The maps show the outskirts of the town of Fosbury in 1980 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps show the outskirts of the town of Fosbury in 1980 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The maps present a development of Fosbury between 1980 and 2015. The graph clearly illustrates the extension that the town had experienced over a 35-year period. In 1980, the western part of Fosbury consisted of a sequence of
houses
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built in front of the park and the non-used area next to the main road that crosses the town from the north to the east. Next to it, located on the south edge of the city, there were two tennis courts. The east side,
on the other hand
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, contained the hotel, grocer’s shop, block of flats, and the settlement of terraced
houses
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from the north, and fields on the south. A huge development has been observed in the following fears. By 2015, only
houses
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and the hotel remained in their original place.
In contrast
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, the park was replaced by a new settlement of terrace
houses
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,
while
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a new parkland was created in the previous non-used area. Tennis courts were extended to the whole sports centre with the parking next to it.
East
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The east
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side of the city
also
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experienced changes. In the area of former fields, warehouses were constructed and previous terraced
houses
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from the north-east corner of Fosbury were replaced by a massive car park and the supermarket. The grocer’s shop
as well as
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the block of the flat were removed.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words houses with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Outskirts
  • Urban expansion
  • Infrastructure development
  • Population density
  • Land use transformation
  • Residential areas
  • Commercial areas
  • Green spaces
  • Transportation options
  • Comparison
  • Key development
  • Redevelopment
  • Rural to urban transition
  • Expansion of facilities
  • Infrastructure upgrade
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