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  1. How to Write an IELTS Essay: The key steps

    1) Introduction. You should keep your introduction for the IELTS essay short. Remember you only have 40 minutes to write the essay, and some of this time needs to be spent planning. Therefore, you need to be able to write your introduction fairly quickly so you can start writing your body paragraphs.

  2. IELTS General Writing Task 2: Essay Sample Answers

    The 2nd task in IELTS General Writing is to write an essay. Here are the examples of successful responses for a high score. Pay attention to the structure of the answer and how paragraphs composition; main ideas and the examples they are supported with. IELTS General Writing Task 2 looks like this (part in bold changes). WRITING TASK 2

  3. IELTS Writing Task 2: Tips, Lessons & Models

    These free tips, model essays, lessons, videos and information will help develop the skills for writing task 2. This page will teach you how to maximise your IELTS writing task 2 score. All lessons are on this page are for both GT and Academic writing task 2. On this page, you will find for free: Test Information for Writing Task 2.

  4. IELTS Writing Task 2: ️ Everything You Need to Know

    IELTS Writing Practice Guide; IELTS Writing Task 2 Essential Information. You must write an essay in response to a question. You must write 250 words or more. Task 2 is worth 2/3 of your total mark on the Writing test. You should spend around 40 minutes on this part of the test. General Training and Academic are essentially the same for Task 2.

  5. PDF Writing Task 2 Essay structure and writing an introduction

    Procedure: introduce focus of the lesson: Writing Task 2 - Essay structures and introductions. give each student a copy of Worksheet 1 and one minute to read the Task 2 question. elicit possible next steps before writing i.e. brainstorming ideas. draw attention to the True / False task and clarify the importance of spending time with the ...

  6. IELTS Writing task 2: 8 steps for a band 8

    Step 4: Organise your essays into paragraphs. Use paragraphs to organise your essay into clear parts. Make sure each paragraph contains a clear and developed topic with a minimum of two sentences. You can use the acronym "PEEL" when writing your essay: Point - introduce your topic or topic sentence.

  7. How to write IELTS essay

    IELTS Writing task 2 - Essay. Here you can find all the essential information about IELTS Writing essay. IELTS Writing task 2 (or IELTS essay) is the same task for Academic and General IELTS. You will be presented with a specific topic and asked to write an 250-word essay about it. You should normally spend 40 minutes on IELTS Writing task 2.

  8. Free IELTS Writing Test Strategies, Tips and Lessons

    In IELTS General Training you have to write a letter (Task 1) and write an essay (Task 2). The Task 2 (essay) is actually worth more marks than the Task 1 (graph or letter) so you should spend 40 minutes of the time on the essay and 20 minutes on the graph / letter. This difference in marking is represented in the number of words you have to ...

  9. How to Write an IELTS Essay [Task 2]

    For task 2, you will be given a question. It will usually provide a statement of sorts, followed by a specific task like giving your opinion, discussing advantages and disadvantages, or explaining problems and solutions. You need to write at least 250 words, following the instructions very carefully.

  10. 7 Steps to write a high scoring Task 2 IELTS Essay

    Here is a very brief overview of what we teach in our online ielts course. 1. First classify the question. 2. Brainstorm ideas around the idea and clarify your position for each paragraph. 3. Check the ideas correspond to the question (important for task response). 4. Develop the ideas further.

  11. 10 steps to writing high-scoring IELTS essays

    Step one: Plan your time. The Writing test (consisting of Writing tasks 1 and 2) takes approximately 60 minutes. Plan to spend around 20 minutes on your first task, and 40 minutes on your essay task. A sample plan for your time might be: 5 to 10 minutes reading the essay question and planning your answer. 15 to 20 minutes writing your first draft.

  12. IELTS Writing Task 2: 7 steps towards a band 7

    Step 1: Answer all parts of the question. IELTS Writing Task 2 requires you to write an essay in response to a statement, or premise. You must read the question carefully so that all parts are answered. For example, in the question below, you must do 3 things to achieve a higher band, showing the examiner that you are addressing all parts of ...

