FREE IELTS WRITING PRACTICE
Writing Task 1 and Task 2, by question type
The Writing test is 60 minutes and has two tasks. Task 2 carries more weight in the marking, so it deserves the larger share of your time. Each lesson below breaks down one question type, shows a full model answer, and explains what the examiner is actually rewarding.
Task 120 mins · at least 150 words · describe a chart, or write a letter
Task 240 mins · at least 250 words · an essay answering a question
Marked onTask Response · Coherence · Vocabulary · Grammar
Task 2: Opinion EssayThe most common Task 2 question type, with a full band 8 modelStart this lesson →Task 1: Line GraphsThe most common Task 1 chart, with the same answer written at band 6, 7 and 8Start this lesson →Task 1: What the Question AsksStart here. What Task 1 wants, what it forbids, and the shape of a complete answerStart this lesson →Task 1: Reading the ChartFive checks before you write a word, and the unit mistake that quietly ruins answersStart this lesson →Task 1: Selecting the Main FeaturesTwelve numbers, four sentences. How to decide what to leave outStart this lesson →Task 1: Writing the IntroductionOne sentence, fully reworded - and why copying the question can push you under the word countStart this lesson →Task 1: Writing the OverviewThe paragraph most candidates skip, and the one that caps your score if it is missingStart this lesson →Task 1: Body Paragraphs and GroupingHow to decide what goes in paragraph three and what goes in paragraph fourStart this lesson →Task 1: The Language of ChangeTwo grammatical patterns that mean you never have to repeat a verbStart this lesson →Task 1: Numbers and ComparisonsApproximation, fractions, multiples - and the percentage mistake almost everyone makesStart this lesson →Task 1: Bar ChartsComparison rather than trend, with the same question at band 6, 7 and 8Start this lesson →Task 1: Pie ChartsProportions, not quantities - and why comparing the pies is the whole taskStart this lesson →Task 1: TablesNo shape to help you - the hardest selection task in Task 1Start this lesson →Task 1: Two Charts TogetherThe hardest writing task in Task 1 - because the marks are in the link between themStart this lesson →Task 1: Process DiagramsNo numbers at all - the passive voice does the work insteadStart this lesson →Task 1: MapsChange over time with no numbers - compass directions and the passive do the workStart this lesson →Task 1: Timing and Word CountTwenty minutes, 150 words - how to spend them, and what really happens if you fall shortStart this lesson →Task 1: The Band 6 CeilingWhy accurate, fluent answers stop at 6 - and a mixed practice set to finishStart this lesson →
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