English course IELTs Writing Techniques and Strategies Part A

1. Academic and General Writing Task 2 : Forming Ideas

You have to write a 250-word essay for Task 2. You will... more You have to write a 250-word essay for Task 2. You will lose marks if you do not have enough ideas, so you need to develop strategies that will help you produce and organise your ideas quickly before you start writing. less

2. Academic Writing Task 1 : Comparing Data

Some IELTs writing tasks ask you to describe a chart or a... more Some IELTs writing tasks ask you to describe a chart or a table that shows how people compare different things and how important they feel these things are in relation to each other. less

3. Academic Writing Task 1 : Describing a bar chart

Describing a bar chart and the laniguage used. Describing a bar chart and the laniguage used. less

4. Academic Writing Task 1 : Describing a Process

In Academic Writing Task 1 you may be asked to describe a... more In Academic Writing Task 1 you may be asked to describe a process or explain how something works based on a diagram. Yiou should write clearly and divide your answer into short paragraphs. less

5. Academic Writing Task 1 : Describing Tables

Practice at describing tables and the language used Practice at describing tables and the language used less

6. Academic Writing Task 1 : Joining two different ideas

When data is presented in two similar tables, it is useful... more When data is presented in two similar tables, it is useful to focus on informationwhich can be compared or contrasted. To do this, you need to join your ideas. You can join your ideas within one sentence using a conjection. Alternatively, you can put each idea in its own sentence and join these with a linking expression. less

7. Academic Writing Task 1 : Trends and Verb Tenses

Using the correct tense to describe the trends. Using the correct tense to describe the trends. less

8. Academic Writing Task 1: Analysing charts

techniques in analysing charts techniques in analysing charts less

9. Academic Writing Task 2 : Using Noun Phrases

Noun Phrases are often useful in Task 1 in order to provide... more Noun Phrases are often useful in Task 1 in order to provide information about the subject of the group or chart. It is important that this information is clear and complete. less

10. Describing Diagrams and pictures

Remember, most Task 1 questions are based on a graph ,... more Remember, most Task 1 questions are based on a graph , chart or table , but sometimes you might be asked to describe a diagram. less

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