How can I use
sample answers?
Sample answers
are great because they provide a good model for you to compare your writing
with. However, simply reading lots of them is not going to make you a better
writer.
Think about it
this way, how many millions of people watch world class footballers like Messi
and Ronaldo every week? Does it improve their football skills? Maybe if they go
and practice what they learned, but not a bit if they do nothing.
In order to
really improve you have to actively use the answers below, not passively read
them and then expect to magically improve. Follow the plan of action below.
Plan of Action
1. Read the questions, but DO NOT read the
answers. Even taking a brief look at the question will influence your answer.
2. Attempt the answer under exam conditions.
3. Compare what you have with the sample answer.
4. Think about the ideas, the structure, the
organisation, vocabulary and grammar. It is important that you really think
deeply about how the author used each of the elements above.
5. Don’t worry if your answer is very different. There
are many different ways to answer a Task 2 question.
6. Go back and improve your original answer with some of
the elements of the sample answer.
100 Sample
Questions
If you don’t
want sample answers and just want to look at lots of practice questions, here
is a list of over 100 of them.
You can find
some more sample questions on the official IELTS website and British Council site.
Agree or
Disagree Questions
In these
questions you are given a statement and asked if you agree or disagree with it.
They are also sometimes called ‘Opinion’ questions.
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Discussion
Questions
In these
questions you are given two opposing points of view and asked to discuss both
of them and give your opinion.
Advantage and
Disadvantage Questions
In these
questions you are normally give one issue and asked to discuss the positive and
negative sides of that issue.
Problem/Causes
and Solutions
Sometimes you
are asked about the problems that a certain issue causes and sometimes you are
asked about the causes of a certain problem. An important distinction as you
will see below.
Double Questions
An
increasingly common question gives one issue and then asks two separate
questions about it.
More to come….
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