Band 6+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The following maps show the changes that have taken place in the centre of a town since 1700. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The diagrams present the changes of the town centre from past to present.

Overall, the location experienced dramatic transformation and modernization of infrastructure. Half of the greenery zone were reduced and new buildings were built.

First and foremost, both Steggle Farm and Goode Farm were demolished. Car park and twelve new houses were built in the original location of Steggle Farm, which is located in the north of the town centre. Large areas of grassland situated in the west of the town were reduced and used to build the new Steggle Road. The grassland in the south and the north east side of the town were redeveloped, 12 more housing estates and 2 more shops were built compare to 1700 in the area to the south of the market square. While the two houses and the stabbles were all knocked off and transformed into houses and block of flats.

Apart from that, the hotel, market square and church remain at the same place , which is in the middle of the centre over the years, though a new grassland is built at this location.