IELTS WRITING TASK 2 - DOUBLE QUESTION SAMPLE (TECHNOLOGY)

Nowadays the way people interact with each other has changed because of technology. 

In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive or negative development?

WRITING TASK 2 - DOUBLE QUESTION ON PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

This is a tricky question because there are a few different elements to the first statement and then there are two separate questions. Here is how I tried to answer it:

Physical appearance may play an important role in many spheres of life: in the person’s success in school, in relationships with people, in the choice of a career path.

Say whether you agree or disagree with it, and if you see it as a positive or negative factor.

100 IELTS WRITING TASK 2 SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. Question types

Below are over 100 IELTS Writing sample questions. All of the essay questions below have been taken from real past papers and will give you an idea of what to expect on exam day. You will notice that the questions can be separated into five main question types:

REAL WRITING TASK 2 QUESTIONS

All questions below are from both the Academic and General Training papers in 2015

Of course, the same questions will not come up again, but it will give you a good idea about what types of questions to expect and also allow you to practice.

PROBLEM WITH QUESTION IDENTIFICATION IN WRITING TASK 2

A lot of you send me your Writing questions after you do your exam. Recently, there have been a few very confusing questions. One student even emailed me to say that he probably won’t do very well because he found it difficult to focus because one person was crying throughout most of the Writing test.

But don’t worry. The best thing to do in these situations is to analyse the questions, think about the best way to answer them and you will improve your technique. You should see these difficult questions as a chance to improve, not an excuse to give up.

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1 APPROACH

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 requires you to write 150 words about data (in the form of a bar chart, line graph, pie chart or table), a process or map. This is a skill many students have not practiced before and don’t do so well as a result. The key to doing well in Writing Task 1 is knowing how your essay is marked and then using this information to give the examiners exactly what they want.

I advise my students to use a 5 step approach:

1. Understand the marking criteria

2. Paraphrase the question

3. Write an overview

4. Support overview with detail

5. Check your work

IELTS WRITING TASK 1 CHARTS

This post will cover:

1. Common Problems

2. Different Kinds of Chart Question

3. What IELTS Examiners Expect

4. Structure

5. Identifying Main Features

6. Sample Answer

IELTS Writing Task 1 MAPS

Introduction

This guide on IELTS Writing Task 1 maps questions will cover:

1. Different kinds of map question

2. Structure

3. Describing specific changes

4. Describing general changes

5. Describing locations

6. Sample answer

IELTS TASK 1 MULTIPLE GRAPHS

This post will help you answer task 1 questions that feature more than one graph. 

A common question on the IELTS academic task 1 paper asks you to write about two different graphs. For example, in the question below we are asked to summarise both a pie chart and a table. You could also be given a line graph and a bar chart, a pie chart and a line graph or any other combination. Students normally score lower on these types of questions, not because they are more difficult, but because they are unfamiliar with this type of question.

IELTS WRITING TASK 1: PROCESS QUESTIONS

Introduction

In Part 1 of the IELTS Writing test you might be asked to describe a process. IELTS Task 1 process questions are not as common as charts or graphs, but they do come up occasionally. They are much easier to answer than the other Task 1 questions, but many people do not prepare for them at all. This is a big risk to take because it does not take long to familiarise yourself with these questions and learn how to answer them properly.

WRITING TASK 1 SAMPLE ANSWER (INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN CANADA)

The chart below shows the percentage change in the share of international students among university graduates in different Canadian provinces between 2001 and 2006.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

WRITING TASK 1 LINE GRAPH SAMPLE ANSWER (US CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY)

1. Structure

Below is a sample task 1 question on line graphs. It uses the following structure.

IELTS TASK 1 CHARTS SAMPLE ANSWER (UK TELEPHONE CALLS)

Here is a band 9 sample answer for you and question analysis.

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone call in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

WRITING TASK 1 SAMPLE ANSWER (PROCESS QUESTION)

Here is a band 9 IELTS task 2 sample answer for you about the process of silk production.

In the IELTS writing task 1 you may get one of 7 questions.

- Bar Chart

- Line Graph

- Pie Chart

- Table

- Progressive Bar Chart

- Map

- Process Diagram

IELTS WRITING 1 PIE CHART ANSWER

This post features a sample band 9 task 1 pie chart answer and examiner feedback.

Below is a writing task 1 pie chart question on the changing populations of two countries over time. 

This post will include:

1. example question

2. checklist

3. structure

4. sample answer

5. examiner’s report

IELTS TASK 1 PROCESS

Below is a sample band 9 answer to a process task 1 question on concrete production.

The diagrams below show the stages and equipment used in the cement-making process, and how cement is used to produce concrete for building purposes.

IELTS BAR CHART SAMPLE ESSAY

Before writing an IELTS task 1 bar chart or line graph answer it is important that we analyse the question correctly. Taking a few minutes to do this will help us write a clear answer that fully responds to the question. Just what the examiner wants us to do.

5 COMMON TASK 1 MISTAKES

Last month I launched our new writing correction service and after marking hundreds of Task 1 essays I noticed that most students make the same mistakes. Below are the 5 most common mistakes and how you can fix them and improve your writing.

THE DANGER OF SYNONYMS

Introduction

Synonyms - are different words that have exactly the same or nearly the same meaning, such as male and man or third-level education and university.

Lots of IELTS teachers, myself included, stress the importance of using synonyms in your writing. Synonyms help us to vary our language and show the examiner that we have a wide-ranging vocabulary. However, synonyms are also very dangerous because if used incorrectly, it can not only lower your mark for vocabulary, but also for task response, and coherence.

This article will look at some real essays that used synonyms incorrectly to show you how dangerous they can be.

IELTS WRITING TASK 1 TIPS

Here are some examiner-approved task 1 tips for you.

At the school I work in they run an IELTS academic writing course. I love teaching this course because the students are really hardworking and I get to really help them with their IELTS writing tasks 1 and 2. What really surprises me every course is just how many simple mistakes students make when they start the course. The great thing about this is all of their mistakes can be easily fixed. 

With this in mind, I asked the students to write a list of Dos and Don’ts for IELTS writing task 1. This really helped them focus on their mistakes and consolidate what they had learned.