General
Task 1:Minimum 150 words:Writing aletterinresponsetoa
situation–informal,semi-formal, orformalTask 2:Minimum 250 words:Writing amorepersonalessay–possibleinformal
style
Academic
Task 1:Minimum 150 words:Interpreting, describing, orcomparing
information presentedin graphicform-adiagram, barchart,linegraph, pie
chartortable
Task 2:Minimum 250 words:Writinganessay on a general academic
topic –formalstyle.In bothcases, yourscoreisbased onthreefundamentalcriteria:Content: How well do your presentyourarguments,ideasandevidence?Quality: How effectively are youabletocommunicateyourideasandthoughts?TechnicalAspects:Howcorrectis yourgrammar?Howrichisyourvocabul
ary?How varied are yoursentences?To complete an organized,coherent piece of writing,youneed totake
2 - 5 minutesto plan. During this time, you canconsiderwhat
position youwilladopt, how you'regoingtoexpand onthetopicandinwhat
order you will present your ideas.Youshouldskiptheplanningactivity
onlyifyou haveverylittletimeleft.Insuchacase, you can work directly
on the taskitself.Ofcourse, grammarand vocabularywillalso be assessed. Make sure
you check your writing forverb tense agreement,prepositions,word
order,sentencepatterns, sentence structure, and range of
vocabulary. Avoid using the same verbs, nouns, or adjectives
more than once.Do not use slang at all. In theacademicsection
oftheIELTS,avoidcontractions,whichareaclearsymbolofinformal
writing.