APIEIELTS Writing: Describing Restaurant Changes
Eating out and restaurants
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How to Use This Lesson
For the Teacher
Run this 35-minute lesson across three parts: 10 minutes for build-up, 15 minutes for writing, and 10 minutes to examine the model answer.
Check the build-up answers through automatic feedback, then review writing scores using the four automated assessment scales.
For the Learner
First, complete these warm-up exercises on sports day statistics to sharpen your words and phrasing.
Next, study the two floor grids in Module 2 and write your full report without checking outside notes.
Vocabulary & Sentence Skills: School Sports Day
Get ready for report writing by practising word forms, common collocations, numbers phrases, and clear rewrites.
A Word Forms
Change the base word in brackets into the correct form to complete each sentence about the sports day.
1. The overall number of runners has ___ (rise) by fifteen percent this year.
2. Over three hundred students chose to ___ (participation) in the sprint trials.
3. The red team achieved a ___ (remark) victory in the mixed relay event.
4. The chart recorded a noticeable ___ (grow) in badminton entries.
5. Ten separate clubs ___ (compete) for the championship cup during the afternoon.
B Collocations for Describing Data
Select the single word that naturally fits the sentence to describe the sports day figures.
1. Attendance at the track races ___ a peak of 450 spectators at midday.
2. Javelin sign-ups ___ an all-time low during the wet morning session.
3. The sprint results ___ a noticeable difference between age groups.
4. Team point tallies ___ stable across the final two hours.
5. The long jump contest ___ a sharp rise in spectator interest.
C Phrases for Describing Figures
Copy the most suitable phrase from the word bank below into each blank.
1. With nearly 85% of pupils competing in at least one race, ___ of the students took part.
2. There was ___ in relay entries, leaping from 12 squads to 36 squads.
3. Exactly 49% of runners completed the cross-country loop, meaning ___ reached the finish line.
4. Both Year 8 and Year 9 won 16 ribbons, meaning ___ of awards went to each group.
5. High jump enrolments experienced ___, dropping gradually by two competitors each year.
D Rewrite the Sentence (Paraphrase)
Choose the sentence that says the same thing in different words without changing the meaning.
Original Sentence:
"The number of runners in the 200-metre sprint fell significantly between 2022 and 2024."
Original Sentence:
"Just under a third of all competitors took part in field events."
Original Sentence:
"Hurdles registrations remained completely unchanged over the two-day carnival."
Look at the two maps
Study how the floor plan changed over ten years, review your writing requirements, and produce your report.
"The two maps show how a small family restaurant changed between 2015 and 2025. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant."
Map 1: 2015
Original floor arrangement
Map 2: 2025
Renovated floor arrangement
Checklist for your report
Before submitting, check that your report includes every required element for map writing tasks:
Write Your Report
Your draft will be assessed automatically across four official criteria.
Study the Model Answer
Read this high-scoring 132-word report and explore seven practical phrases you can borrow for your own writing.
Model Report (132 Words)
The two maps illustrate how a small family restaurant changed over ten years between 2015 and 2025.
Overall, the restaurant made its kitchen bigger and added new places for customers, while the central dining area remained largely unchanged.
Looking first at the northern section, the kitchen was extended eastward to take over the space previously used as a storeroom. In contrast, the toilets in the northeast corner stayed completely untouched. In the middle row, the original service counter was converted into a bar, while the neighboring tables were kept.
Turning to the southern side, the entrance remained in the southwest corner. However, the dining tables beside the door were replaced by a waiting area. Finally, the former garden in the southeast corner was turned into a terrace with tables, offering outdoor seating.
★ Why This Works: 7 Useful Phrases
Here is what each highlighted expression does and how you can use it in your own map reports.
remained largely unchanged
Why this works:
It tells the reader that almost everything stayed the same, without you having to name every single dining table.
Looking first at the northern section
Why this works:
It guides your reader's eyes to one specific part of the floor plan first, making your paragraph easy to follow.
extended eastward to take over
Why this works:
It combines a clear compass direction with the action of one room growing bigger and taking another room's spot.
stayed completely untouched
Why this works:
A natural way to say that a room or corner did not change at all in ten years.
was converted into
Why this works:
It clearly expresses that a physical spot was changed so that people use it in a new way.
were replaced by
Why this works:
It shows in plain words that old things were taken away and something new was put in the same place.
was turned into
Why this works:
A clean, everyday verb phrase that describes how an outdoor garden was changed into a dining terrace.
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