MAPS

DESCRIBING CHANGES

Exercise 1: Put the verb in correct column.

Build, extend, convert, pull down, turn into, construct, industrialize, modernize, urbanize, introduce,
redevelop, erect, cut down, knock down, remove, chop down, demolish, make into, replace,
pedestrianize, enlarge, expand, transform, relocate, rebuild, reconstruct, clear

Make bigger Take away Add sth new Change into sth General
else statements

Exercise 2: Put the verbs below into the correct form. All of the changes took place between 2000 and
2005.

a. The row of the old houses ……………………….. (knock down) to make way for a road.
b. The forest ……………………….. (cut down) to build a railway.
c. The area ………………………... (redevelop) completely.
d. The factory ………………………. (convert) into and art gallery.
e. The city centre ……………………… (undergo) a total transformation.
f. The row of old terraced houses in the city ………………………. (pull down) and ……………………
(replace) by a block of flats.
g. A sports complex …………………… (construct) in the suburbs.
h. A number of spectacular changes ……………………. (take place).
i. The whole centre of the town ………………………… (transform) by new developments.

Exercise 3: Complete the table with the noun forms of the verbs.

verb noun verb noun verb noun verb noun

demolish convert extend enlarge
construct introduce transform pedestrianize
open replace erect urbanize
expand disappear redevelop modernize
Exercise 4: Complete these sentences with the noun form of the verb in brackets.

a. It is interesting to note that there has been a …………………………… of the port area. (re_________)
b. Another striking change is the ………………………………… of the university. (ex________)
c. A notable change has been the ………………………………….of the old train station into a police
station. (con_______)
d. The whole city has experienced a significant ……………………….in the last ten years. (mo________)
e. An interesting development has been the…………………………of a bile-rental scheme. (in________)
f. There didn’t use to be a cinema or shops near the port, but the last few years have seen the
…………………………….of new facilities in the port area. (con_________)

Exercise 5: The maps below show changes in the Spanish city of Castellon in recent times.

The two maps show the main changes which ……………………………… in the town of Castellon between the
year 2000 and today.

In general it appears that Castellon ………………………….. a much more modern city, with far more shopping
and transport facilities.

One interesting change is that a new tram line………………………….., to connect the university with the
town centre. In 2000, there wasn’t any accommodation for students, but a hall of residence has been
built near the university. …………………………………. is that the old market in the west of the city has been
knocked down to ……………………………. new shops. A completely new covered market has also been built
on the other side of town.
If we look at the port area, it has been pedestrianized since 2000. A range of entertainment facilities
have been built, such as cinemas, bars and clubs. The north-east of the city used to be…………………….,
with a lot of trees, but the trees have been cut down, and a new shopping complex has been
constructed. A final interesting development has been …………………………… a bike-rental scheme in the
city centre.

(Another striking change, have taken place, a green area , has been built, the introduction of, make way
for, has become)

PRACTICE: The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.

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Practice 2: The plans below show the layout of a university's sports centre now, and how it will look
after redevelopment. Summarise the Information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
make comparisons where relevan

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