13 Proven Rules to Follow in Ielts Writing Task 2

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Let+s see how you can do this fro following ea"le&

It is better to eat food which is produced by small farmers, rather than food produced by

'factory farming' and transported long distances.

To what etent do you agree or disagree with this o"inion-

First thing you need to do is identify "otential keywords in the *uestion which are& food

"roduction, sall farers, factory faring and trans"ortation.

/ll you need to do is to write a!out these keywords which will ake sure you are staying with

the *uestion and i"rove your chance to get higher !and.

#ule $2 & re"lan your essay

In IELTS writing task12, you are su""osed to send 0 inutes on this task.

Therefore, if you s"end 5 inutes on thinking how you will organi)e your essay, it still reains

35 inutes to write 2501245 words.

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If you write all things in one "aragra"h, then it looks essy and akes the writing less a""ealing

for the eainer which will leads to low !and score.

Therefore, try to add at least four "aragra"h in your essay& introduction, two ain !ody

"aragra"hs and conclusion.

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#ule $5& Start with a ur"ose

It is !etter to start the first line of each "aragra"h >>.

?o not consider yourself that the shortest sentence of a "aragra"h will !e the to"ic sentence. In

fact this sentence could !e long si"le or co"le sentence.

@ut, do not try to ingle reasons and ea"les in the to"ic sentence which will disorgani)e the

se*uence of idea flow in your writing.

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#ule $A& Su""ort with #easons and Evidence

/s we said earlier, the first sentence of a "aragra"h will state the single unifying idea i.e.

arguent of what you want to the eainer to !elieve.

The second sentence should state the reasons !ehind the arguent which is not actually stated in

the arguent.

For ea"le, if you say in arguent


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6ou can use BthereB to ake the stateent ore i"ersonal like BThere has !een a significantconcern of increasing air "ollution in a7or cities of the worldB

#ule $%0& se /cadeic Goca!ulary

(ost of the IELTS candidate akes the istake of writing their essay like a news"a"er,

aga)ine or a !log article.

@ut, acadeic writing style is different which follows ore foral a""roach of writing !y

oitting slangs.

Look at these ea"les&

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#e"etition eans using sae word or sentence structure again and again that lead the eainerto think that you have "oor voca!ulary and cannot use co"le sentence structure to ake the

essay s"ontaneous.

To "rove your voca!ulary range, use synonys or different e"ressions. @ut, it is inevita!le that

you will re"eat the key "hrases of the *uestion to"ic.

Like, If you are writing a!out air "ollution, then those words can recur in your essay. ;owever,

even keywords like B"ollutionB can !e re"laced !y word like BcontainationH.

#ule $%2 & se Linkers

8oherence is a key issue of arking IELTS writing which eaines the logical se*uence of the

essay.

The !est way to get a feel a!out this cohesion is to use linking words or "hrases to relate

"oint:idea to earlier and later "oints. ;ere are soe list of useful linkers and connectors you canuse in IELTS essay.

These sign"osting words are used to give a sense of natural flow in your writing without a!ru"t

7u"s or !reaks !etween arguents, reasons and ea"les in the essay.

#ule $%3 & se i of sentences

/n acadeic IELTS essay ust structured with ied sentences !etween si"le, co"ound and

co"le with varied lengths.

Too any si"le sentences can ake it onotonous. Like if you are wiring a!out air "ollution,

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it could !e

B/ir ollution is increasing in cities. It is !ad for health. eo"le are dying for this.B

or it could !e

B/ir "ollution is a "ersistence "ro!le in any cities of the world. It is certainly !ad for health

as well as "eo"le can dye fast for this.B

So, which one is !etter- otice the use of linked Bas well asB in the second writing.

8onclusion

/lthough there is no definitive guide of good or !ad writing, !ut there are certain rules of

acadeic writing. sing of these ti"s ake your IELTS writing task 2 essay ore ro!ust,

natural and "olished to lead in higher !and score.
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