Picture 1 IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing - Map: »  You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.  The two maps below show an island, before and after the construction of some tourist facilities.  Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. »  Write at least 150 words. Sample Answer 1: The given picture compares an island before and after some contractions of tourists’ facilities and compares the changed made on the island for the contractions. As is observed from the given illustration, many new facilities have been constructed for the tourists’ including accommodations, restaurant, swimming facilities etc. and those have been constructed without affecting the natural resources that much. Before the facilities were constructed, there was only trees and beach on the island and most of the places were empty. In this island, many new tourists’ facilities have been m...

Chapter four opens with Nick attending another of Gatsby's parties. Nick uses this as a starting point and begins recounting some notes he claims to have taken, listing some of the more notable people he encountered that summer. Nick observes some drunken women on Gatsby's lawn discussing Gatsby's mysterious identity, which includes all the usual rumours. Nick then lists a slew (lot/plenty) of the prominent (big/large/superior) guests who attended Gatsby's parties that summer, none of whom knew anything about their host. His point is to prove that Gatsby's party attract the most notable people of the time. He also describes one man, Klipspringer , who never seems to leaves Gatsby's parties and has come to be known as the "boarder," which suggests he is living in the Gatsby's mansion. Nick then describes accompanying Gatsby on a trip into the city for lunch. One morning Gatsby goes to Nick's house and tells him they are having lunch togeth...

Nick describes watching endless parties going on in Gatsby’s house every weekend. Guests party day and night and then on Monday servants clean up the mess. Every Saturday night, Gatsby throws incredibly luxurious parties at his mansion. After seeing these parties from afar, Nick is invited by Gatsby by a handwritten note to join in the festivities (events). Nick is one of the few to have actually been invited. The others simply arrive, knowing only that there will be a party and they won't be turned away. At the party, Nick tries to find Gatsby, but has no luck. No one can tell him where Gatsby is, suggesting that they, themselves, didn't know the host. The main topic of conversation is rumours about Gatsby. Nick hears from various people that Gatsby is a German spy, an Oxford graduate, and someone even claims Gatsby once killed a man. As Nick mills around the party, he encounters Jordan Baker and the two of them two mingle (socialize/mix) around. While spending tim...