IELTS Writing task 2 (or IELTS essay) is the same task for Academic and General IELTS. You will be presented with a specific topic and asked to write a 250-word essay about it. You should normally spend 40 minutes on IELTS Writing task 2.

Major notion

• IELTS recommend you spend no more than 40 minutes on writing task-two

• The number of words should be at least 250 and/or above, no official upper word limit, but IELTS students better control the amount of content less than 300 in order to make the examiner feel relax and comfort which means you will have a higher chance to get an appropriate score.

• Marking criteria

  1. Task achievement
  2. Coherence and Cohesion
  3. Vocabulary
  4. Grammar

• Question types and Structure

  1. Agree or disagree(opinion is required)
     • Intro(three sentences)
     • Paragraph one(point one+supporting descriptions+eample+more supporting descriptions)
     • Paragraph two(point two+supporting descriptions+example+more supporting descriptions)
     • Conclusion(summarise and give your opinion)
  2. Advantages and disadvantages
     • Intro(three sentences)
     • Paragraph one(discuss either advantages or disadvantages)
     • Paragraph two(discuss either advantages or disadvantages)
     • Conclusion(summarise and give your opinion if asked)
  3. Discussion
     • Intro(three sentences)
     • Paragraph one(discuss first type of thinking)
     • Paragraph two(discuss second type of thinking)
     • Conclusion(summarise and give your opinion if asked)
  4. Problem + Solution
     • Intro(three sentences)
     • Paragraph one(explore first problem and possible solution)
     • Paragraph two(explore second problem and possible solution)
     • Conclusion(summarise and give your opinion if asked, highly unlikely)
  5. Two part question
     • Intro(three sentences)
     • Paragraph one(discuss the first question)
     • Paragraph two(discuss the second question)
     • Conclusion(summarise and give your opinion if asked)

Common Writing task two type

• Art
• Business, Money
• Communication, Personality
• Crime, Punishment
• Education
• Family, Children
• Food, Diet
• Government
• Health
• Housing
• Language
• Media, Advertising
• Reading
• Society
• Space exploration
• Sport, exercises
• Technology
• Tourism
• Transport
• Work
• etc.