IELTS Writing practice
Task 1 in 20 minutes, Task 2 in 40.
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Academic Task 1
Describe a chart, table, process or plan in 150 words or more.
- Line chartLibrary loans
- Bar chartCommuting by bicycle
- Pie chartsCommunity centre budget
- TableAdult course participation
- Bar and line chartMuseum visitors and revenue
- Process diagramMaking recycled paper
- Two plansRiverside park redevelopment
- Stacked bar chartHousehold electricity use
- Stacked bar chartBroadband connections
- TableCommunity repairs
- Process diagramReusable lunch containers
- Two plansArts centre redevelopment
General Training Task 1
Write a letter that covers three points in the right tone.
- LetterRequesting a repair
- LetterA missed visit
- LetterA damaged delivery
- LetterChanging a work schedule
- LetterOrganising a neighbourhood event
- LetterReturning a borrowed camera
- LetterWelcoming a friend
- LetterApplying to volunteer
- LetterRequesting a course transfer
- LetterThanking a host family
- LetterReporting a lost bag
- LetterSuggesting a staff facility
Task 2
An essay that takes and supports a position, in 250 words or more.
- Agree or disagreeWho should pay for city transport?
- Discuss both viewsRemote working and local communities
- Causes and solutionsRepairing instead of replacing
- Do advantages outweigh disadvantagesProtecting open space
- Agree or disagreePractical money education
- Discuss both viewsVisitors in small communities
- Two-part questionSeeing collections online
- Whose responsibilityTraining throughout a career
- Agree or disagreeLocal news and global news
- Advantages and disadvantagesLibraries beyond books
- Discuss both viewsHomework in primary school
- problem solutionReducing food waste
- Advantages and disadvantagesParking and city centres
- Agree or disagreeA shorter working week
- Agree or disagreeAdvertising aimed at children
- causes effectsYoung adults leaving rural areas
- Discuss both viewsFunding public art
- Discuss both viewsChoosing a university subject
- Advantages and disadvantagesPublic sports facilities
- Discuss both viewsReducing unnecessary packaging
- Two-part questionKnowing the people next door
- Agree or disagreeOld buildings and new uses
- positive negativeShopping from home
- Advantages and disadvantagesStarting another language early
Guides: map vocabulary for Task 1 · what a grammar checker fixes and misses · free level test
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