For Telling Position and Location:
… lies/is located/is situated/is sited + to the right of/to the north of/around/below/inside/near …
north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
at the top/bottom
on the right/left side
in the top/bottom right/left hand corner
120 miles from
120 miles to the right of
102 miles north of
in the middle / at the centre
along / off
across [from]
opposite
close to / near / in the vicinity of
adjacent to / next to / beside
… is surrounded by…
… is covered with …
… is connected to … via/through/by means of …
Examples:
A hospital lies 100 miles east of the forest.
A library has been built to the left of the clockhouse.
The school is located across from the forest.
The apartments are connected to the city hospital via a number of access roads.
The city is surrounded by forest.
Useful Vocabulary for Describing Maps:
- Residential/housing area: an area that has lots of houses and some schools.
- Industrial area: an area that has lots of factories
- Commercial area: an area that has lots of stores
- Hospital: a health facility where patients receive treatment
- Zoo: a place where people can go and see many kinds of animals
- Post office: a place where you can send mail (letters and packages)
- Fire station: a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
- Airport: an airfield equipped with control tower and hangers as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
- Park: a recreational area where people can play football and have picnics
- Skyscraper: a very tall building
- Warehouse: a building where things are kept until they are sold. Parking lot: an area where people can park cars
- Museum: a place that displays things of scientific or historical or artistic value
- Supermarket: a large store that sells mostly food but sometimes other items such as clothes and furniture.
- Factory: an industrial plant, a production facility,
- Woodland: an area with lots of trees River: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
- Intersection/Junction: the point where several streets meet.
- Facilities: recreation/recreational facilities, entertainment facilities, transport Facilities, medical facilities, educational/academic facilities
- Remove: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.
- Develop: to make Change: modify Construct: to build
- Relocate: to move a structure or facility to a different location
- Demolish: to destroy a building or other structure completely
- Replace: to take the place of or substitute for somebody or something
- Expand: to become or make something become larger
- Convert: turn into something else
There are various
phrases that can be used to explain things. But there are certain words which
can be used to describe the IELTS map or a diagram which are as follows:
Adverbs and
Prepositions
·
North/South/East/West
·
Upstairs/Downstairs
·
Clockwise/Anticlockwise
·
To the north/To the
south/To the east/To the west
·
Across the road
·
Before you get to
·
In the middle of = in
the centre of
·
Just beyond = a little
beyond = just past
·
Inside/Outside
·
To the left of/ To the
right of
Verbs
·
Go up/Go down
·
Start by
·
Is located = is
situated = lies = there is = is
·
Run through = cross =
pass through = go through
·
Cross = pass over =
cut across
Nouns
·
Crossroad =
intersection = junction
·
Hosing area =
residential area = sleeping area
·
Entrance = doorway
·
Path = way
·
Roundabout
·
Area = field = zone
·
Site = place =
location
·
Edge = boundary = end
= fringe
Sentences
·
The railway runs
through the pass-through/ crosses/ goes through Z.
·
A hospital is located in the
northeast of the town.
· A hospital is situated in the
northeast of the town, just behind the housing area.
· A hospital is located in the
northeast of B, which has a lot of population.
· A hospital is located in the
centre of the town, which has a railway running through it from north to south.
Paraphrasing
You need to be careful
while paraphrasing the sentences. Sometimes the words that you paraphrase may
not be appropriate
·
Town centre = city
centre may be the wrong word used because the town cannot be a city. So the
correct paraphrasing should be the centre of the town
Map Location
·
Situated
Eg: The hospital is situated near
the bridge.
·
Located
Eg: Finally! he located the
post office.
·
Vicinity
Eg: Many apartments are there in the vicinity where I live.
·
Northeast
Eg: Assam is situated in the Northeast of
India.
·
Southeast
Eg: In India, the temple has to be in
the Southeast corner.
·
Northwest
Eg: Punjab is situated in the Northwest of
India.
·
Southwest
Eg: He refurbished the Southwest area of the house.
·
North
Eg: The cyclone is moving towards the north.
·
South
Eg: He hails from the deep south.
·
East
Eg: The sun rises in the east.
·
West
Eg: The suns sets in the west.
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