IELTS WRITING

TASK TWO

Assessment
Writing Task 2 is assessed based on the following criteria:

1) Task Response 2) Coherence and Cohesion 3) Lexical Resource 4) Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Coherence
Stating Your Opinion
In my opinion, In my view, From my point of view, It seems to me that From my perspective It appears that I realize I imagine According to me, To me, I think I believe To my way of thinking I suppose I understand I feel

Giving Examples

For example, such as as that is To illustrate

For instance, In other words, like namely To paraphrase

Comparing
Similar to As...as

in common

also

Either...or

In the same way,

Neither...nor

At the same time

Just as

resemble

Contrasting
However, On the contrary, Differ from But On the other hand, Nevertheless

Although
Otherwise Alternatively,

Though
Instead Even though

Generalizing
Generally, Generally speaking,

Overall, In general,
It seems to me that All in all, Essentially, All things considered

On the whole, By and large,

I believe Basically, As a rule, For the most part

Expressing Certainty

Certainly, Doubtless, Definitely,

Undoubtedly, No doubt, Of course,

Expressing Partial Agreement

More or less,

To some extent,

Up to a point,

Almost,

In a way,

So to speak,

Showing cause

Due to

Because

Because of

Owing to

Showing effect

Therefore, Consequently,

As a result, For this reason,

Thus,
thereby Hence,

So,
Eventually, The reason why

Marking time
First, Second, Third, Firstly, Secondly, Last Lastly, Then, First of all, Before

Thirdly,
During To begin with Simultaneously Since Afterwards When

After
While At the same time After this / that Meanwhile Following this As soon as

Adding Information

Furthermore Also Moreover Likewise Besides Even

In addition And Similarly As well as Too Whats more

Expressing condition

If
In case Provided that

Whether
Unless So that

Concluding

To summarize
Lastly, To conclude with,

In conclusion
Finally, In short,

Task two: 250-280 words - 40 minutes

There are 4 different kinds of topics for task 2 essays

in IELTS examination: 1- Agree/ disagree subjects

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

2- Advantages/ disadvantages subjects. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this What are your opinions on this? 3- Compare and contrast subjects. 4- Cause /effect subjects Which do you consider to be the major influence?

Agree/ disagree subjects

You need to give your view, which could be the

following:
totally agree totally disagree partly agree and partly disagree

Agree/ disagree subjects

Paragraph1: Introduction

Paragraph2 : Body

Paragraph3: Body

Paragraph4: Conclusion

Agree / Disagree topics:

Paragraph one: (Introduction)

It consists of 5 sentences: 1- Interest the reader by emphasizing on the subject by using strong adjectives (we should not use relative adjectives.) (Called Motivator-attention grabber) 2- Restate the topic with different vocabulary and structure + main background.

Motivators - attention grabbers

1)

Begin with a broad, general statement that you narrow down to your thesis statement 2) Use a question or series of thought-provoking questions. 3) Use quotations. 4) Use an anecdote. 5) State the importance of the topic.
presenting statistical data, facts, figures

Continued-Motivators
6)

Use the opposite of what you plan to write about. What if the world were like this instead of what the world, or situation about to be discussed? 7) Use a combination of the strategies.

Continued- Introduction
3- State your opinion: we should not use political and

personal opinions and our opinion should be well supported and universal. 4- Support your idea by two blueprints: ( Two main idea which should be discussed in future paragraphs.) 5- Link the mentioned points to the following explanations.

Suggested samples as the first sentence of the first paragraph:

1- Taking into consideration as , it should be included

that. 2- Contemplating on considered as it should be said that. 3- Regarding considered as it is presented that 4- As seems one of the I have ever faced . 5- viewed as necessarily needs a lot of elaboration.

continued
6- Nowadays, it is common for....

7- Recently, there has been...

8- In recent years....

A sentence which can be added after stating our blueprints:

Just to be within the scope of the subject, other reasons

would be better to remain untouched.

Suggested samples as the fifth sentence of the first paragraph:

1- The aforementioned aspects/ dimensions/ angles/

facets/ factors/ reasons/ views/ points/ perspectives will be enlightened more. 2- More explanation will be put forward. 3- The previously suggested points are going to be more elaborated/ explained. 4- The following will illuminate the put forward points more. 5- The following manifestations will shed more light on the proposed ideas. 6- To cast more clarification on the offered points, the following seems necessary.

Notice:
In our essay we should never use words like: I, want, I

want, essay, paragraph, I will write, but we can use this sentence instead: "It should be said that."

Second and third paragraphs in agree/ disagree topics:

First sentences: Stating the blueprints (main ideas) and their relationship with the topic.
Second sentence: Stating the importance of the blueprints. Third sentence: Saying sub reasons. Fourth sentence: Examples or more support. Fifth sentence: Connecting to the next paragraph.

Totally Agree
I strongly agree that ....

I am convinced that ....

It is my opinion that studying at home is more beneficial

as .... There is no doubt that .... It is certainly true that ....

Totally disagree
I am not convinced by the argument that ....

I totally disagree with the idea that ....

It is my opinion that students should be encouraged to

study abroad so as to ....

Supporting
The reason for this is because.....

Studying at home/ abroad gives students ....

... as this allows them to ....

