The maps below show Pancha Village in 2005 and 2015.
Sample Response
The mapsyielded map demonstrates the changes in Pancha Villagepunch village from 2005 to 2015.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that the village became more advanced and improved in infrastructure after an advancement. In 2005, a dirt-and-stone roadsoil and rocks surface road passed through the centre of the village, and it also divided the village into two parts. In the northeast corner was thea primary school, whereas the pagoda was in the southeaston the southeast side; however, the opposite side of the roadthe opposite side of it was the market. Both sides of the road had several housesaccommodations.
By 2015After a decade, all locationsall places locations remained the same, primary school and market remained in the same locations as in 2005were the same as was in 2005 although both were expanded and modernisedalthough, it was reconstructed and was modern. The biggest change made in the road was cement concrete and had traffic instructor such as driving the speed limit, road indication tag moreover, on the left side of road electricity tower pass. Accommodation and pagoda were same although the number of the house in pagoda rose. A new communications towerNew network tower was builtbuilds or develops in the southwest corner.
Why this response received Band 5.0
The response identifies the broad modernization of the village and mentions several visible upgrades, including the surfaced road, utilities, and a communications tower. Its main limitation is incomplete and sometimes unclear coverage of the mapped changes, compounded by frequent language errors; the highest priority is to select the major changes accurately and express each comparison in a controlled sentence.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A general overview and several changes are included, but the school expansion and market development are overlooked while housing changes are described imprecisely.
State the main transformations in the overview, then compare the road, school, market, utilities, and housing accurately across the two maps.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a broadly chronological structure, but overloaded sentences and poorly controlled linking weaken progression within the final paragraph.
Group related changes by location or feature and use one clear comparison per sentence with simpler linking.
Lexical Resource
There is some relevant vocabulary for maps and infrastructure, but frequent inaccurate choices such as accommodations, traffic instructor, and road indication tag reduce precision.
Use standard map-description terms such as houses, traffic signs, electricity poles, and paved road, checking collocations carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response attempts varied structures, but frequent errors in agreement, articles, verb forms, and sentence boundaries regularly strain clarity.
Build accurate simple and compound comparison sentences before adding subordinate clauses, and check every verb for tense and agreement.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The maps below show Pancha Village in 2005 and 2015.
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