Below are practice IELTS essay questions and topics for writing task 2. The 100 essay questions have been used many times over the years. The questions are organised under common topics and essay types. IELTS often use the similar topics for their essays but change the wording of the essay question.
In order to prepare well for writing task 2, you should prepare ideas for common topics and then practise applying them to the tasks given (to the essay questions). Also see model essays and tips for writing task 2.
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There are 5 main types of essay questions in IELTS writing task 2 (opinion essays, discussion essay, advantage/disadvantage essays, solution essay and direct question essays). Click on the links below to see some sample essay questions for each type.
This collection of IELTS charts represents the main types of charts that you can be given in writing task 1, including tasks with two or three charts combined. Please remember that writing task 1 is not an essay, it is a report.
In Academic Writing task 1 you're asked to describe a graph, chart or diagram. And in General Writing task 1 you have to write a letter to someone. In Writing task 2 you have to write an essay on a given topic.
This is more challenging task. You should write an essay on a given topic, presenting your point of view and supporting it with relevant arguments. You should write at least 250 words in this task.
In this part of IELTS writing, you will need to write two quite different essays. Task 1 should be 150 words and task 2 should be 250. It is recommended that you spend 20 minutes on task 1 and 40 minutes on task 2, reflecting the importance of these to your overall score.
Naturally, the language required for these two types of essays is quite different. Whilst task 2 requires standard formal essay language, task 1 is more specific to the content. It will require you to highlight changes and present data. The language used will vary greatly dependent upon whether you are given a line graph, bar chart, process diagram, or map.
In the academic IELTS writing test, you need to use very formal writing all the time, but in the general test that may not be true. You certainly must use formal language for the task 2 essay, but for your letter it will depend upon the prompt. If you have to write a letter to a friend or family member, it would be appropriate to use informal language. 2ff7e9595c
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