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Coal Mining Site Before and After Redevelopment

The maps below show a coal mining site before and after redevelopment.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Sample answer (1) Key features (13) Vocabulary (7) Sentence patterns (2)

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Key features: Coal Mining Site Before and After Redevelopment

WhyThis is aMap — it asks you to describe how a place changed.

SoWe split the points intoOverview(the overall change to the place)andKey changes(what was added, removed, moved or kept).

Overview

1 point

Key changes

12 points

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Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response presents a clear overview and a logical before-and-after comparison, supported by a good range of location and redevelopment vocabulary. Accuracy is weakened by exaggerating the mine entrance’s extent and describing the office and changing room as diminished rather than replaced. The new facilities need clearer individual locations. The opening sentence of the initial-layout paragraph is also incomplete, despite otherwise varied grammatical structures.

TA

Task Achievement

The response covers the main redevelopment with a clear overview and relevant comparisons. However, the entrance is incorrectly said to occupy most of the upper map, the office and changing room are described as diminished rather than replaced, and the new leisure facilities need more distinct locations.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically through a clear before-and-after structure with cohesive devices and referencing that guide the reader without strain, despite occasional slightly mechanical linking.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There is a good range of topic-specific and change vocabulary, including “waste tips”, “converted into” and “recreational facilities”. Some choices lack precision: “diminished” suggests reduction rather than replacement, and “medical centre” is less faithful to the map’s “Medical room” label.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

The response uses varied complex structures, including relative clauses, participle constructions and passive forms. Most sentences are clear, but the opening sentence describing the original layout lacks an independent main clause, and there is an unnecessary space before the first full stop.

7.0

What to work on next

Check each facility’s position and change of use against the maps, especially the mine entrance and the three new leisure areas. Then ensure that every sentence has a main clause, including the opening description of the original layout.

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