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EPISODE 2 Present Perfect Passive/ Past Perfect PassiveEPISODE 1 One of the possible questions in IELTS Writing Task 1 is Maps’ description. Usually, there are two maps of the same territory in different periods of time. It can be two maps of an area plan of a city, town or a village in past or present time periods. In this task, you should describe the changes of the territory presented on the maps. Timing The minimum number of words in your description is 150 words. You can write more, but remember that you should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task. So, the preferable size of your piece of writing is approximately 170 - 190 words. Structure A good map description consists of two parts: - short overview of the description - Make two general statements about the map. You should describe the maps generally and write about the most noticeable differences between the two maps. You could ask yourself the following questions to identify general changes. Is the map more or less residential? Is there more or less countryside? Are there more or less trees? Were the changes dramatic or negligible? Were there any major improvements in infrastructure? How have the buildings and leisure facilities changed?) ● The main body (with a full description of changes, usually consists of 2 paragraphs) Sample task Read the sample essay below based on the map above and answer the questions by choosing the correct option.
EPISODE 2 Present Perfect Passive/ Past Perfect Passive When you are given two maps illustrating some place in the past and present time, you should be ready to use Present perfect passive in your report. What does this grammar construction help you to explain? Well, with the help of it you can tell about the present result of an action that happened somewhere in the past (it doesn’t matter when). Compare two sentences:
Tense structure Present perfect passive is formed by have/has + been +Past Participle of a verb (Verb+ed or the third form of the irregular verb) Past perfect passive. If you are asked to give the description of two maps illustrating some area in two different times in the past, you should be ready to use Past perfect passive. This tense will help you to tell about actions that happened in the past and had ended by a particular time in the past. Compare two sentences:
Structure Past Perfect Passive can be formed by: had + been + Past Participle (V+ed/or the third form of the irregular verb) Task Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct form of the verb in brackets (Present perfect passive/past simple/Past perfect passive). Since 2008, the small town of Northington _______________completely. (redevelop) In 2008 it, _____________ (be) a lovely and quiet place with beautiful green parks and two storeyed buildings, but between 2008 and 2010 a lot of these houses and parks _______________ (demolish) to make way for huge skyscrapers and new shopping centres which ______________ (build) by the end of 2014. In that year it ________________(decide) by the government to change the road system completely. Since then and until now, a lot of new roads _______________ (construct), so that now Northington transport network is considered to be the best one in the district. Cut down, destroy, deforest, demolish, construct, reconstruct, remove, build, rebuild, take place, replace by, make way for, transform, turn into, change, develop, undergo transformation, undergo changes, engineer, create, organise, place, situate, open, urbanize, make into, industrialize, convert, enlarge, extend, expand, lengthen, shorten, reduce, increase, knock down, erect, introduce, modernize, pull down, redevelop, urbanize. NB! The following phrases below cannot be used in the passive voice:
EPISODE 6 Task Rewrite the following sentences by changing the form of a word or a phrase in bold and compare with sample answer.
EPISODE 1 One of the possible questions in IELTS Writing Task 1 is Maps’ description. Usually, there are two maps of the same territory in different periods of time. It can be two maps of an area plan of a city, town or a village in past or present time periods. In this task, you should describe the changes of the territory presented on the maps. Timing The minimum number of words in your description is 150 words. You can write more, but remember that you should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task. So, the preferable size of your piece of writing is approximately 170 - 190 words. Structure A good map description consists of two parts: - short overview of the description - Make two general statements about the map. You should describe the maps generally and write about the most noticeable differences between the two maps. You could ask yourself the following questions to identify general changes. Is the map more or less residential? Is there more or less countryside? Are there more or less trees? Were the changes dramatic or negligible? Were there any major improvements in infrastructure? How have the buildings and leisure facilities changed?) ● The main body (with a full description of changes, usually consists of 2 paragraphs) Sample task Read the sample essay below based on the map above and answer the questions by choosing the correct option.
EPISODE 2 Present Perfect Passive/ Past Perfect Passive When you are given two maps illustrating some place in the past and present time, you should be ready to use Present perfect passive in your report. What does this grammar construction help you to explain? Well, with the help of it you can tell about the present result of an action that happened somewhere in the past (it doesn’t matter when). Compare two sentences:
Tense structure Present perfect passive is formed by have/has + been +Past Participle of a verb (Verb+ed or the third form of the irregular verb) Past perfect passive. If you are asked to give the description of two maps illustrating some area in two different times in the past, you should be ready to use Past perfect passive. This tense will help you to tell about actions that happened in the past and had ended by a particular time in the past. Compare two sentences:
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