task 1: The map below shows the main changes that have taken place in an American town over 62 years

Describing the changes in an American town

The maps illustrate the main changes that have taken place in an American town from 1948 to 2010. Overall, the most notable change that there is an increase in the accommodations and decreasing in residential home.

In 1948 there was factories to the north east of the town, which then turned to an airport and commercial buildings. Next to this, a super market was built in what was previously a lake. The petrol station remains as it is since 1948. As well as the roads and canal.

According to the maps, it is clear that commercials building dominate the area which was once a residential building and local supermarket in the north west of the town. While the church was removed to make way for a sport stadium in the south west of the canal, which is located in the middle of the town. Although, the residential houses remained the same over the 62-year period.

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When you write the descriptive essay, you will need to remain specific about which image has what along with which image you are describing. You did that well in the second paragraph, you made it clear that you were discussing the image from 1948. However, you forgot to identify the second image in the next paragraph, which made the reader believe that you are still discussing the elements of 1948 map outline. You weren't. You were already discussing the 2010 changes and you should have made that clear to the reader.

Your 1948 report as one point of data inaccuracy. You describe the canal as a lake. Those are 2 different bodies of water. A canal is man made and deals mostly with waste water. It is commonly found in towns. A lake, is nature made and is not usually found in urbanized towns. You also forgot to mention that there was a church in the 1948 map.In the 2010 map, you indicated that the houses did not change from the original. That is wrong, the house number changed because some of the homes gave way to commercial buildings.

The main problem of your presentation is data accuracy. You did not really take the time to review the maps and compare the differences and similarities. You took too much for granted in your reporting, which will result in a lower score because your data does not cover all the key features and bullet points.