm located in the lower left hand corner of the map
has been removed and replaced with …..

Processes:
A process is a diagram that illustrates the sequence of events, or steps to do something. To
interpret (explain) it, the followings need to be followed:

1. Begin by paraphrasing the title/topic.


2. Use passive voice. It is NOT required to change all verbs to passive voice. For example,
the milk is heated (instead of: heat the milk)
3. Use discourse markers (connectors) when discussing the sequence. For example,
First/Firstly, then, next, following this, and finally.
4. When there are pictures involved, do not interpret picture by picture, instead aim to
interpret the process in one coherent paragraph.

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