IELTS Podcast - Vocabulary to Describe Maps - Map vocabulary, grammar, prepositions, and phrases

Oct 1, 2026

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Ben Worthington explains how to handle IELTS Academic Task 1 by teaching map-specific vocabulary, including grammar patterns, prepositions, and useful phrases. The tutorial focuses on describing changes between two maps, selecting and reporting main features, and making comparisons. It also covers directions, compass points, and inter-cardinal forms, showing how to use them as adjectives or nouns, while guiding candidates on how to plan and allocate time across Tasks 1 and 2.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages19

Reading Time48 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Vocabulary to Describe Maps

Describing changes and comparing maps

Planning time for Task 1 and Task 2

Cardinal and inter-cardinal directions

# [Music] Female Voice: You are now listening to the IELTS Podcast. Learn from tutors and ex-examiners who are masters ofIELTS preparation. Your host, Ben Worthington. [Music] # Introduction Ben: IELTS Task 1 map vocabulary, grammar, prepositions, and phrases. Hello there, IELTSstudents. My name is Ben Worthington and in this tutorial, we are looking at IELTS AcademicTask 1 map vocabulary, grammar, prepositions, and phrases as you just heard me say. So, let's jump right into it. Again, grab a pen because I think this is going to be an incrediblypractical useful tutorial and we've got the whole tutorial at IELTS Podcast. Just go to Google or © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington / BW English Services. 2020. All Rights Reserved. # Vocabulary to Describe Maps IELTS Online Course - Jump to Band 7 or it's Free! IELTS Essay Correction Service Click here for IELTS Materials (free) whatever and put in IELTS Podcast map vocabulary and there you'll see the whole tutorial and it's free. And I strongly recommend you go there especially if you're struggling with the map vocabulary and just by listening to the tutorial-- actively listening, taking a pen and writing down the phrases and then you can even check the phrases with what you see online with a new tutorial I wrote out. So, let's jump straight into it. So, now then, the maps will usually consist of two maps that have undergone a change. So,perhaps they replanted a forest. Perhaps they destroyed a forest. Perhaps it's an island and theydeveloped the island and put some hotels on there or perhaps it's a town and they reconstructedthe town center by building a supermarket and converting a park or even just changing anabandoned factory into a green space. It's quite varied, all right? © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington / BW English Services. 2020. All Rights Reserved. Vocabulary to Describe Maps IELTS Online Course - Jump to Band 7 or it's Free! IELTS Essay Correction Service Click here for IELTS Materials (free) But what we can usually be safe on is that there will be a change there and you will be asked to summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where necessary. Make comparisons. That's an incredibly useful little hint there which I will develop further and share more about in a few minutes. And generally speaking, we usually spend around 20 minutes on this because it's worth about 30% of the points and also at least about 150 words, but I wouldn't worry about it that much. Obviously, we want to spend 40 minutes on Task 2, so it's usually the procedure for students todo Task 2 first where they're going to pick up the bulk of the points andthen go back to Task 1. Now, cardinal directions. If you don't know what cardinal directions are, you're totally excusedthere’s no problem because I didn't know that they were called cardinal directions until I startedwriting this out. Cardinal directions means north, east, south, and west. © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington / BW English Services. 2020. All Rights Reserved. Vocabulary to Describe Maps IELTS Online Course - Jump to Band 7 or it's Free! IELTS Essay Correction Service Click here for IELTS Materials (free) As we say in England, never eat shredded wheat. That's how we remember the order of the compass points. In my upbringing and especially at scouts, we just called them the compass points and this isthe first time I’ve heard them being called the cardinal directions. So, anyway north, east, south, and west. Those are the four main ones. Obviously, then we've got the inter-cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. Now, in English we do not need a capital letter forthemand they can also work as adjectives. So, we can say the southwestern corner as an adjective and we can also use them as anoun and say something like in the northeast. In the northeast of England or in the northwest of

FAQs

What does Ben Worthington cover for IELTS Academic Task 1 maps?

He covers map vocabulary plus supporting grammar, prepositions, and phrases, with guidance on how to use them to describe changes between two maps.

How should candidates approach IELTS Task 1 when given two maps?

They should summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where necessary.

What are cardinal directions and how are they used in the tutorial?

Cardinal directions are north, east, south, and west. The tutorial also explains inter-cardinal directions like northeast and how they can function as adjectives or nouns.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by McQueen