Note that this will be more or less the same for both the general and academic IELTS tests. The topics and ideas covered here will apply to both forms of IELTS, although the questions may be phrased in a more complicated way for the academic test.
Texts come from books, journals, magazines, newspapers and online resources, written for a non-specialist audience. All the topics are of general interest to students at undergraduate or postgraduate level. The texts may be written in different styles, for example, narrative, descriptive or discursive/argumentative. At least one text contains detailed logical argument. Texts may also contain diagrams, graphs or illustrations. If texts use technical vocabulary, then a simple dictionary definition is provided.
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Each part is a long passage. The content of the article is from books, journals, magazines and newspapers of academic topics of public concern. Reading these articles does not require a professional background. The article is suitable for candidates who want to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree and obtain other professional qualifications. The form of the article includes descriptive text and factual text and its extension and analysis. In addition, there are non-written materials, such as graphics, tables or photographs. If technical terms are included in the article, a simple vocabulary is provided.
According to the writing test scoring criteria (completion of tasks, coherence and cohesion, vocabulary richness, grammatical diversity and accuracy), the IELTS IELTS examiner with professional qualifications will evaluate your completion of each task. For scoring criteria, please see www.ielts.org/criteria.
IELTS IELTS examiners with professional qualifications assess your performance throughout the test according to the IELTS IELTS oral scoring criteria (fluency and consistency, vocabulary diversity, grammatical diversity and accuracy, pronunciation) for the test. For scoring criteria, please see www.ielts.org/criteria.
Dear Liz,
Thank you for your guidance, I scored 8 overall, all thanks to you. Really. I would recommend your website to all who aspire to score good in ielts . I had less time to prepare and all I did was refer to your website.
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My ielts general score is L- b, R-8.5, S-8 unfortunately I mange to get on 6 in writing. I am feeling depressed and not feeling like giving exam again. Could you please help me with the writing section.
hi miss,
I took ielts exam today and the topic was that you discovered a website , write a letter to your friend that how that website could be useful for your friend in his or her studies??
by mistake , I wrote that I made a website in my study ND I told her about that , how it could be useful for her ?
Do I have written off topic ?
Hello lady Liz can I ask question?Today I had ielts exam everything was allright but Icould not write task1 at all but Iwrote task2 completely.Coud you tell me will I be able to get at least 5 from writing
Hi Liz, i just took my ielts exam and i think i did quite badly in writing task 1. I was rushing time with only 10 mins to finish task 1, spent too much time in task 2. I think i didnt really fully explain the graph, paragraphs are well-structured but lack in tenses and a good conclusion. By how much band score will it affect?
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