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
Bar-Graph#14 | Airport visitors in New York City
The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014.
Bar-Graph#13 | Students passing high school competency exams
The bar chart below shows the percentage of students who passed their high school competency exams, by subject and gender, during the period 2010-2011.
Bar-Graph#12 | Information About Science Qualifications
The chart below gives information about science qualifications held by people in two countries.
Bar-Graph#11 | Sports played in New Zealand
The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New Zealand in 2002.
Bar-Graph#10 | Someland’s Main Exports
The chart below gives information about Someland’s main exports in 2005, 2015, and future projections for 2025.
Bar-Graph#9 | Weight Measurements
The charts summarise the weight measurements of people living in Charlestown in 1955 and 2015.
Bar-Graph#8 | Social Networking Sites
The chart below gives information about the number of social networking sites people used in Canada in 2014 and 2015.
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.