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The document provides a list of verbs and examples related to changes in buildings, trees, roads, and leisure facilities. It emphasizes the use of directional terms (north, south, east, west) and prepositions of place to describe these changes. The document serves as a guide for effectively communicating urban development and environmental alterations.

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Map_Vocabulary and Structures

The document provides a list of verbs and examples related to changes in buildings, trees, roads, and leisure facilities. It emphasizes the use of directional terms (north, south, east, west) and prepositions of place to describe these changes. The document serves as a guide for effectively communicating urban development and environmental alterations.

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Below is a list of various buildings, features, and verbs we could use to describe their

change.

Buildings– demolished, knocked down, flattened, replaced, renovated, built, constructed,


reconstructed, developed, extended, expanded, relocated, converted and modernized.

Examples:

The government demolished the industrial estate and developed a sports ground.

They removed the shops and replaced them with a skyscraper.

A port was constructed at the edge of the river.

The factory in the city centre was demolished and relocated to the city’s north.

The old warehouses were replaced with new hotels.

The factory was converted into apartments.

Trees and Forests- cleared, cut down, chopped down, removed, planted.

Examples:

The forest was cut down and replaced with a shopping centre.

The trees were cleared to make way for houses.

Roads, bridges and railways lines- constructed, built, extended, expanded and removed.

The main road was extended, and a new bridge was built over the river.

Leisure facilities- opened, set up, developed.

Examples:

A skate park was set up next to the swimming pool.

A park was developed beside the forest.


You will also be expected to describe where things are maps and describe where
changes have occurred.

You can use ‘to the left’ and ‘to the right’, but a better way is to use ‘north’, ‘south’, ‘east’
and ‘west’.

Examples:

The forest to the south of the river was cut down.

A golf course was constructed to the north of the airport.

The houses in the southwest of the town were demolished.

The green fields to the city’s northwest were redeveloped as a park.

The airport in the city’s centre was relocated to the northeast of the river.

The school to the southeast was knocked down and a new one was built to the east of the
forest.

Finally, you will also be expected to use prepositions of place, e.g.


at/in/on/by/beside/to/off/from, to describe where things are.

Examples:

Dramatic changes took place in the city centre.

To the town’s south is a golf course surrounded by trees.

A new school was built next to the swimming pool.

The old road running from north to south was replaced by a new motorway.

A marina was built on the banks of the river.

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