  13. IELTS Essays: Five Types of IELTS Essays

    There are 5 types of IELTS essays which can appear in IELTS writing task 2. These types of essays are for both GT and Academic writing task 2. ... word order etc etc. Model answers can be used for more than only studying structure or general content. Then review all practice lessons and also pay attention to the grammar being used. There's a ...

  14. How to Write the Perfect IELTS Essay Introduction

    Watch this video to find out how to write The PERFECT IELTS Essay Introduction in IELTS Writing Task 2. IELTS Ex-examiner Mark teaches you everything you nee...

  15. How to Plan an IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay

    In this video, Jay teaches you how to to plan for a complex IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay question. Need to score 8+ in IELTS Writing? WATCH THIS VIDEO! Learn m...

  16. IELTS

    In General Training Writing Task 1, you are given a situation and you need to write a response of at least 150 words in the form of a letter. Depending on the task, the letter may be personal, semi-formal or formal in style. The question paper tells you what information to include in the form of three bullet points.

  17. IELTS Opinion Essays

    IELTS opinion essays, also known as 'agree or disagree' essays, come up frequently in the writing exam. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to plan and write them step-by-step. Here's what we'll be covering: 3 Common mistakes. Essay structure. How to plan. How to write an introduction. How to write main body paragraphs.

  18. Types of essays to expect in your IELTS Writing Task 2

    Types of essays in IELTS Writing task 2. There are different types of essays in the IELTS Writing Task 2, you can use these in your IELTS test preparation to score higher: 1. Opinion essay. These essays are often known as 'agree or disagree' or 'argumentative' essays and are quite common in IELTS Task 2. The question usually starts with a ...

  19. IELTS Writing: Structure, Tips, Strategies (Academic & General)

    Academic IELTS requires to write a report on some graph or chart in Task 1 and an essay in Task 2. The topics for essays in General and Academic modules can be different, but the strategy to write essays is the same. You will have 60 minutes for completing both tasks in the Writing part. As a rule, the second task of writing, which is essay ...

  20. How to Write an Essay Outline [IELTS Writing]

    In IELTS writing task 2, you will need to write a clear and coherent introduction. This should be comprised of several parts, one of which is a sentence that tells the reader what your essay will say or do. This is often called an essay outline, although you may hear it referred to by other names, such as "thesis statement.".

  21. IELTS Writing Task 2: Tips to Write an Effective Introduction

    Getting started, or writing an introductory paragraph, can be easy if you remember that an introduction has four purposes: Introduce the topic of the essay. Arouses the reader's interest in the topic. Indicates the overall "plan" of the essay. Tells reader what the essay is about. In the IELTS writing exam, the examiners are not looking ...

  22. 11 Simple Tips To Ace IELTS Essay Writing Task

    Avoid writing on a general topic, or you won't score more than a band 5. 2. Map Out Your Ideas. Before you commence writing, take 5 minutes first to brainstorm different ideas. Take a pencil and jot down as many as various aspects and perspectives, related to the particular issue in the essay.

  23. 35 Sample Band 9 IELTS Essays

    35 Sample Band 9 IELTS Essays. Take a look at these 35 sample Band 9 IELTS essays for writing task 2 of the IELTS exam. Task 2 can cover a wide range of essay topics for the IELTS writing task section of the test, so preparation is key. Use the following samples when preparing your IELTS essays to see how close you are to a band 9!

  24. Different IELTS Essay Types

    1) IELTS Opinion (Agree or Disagree) Essays: A common question type on the Writing Task 2 is the "opinion" essay (also known as "Agree/Disagree essay or argumentative essay). An opinion essay basically asks you to give your own opinion on a given argument. The first part of the question is a statement and you are then asked to state your ...

  25. 10 Common IELTS Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

    For IELTS Academic task 1 is related to the data representation and in IELTS General Training you need to write a letter on the given situation. For both IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training, you need to answer an opinion-based essay question. Here is the breakdown of the IELTS Writing Module as mentioned below.