Ielts Map-Flow Vocab

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IELTS Academic Writing

MAP vocabulary

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 is located in the northeast of the town.
 X is situated in the northeast of the town, just behind the housing area.
 A is located in the northeast of B, which has a lot of population.
 Y is located in the centre of the town, which has a railway running through it from north to
south.
IELTS Academic Writing
FLOWCHART and DIAGRAM / PROCESS

Introduction/ Overview

 The flow chart shows…


 The diagram gives information on…
 The process has… stages.
 There are… steps (in total) from the start to the end of the process.
 The… steps are divided into two parts, from… to…, and from… until…
 The… stages can be split into two parts, the section starting from…, and the other beginning
from…
 The process goes from… to… (in … steps/ stages).
 The system consists of (both)…
 The procedure is made up of… parts.
 The first … steps of the process…, whereas the rest of the procedure…
 The whole process includes both … and

The first stage

 At the beginning… / At the start of the process…


 First of all…
 Initially,…
 The first part of the process is…
 The initial stage shown on the flowchart is…
 The process starts with…
 To begin with… / To start with…
 At first,… (but later…)
 At the beginning of the process,…/ At the start of the process,…/ The first part of the
procedure is…
 The first stage shown on the flowchart is…/ The initial part of the process is…
 The cycle begins with…/ The process starts with…/ The system gets underway with…

The next stage

 After having finished...


 Having completed…, the… moves onto…
 Subsequently,…
 The following step is… / The next step…
 The second/ third/ fourth stage is…
 This is followed by…
 When that stage is completed…
 After that (stage)/ Following that, the process moves onto…
 After completing that/ (After) having finished that, the process progresses to…
 When that (part of the process) is completed/ After that is completed/ Once that is completed,
the next step is…
 After that,…/ Next,…/ The following stage is…
 This is followed by…/ This leads to…
The last stage

 The last stage is…


 The final step is…
 …brings the process to a close…
 The process concludes with…
 When the flow chart splits
 Some… while others…
 There are then two possibilities,…
 Alternatively,…
 The process comes to a close with…/ The procedure concludes with…/ The system ends
with…
 …brings the process to a close/ ends the procedure

Things happening at the same time/ Alternatives/ When the flow chart splits

 There are then two ways of…,…/ Some… while others…/ Then… either… or…
 Alternatively,…/ The other possibility is…
 Further explanation
 During this stage,…
 This stage consists of…/ This part of the process includes…
 namely,…/ To be precise,…
 This means (that)…/ That is to say…/ In other words,…/ To explain that further,…/ i.e….

Going back in time

 This follows…/ Before that,…/ Prior to this,…


 Starting the second body paragraph
 Turning our attention to the remaining five steps,…
 Moving on to second half of the process,…
 Turning to the rest of the procedure,…
 Looking at the parts of the process which…,…
 The other flowchart/ The second chart/ The lower diagram…
 After… is completed, the second half of the process starts with…
 The remainder of the process starts with…
 As for the other flowchart,…

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