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The plans below show a harbour in 2000 and how it looks today

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 — Cambridge IELTS 19, Test 2

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The task

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The plans below show a harbour in 2000 and how it looks today.

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

Write at least 150 words.

What the chart shows

Two maps — "Porth Harbour (in 2000)" and "Porth Harbour (today)". The pair of plans shows how the harbour area was redeveloped: in 2000 it included passenger ferries and open space, whereas today much of the area has been converted into housing and leisure facilities. (Refer to the plans in Cambridge IELTS 19, Test 2, Writing Task 1.)

How it is marked

Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy — the four official IELTS criteria, each with its own band and a written reason. Write at least 150 words.

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