The mans below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The given maps illustrate Islip
town
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center
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before and after its development.
Overall
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, the
town
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center
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will add
carriageway
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a carriageway
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around it, and it will have lots of new housing after the development. The
town
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center
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centre
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is
at
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in
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the south of
countryside
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the countryside
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with an east-west main
road
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that has shops on
its
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apply
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both sides. Housing is located
at
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on
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the south side of
shops
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the shops
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, and the park is
at
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on
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the east side of
housing
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the housing
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with a
road
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connected to it.
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, the school is
at
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in
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the southernmost part of the
town
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center
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centre
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,
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and
also
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has a
road
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lead
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to it. After the development,
most
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the most
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significant change is that there will
have
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be
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a dual carriageway
surround
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surrounding
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almost all
the
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of the
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town
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center
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except
school
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the school
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and some housing east
to
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of
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the school.
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, the main
road
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will only allow pedestrians to walk on it, and the shop
at
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on
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the north of
main
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the main
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road
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will become
bus
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a bus
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station, shopping
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center
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centre
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, and car park, arranged from west to east, there will
also
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have new housing at the east of it.
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, there will
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have
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new housing in between the old housing and the park.
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task achievement
Provide a more detailed summary of the main features of the maps.
coherence cohesion
Ensure that each paragraph focuses on a specific aspect of the maps.
lexical resource
Use more specific and varied vocabulary.
grammatical range accuracy
Check for grammatical errors and improve sentence structure.

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