Suggested samples as the fifth sentence of the second and third paragraphs:
1- And of course this is not all.
2- And definitely there are more to be considered in this

field. 3- Since it is a multi-dimensional/ multi-faceted/ multiperspective/ general/ two-folded/ deep/ profound/ arguable/ debatable topic it should be emphasized/ enlightened/ highlighted/ clarified/ illuminated/ explained/ illustrated/ disentangled more. 4- This subject deserves/ needs/ requires/ demands/ calls for more elaboration.

Adding another reason

Moreover, they find it .....

Furthermore, students can achieve ....

Partially agree and Partially disagree

Although it is good for students to study abroad, as it

widens their horizons, they may feel homesick and isolated in their new environment, which may affect their overall results. It may be true that studying abroad can widen students' horizons, as it gives them a chance to explore a new culture and learn a new language. However, there are drawbacks such as feeling homesick and feeling isolated from friends and family, which may result in students dropping out of the course or not achieving the results that they expected.

Suggested samples as the first sentence of the second and third paragraphs :
1- Emphasizing on the importance of "the subject", one of

main causes/ reasons to stress is that "Blueprint A or B". 2- The most outstanding feature of "the subject" is "Blueprint A or B". 3- "Blueprint A or B" can be considered as one of the main facts of " the subject". 4- The major emphasis can be considered upon "Blueprint A or B".

continued
5- One of the ignorable perspectives related to" the

subject" can be "Blueprint A or B". 6- As "Blueprint A or B" is quite effective in the "the subject" it should be said that. 7- Taking "Blueprint A or B" into close consideration regarded the "the subject" it could be presented that

Fourth paragraph in agree/disagree topics:

The forth paragraph is our conclusion. There are two

classic styles for writing our conclusion: 1- To summarize the essay 2- To paraphrase the first paragraph. It is recommended not to summarize the essay because of several reasons: 1- We may repeat our mistakes. 2We will inevitably repeat our words. 3- It takes a lot of time. To paraphrase the first paragraph we have to use different vocabulary and structures and we should reverse the order of the sentences as 4-3-2-1.

Suggested samples as the first sentence of the fourth paragraph:

1- Making the long story short it should be said that
2- At the end, suffice it to say that 3- Putting everything in a nutshell, the last point to be

made is that 4- Coming up with a conclusion, the mentioned points lead to this fact that 5- Drawing a conclusion out of the put forward details it comes to this point that.. 6-Taking everything into consideration,..

Example
"Prevention is better than cure."

Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Introduction
Of course it goes without saying that prevention is better

than cure. That is why, in recent years, there has been a growing body of opinion in favor of putting more resources into health education and preventive measures. The argument is that ignorance of, for example, basic hygiene or the dangers of an unhealthy diet or lifestyle needs to be combatted by special nationwide publicity campaigns, as well as longer-term health education.

Body 1
Obviously, there is a strong human argument for catching

any medical condition as early as possible. There is also an economic argument for doing so. Statistics demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of treating a condition in the early stages, rather than delaying until more expensive and prolonged treatment is necessary. Then there are social or economic costs, perhaps in terms of loss of earnings for the family concerned or unemployed benefit paid by the state.

Body 2
So far so good, but the difficulties start when we try to

define what the 'proportion' of the budget should be, particularly if the funds will be 'diverted from treatment'. Decisions on exactly how much of the total health budget should be spent in this way are not a matter for the nonspecialist, but should be made on the basis of an accepted health service model.

Conclusion
This is the point at which real problems occur - the

formulation of the model. How do we accurately measure which health education campaigns are effective in both medical and financial terms? How do we agree about the medical efficacy of various screening programs, for example, when the medical establishment itself does not agree? A very rigorous process of evaluation is called for, so that we can make informed decisions.

Advantages/ Disadvantages
Introduction:

Describe the subject and main background. Attract the reader to continue reading. We have to say that this topic has two aspects with sentences such as the example below:
The proposed subject as one of the multi-dimensional ones should be considered

in respect to the positive and negative points.

Discuss its good points and bad points according to two different views

such as educational/ psychological/ political/ social/ legal/ hygienical/ sanitation/ or as the example below:
The two perspectives being considerable to pose are economical and instructive

cases.

5- Link the introduction to the body. Some vocabulary necessary to

know in writing these parts: Multi-dimensional, bi-lateral, multiaspected, multi-lateral, multi-faceted, multiperspective

Body paragraphs
Describe advantages in details

Describe disadvantages in details

Conclusion
Give a summary of the body paragraphs

Compare and contrast

differences and similarities

due to different aspects such as privacy, security,

expense, popularity, importance, comfort, beauty, price and . not your choice or interest in one of them. two main categories to be the basis of comparing and contrasting the suggested...., . And being the most debateful issues in this regard. If there is no good point in a specific aspect we can write:
"Since the suggested subject cannot be possibly related to the

presented outlook, it is regarded flawless in this field."

Body Paragraphs
Describe similarities in details

Describe differences in detalis

Conclusion
Give a summary

Cause and effect

5 paragraphs

Introduction
Bodyx3 conclusion

Introduction
Opening (motivator)

Restate the tittle(thesis statement)

Blue print(shortly introduce 3 reasons(causes) or 3

effects)

Bodyx3
In each body paragraph mainly describe one of the

causes/effects Support your ideas using exaples, figures, statistics, illustration, and etc.

conclusion
Reword the thesis statement

Reword blue print

Suggestion or recommendation End your essay(clincher)