IELTS Academic Writing Preparations
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 requires you to write a summary of at least 150 words in response to a particular graph (bar, line or pie graph), table, chart, or process (how something works, how something is done). This task tests your ability to select and report the main features, to describe and compare data, identify significance and trends in factual information, or describe a process.
IELTS Preparation
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
Flowchart#1 | Production Process
The flowchart illustrates the production of coloured plastic paper clips in a small factory.
Line-Graph#8 | Changes in the price of fresh fruits and vegetables
The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and 2009.
Line-Graph#7 | Pollution levels in London
The graph below shows the pollution levels in London between 1600 and 2000.
Line-Graph#6 | Population growth in India and China
The graph below shows population figures for India and China since the year 2000 and predicted population growth up until 2050.
Line-Graph#5 | Free time activities of the elderly in the U.S.
The graph below shows how elderly people in the United States spent their free time between 1980 and 2010.
Line-Graph#4 | Crime in Panama City
The chart below shows the changes that took place in three different areas of crime in Panama City from 2010 to 2019.
Line-Graph#3 | Children’s Television Viewing
The graph below shows the number of hours per day on average that children spent watching television between 1950 and 2010.
IELTS Sample Letters (IELTS General Writing Task 1)
IELTS Writing Task 1 – General
The purpose of this section is to help you with the Writing Task 1 of the IELTS General test. In Task 1, candidates are asked to respond to a given problem with a letter requesting information or explaining a situation. It is suggested that about 20 minutes is spent on Task 1, which requires candidates to write at least 150 words. Depending on the task suggested, candidates are assessed on their ability to:
– engage in personal correspondence
– elicit and provide general factual information
– express needs, wants, likes and dislikes
– express opinions (views, complaints etc.)
IELTS Writing Task 2 (IELTS Sample essays)
IELTS Writing Task 2 requires you to write at least 250 words. You will be presented with a topic and will be tested on your ability to respond by giving and justifying an opinion, discussing the topic, summarizing details, outlining problems, identifying possible solutions and supporting what you write with reasons, arguments and relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The assessment of Task 2 carries more weight in marking than Task 1. Writing scripts are marked by trained and certificated IELTS examiners, who all hold relevant teaching qualifications and are recruited as examiners by the test centres and approved by British Council or IDP: IELTS Australia.