Academic writing practice for IELTS-Task 1-Test 6

My answer:

The maps present the changes in West Farm’s size and in the land’s value per hectare between 1900 and1990.

Over the period of 90 years, generally, the size witnessed a downward trend, climbing down from 5,000 hectares to 3,500 hectares, a contraction of over 30%. In contrast, the value of the land rocketed by 125%.

The land size plummeted dramatically, plunging 80% between 1990 and 1925 whilst the land was valued 20 times higher in the same period. 15 years later, there was a double increase in the land size, sharing the same upward direction with the land value, albeit at a slower rate of the latter.

In 1970, the size again sank significantly, reaching the lowest mark of 500 hectares, a triple decrease in comparison with the figure in 1940. The land value, on the other hand saw a dramatic surge of four-fold from 1940 to 1970.

West Farm’s size demonstrated a sudden turnaround by 1990 when the land size soared up by 700%, while there was only an increase of 25% in the land value, finishing the period at 125 dollars per hectare.


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The maps present the changes that cropped up in the size of the land of West Farm including its value per hectare of land as time runs from 1900 to 1990.

Over the period of 90 years, West Farm experienced a downfall in size of over 30% in the first 25 years, that is, from an astonishing size of 5000 hectare in 1900 to a sudden fall of 850 hectares in 1925. Fifteen years later, the map reflected a slight recovery in size at 1700 hectares but plummeted back to a downward slope in 1970 at a size of 500 hectares. It gained back its size, although still falling short of its original size, in 1990 when it soared up to a size of 3,500 hectares, showing an increase in size of about 700%.

In a contrasting illustration, while the size of the land in West Farm showed an unsteady pace, its value per hectare is appreciating so much. Not once in 90 years did the value of the land depreciate. From the starting value of 1 dollar in 1900, the value of its land increased tremendously until it reflected a 125% increase in 1990.

This only reveals that sizes in farm lands may depreciate, however, its value will always appreciate as time passes by, thus, lands can be a very good future investment.

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