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Two Road Tunnels in Australia

The diagrams below give information about two road tunnels in two Australian cities.

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

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Key features: Two Road Tunnels in Australia

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

2 points

Key changes

6 points

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Answer · 167 words · 3 paragraphs · 10 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response organises the comparison clearly and reports useful details about cost, length, ground materials and lane capacity. However, the first construction end date is 1998, not 1988. Claims about advanced technology, the traffic-opening date and the tunnel matching the bridge span go beyond the diagram. The language shows structural variety, but more precise descriptions of location and lane arrangement would improve the report.

TA

Task Achievement

The response reports the main dimensions, costs, terrain and lane totals, but gives the first construction period as 1986–1988 instead of 1986–1998. The overview and final sentence infer advanced building technology without visual evidence, while an opening date and matching bridge endpoints are also not established.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas are organised logically into an overview followed by two body sections, with cohesive devices and referencing used naturally and without strain.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary supports comparisons through expressions such as 'accommodate' and 'longer than the former tunnel'. Some choices reduce precision: 'river-spanning' obscures the tunnel's position beneath the river, 'went' is awkward for a fixed structure, and 'construction cost' would identify the expenditure more directly than 'price tag'.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A wide range of complex structures, including relative clauses and cleft-like emphasis ('it was not until 2006 that'), is used with consistent accuracy and only occasional slips.

7.0

What to work on next

Check the construction dates, replace technology judgments with measurable comparisons, and report completion periods without assuming opening dates. Describe the lanes per bore and use static location verbs such as lies.

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