Vocabulary for Maps

What Vocabulary for Maps means

In this video I'll be teaching you about the vocabulary words that you need when you're describing maps. So this is what a map question looks like. Essentially you have two maps. One is a before version of the map and the other is the after version of the map.

OK so sometimes you may have dates on the maps other times there may be no dates on the maps now since we're talking about vocabulary in this video. I want you to first of all pay attention to the vocabulary words that are already available to you. So if you look at the map here you'll see that you already have many vocabulary words to work with. For example here we see the word beach.

How to use it

See here we have restaurant accommodation pier. Farmland Forest Park and so on. So be sure to use these vocabulary words when you're describing the changes in the maps. Now we'll be taking a look at the vocabulary words for describing the different types of changes that you see on a map so there are several different types of changes that are possible.

Let's start off with additions sometimes. You'll notice that new items have been introduced into the map. These new items can include some kind of for construction of building or hospital railway lines or river. And so one so in such a case where you have new changes that are being added to a map you can use any of these words here.

So you'll notice that here we have the verb form of the word. And here we have the noun form of the word. OK so we have verb and in the parentheses we have the noun. So let me give you an example of how to use these words.

Let's say that a new change was added to a map. In this case you can say something like many changes were introduced in the city in 2005. Next you may notice that sometimes certain items have been removed from the map. In this case you can use these words here.

OK so again we have the verb here and the noun in the parentheses. So if you want to say that something has been removed from a map then you may say something like after the removal of trees a parking lot was created so you can also use the noun form to describe the change or the verb form sometimes certain items are made bigger in a map. So in this case you can say that the item was expanded extended enlarged and so one for example you may say the size of the housing area was expanded by 2005. On the other hand sometimes things are made smaller in a map.

In this case you can use words such as reduce or reduction shrink or shrinking and so on. So you may say the size of the housing area was significantly reduced by 2005. Now we already know that when you have two maps there is going to be some kind of a change but there are many different types of changes. And to describe these types of changes you can use the words here such as transform or transformation rebuild or rebuilding and so on.

PDF reference notes

Vocabulary for Maps Lexical Resource: Writing Task 1 mastership.co Learn from the world’s best IELTS course. -- 1 of 8 -- Maps -- 2 of 8 -- Types of Changes (Maps) Add introduce (introduction) construct (construction) build (building) establish (establishment) develop (development) Take away remove (removal) demolish (demolition) knock down cut down pull down Make bigger expand (expansion) extend (extension) enlarge (enlargement) lengthen (lengthening) add to (addition) Make smaller reduce (reduction) shrink (shrinking) diminish (diminution) shorten (shortening) decrease (a decrease) Change transform (transformation) rebuild (rebuilding) reconstruct (reconstruction) redevelop (redevelopment) turn into Types of change urbanize (urbanization) pedestrianise (pedestrianization) modernize (modernization) industrialize (industrialization) ruralize (ruralization) Verb (Noun) These words can also be used as adjectives (i.e. residential, urban, modern, industrial, rural) -- 3 of 8 -- North South East West North-east South-east North-west South-west Directions Center -- 4 of 8 -- A new hospital has been built in the north-west of the town. A restaurant has been constructed to the east of the new hospital.

A new street has been laid, stretching from east to south-west. To the south-east of the town, a hotel has been developed. A park has been established just east of the new hospital. Directions Vocab in Use -- 5 of 8 -- Describing Maps The main road runs through the center of the map.

goes through… passes through… crosses... The parking area is across the chemistry block. middle The chemistry block is behind the parking area. -- 6 of 8 -- Describing Maps The physics block is next to the library.

The admin building is located in the south-east area. The biology block is between the library and parking area. region sector section part -- 7 of 8 -- Describing Maps The library connects to the shuttle bus terminal. The lecture theater overlaps the science laboratories.

Two footpaths adjacent to the shuttle bus terminal run parallel to each other. A footpath intersects the main road leading from the terminal. are parallel to… run along/alongside...

Practice focus

So you may say something like the city underwent a major transformation by the year 2005. Lastly here are the specific types of changes that you may see in your map. These types of changes include urbanization pedestrian ization modernization and so on. I also want you to note that you can use these words listed here as adjectives.

For example you can use the words residential urban modern industrial and rural to describe the map. I also want you to note that when you're describing your map you may combine any of these words together when constructing your sentence. So here's an example where we combine the different words from this table. You may say after the demolition of trees the city was urbanized into a modern landscape so be sure to know how to use all of these different words to describe the different types of changes that you see on a map next.

Let's talk about directions. Here we have an image of a compass. A compass is what we use for directions. So when you have a map you'll have to describe the directions of the different things that are on the map so if the things are on the top we say north.

If the things are on the bottom we say south. If the things on the map are on the right hand side we say East. And if they're on the left hand side we say West and we call the middle of the map. Now there are additional directions that fall between these points.