IELTS Task 1 map: A library's ground floor redesign
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The question
The plans below show the ground floor of a public library at present and a proposed redesign. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
Library ground floor: now and proposed
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The plan
Key features for the overview
- Less space for books, more for study, technology and families.
- The entrance and toilets stay where they are.
How the details are grouped
- The layout at present
- The proposed changes
Model answer
183 wordsThe plans show the current layout of the ground floor of a public library and how it is proposed to be redesigned.
Overall, the redesign would turn the library into a more varied space, with less room for books and several new facilities for studying, technology and families. Only the entrance and the toilets would remain unchanged.
At present, bookshelves take up the largest part of the floor, in the north-west, with a reading room to the east of them. An office occupies the south-west corner, there is an information desk just inside the entrance, and the toilets are in the south-east corner.
Under the proposed plan, the area for bookshelves would shrink considerably, and the space freed up would be used for a computer area and a set of study rooms. The reading room would be converted into a children's area. In addition, the office would be replaced by a café, and the information desk would make way for self-service machines. As a result, the ground floor would offer a wider range of services, although far fewer books would be on display.
The highlighted paragraph is the overview. Scored by the MyBandPrep checker on 7 October 2026. An estimate, not an examiner’s mark. How scoring works
Why it works
- Task Achievement
- The overview gives the purpose of the redesign as the plans show it and notes what stays the same. Every proposed change is covered without speculating about reasons the plans do not give.
- Coherence and Cohesion
- Present layout first, then the proposal, each moving round the floor in the same order so the reader can compare. “In addition” and “as a result” link the changes and the summary.
- Lexical Resource
- Language for plans is varied and accurate: take up, occupies, shrink considerably, the space freed up, converted into, make way for.
- Grammatical Range and Accuracy
- Present simple for the current plan and “would” for a proposal that has not happened yet, the main grammar decision for this type. Passive forms (“would be replaced by”) fit naturally.
Phrases worth reusing
- the current layout of
- take up the largest part of the floor
- the space freed up would be used for
- would be converted into
- would make way for