Best Practice Book for IELTS Writing

2.IELTSGeneralWriting

TheIELTS General Writingsectionmeasuresyourabilityto

communicateabout common, practical issues andexpandontopics of

personalinterest.Youmay beaskedto providefactualinformation,make

suggestions,expresslikesand dislikes, orpresentcomplaints, opinions, or

views.Thissectionlastsfor1 hourandincludes 2 tasks.Task 2carriesmore

marksthanTask 1.Therefore, youmaywishto divideyourtimeas

follows:Task 1– 150 words– 20 minutes

Task 2– 250 words– 40 minutes

AccordingtothemakersoftheIELTSexam, assessment of General Writing

tasksisbased onthefollowingcriteria:

TaskAchievement - how thoroughly you dowhatisasked

Coherenceand Cohesion - how organized yourletteris

LexicalResource - the range of vocabulary you use

GrammaticalRange and Accuracy -howcorrectyourgrammaris

1. IELTS GENERALWRITING-TASK 1

Youareaskedtowritealettertoafriend, governmentagency orinterestgroup.The
levelofformality dependsonwho youarewriting to and how well you know them,so
thestylemay beformal,semi-formalorinformal.Youaregivenabriefdescription ofa
problemorsituation,followed by bulletedinstructionsonwhattoincludein your letter.
Make sure you write abouteach and every one of the pointsmentioned.Also
useappropriategrammar,capitalization,and punctuation.

Itwillalso helptoreadthroughseveralsampletestsin orderto bothfamiliarize yourself
withthetypeofsituations presented, andtolearnhowto write these

types of letter answers easily, correctly,and quickly.SampleTask 1tasksinclude:

writingto a college administration officeraboutproblemswith your dormitory

writingto a landlord to resolve problemswiththeheatingsystem

writingto a friend to invite him/hertoasurpriseparty