The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development.

The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development.
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The two maps illustrate Islip in its current form and proposed plan.
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, there will be a multitude of changes in the town layout, with
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carriageway being the most noticeable one. In the current setup, shops are extended along the main road, with countryside and housing on the northern and southern sides of the town respectively. The northern shops will be demolished to make way for a bus station, shopping centre, and a car park.
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, two new housing areas will be constructed, one accompanying the northern facilities of the town and the other between the current housing and the southern shops. Other remarkable changes include the construction of a dual carriageway, which will circle most of the city's amenities.
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construction will separate two residential areas on the southern side of the map.
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, the main road will be torn down and the area will be used only by pedestrians.
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the location of the school and park are predicted to remain unchanged, the latter will shrink in size.

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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "maps" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Small town
  • Centre
  • Development
  • Maps
  • Plans
  • Introduce
  • Topic
  • Purpose
  • Essay
  • Description
  • Current
  • Key features
  • Facilities
  • Advantages
  • Positive aspects
  • Benefits
  • Proposed
  • Changes
  • Improvements
  • Suggested
  • Potential
  • Course of action
  • Summarize
  • Opinion
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