IELTS WRITING TEST

For task 1, writing IELTS test, Your report will be based on:

• Bar graph

• Line graphs

• table map

• diagram or pie chart

• All the above

How many words you should include on task 1 and how much time you should spend on?

• 150 words - 20 minutes

• 170 words - 25 minutes

• 190 words - 20 minutes

• 210 words - 20 minutes

How is the band score of each criterion for task 1?

• Task achievement (30%)

  Coherence and cohesion (10%)

  Vocabulary (25%)

  Grammatical arrange and accuracy (35%)

• Task achievement (20%)

  Coherence and cohesion (30%)

  Vocabulary (25%)

  Grammatical arrange and accuracy (25%)

• Task achievement (25%)

  Coherence and cohesion (25%)

  Vocabulary (25%)

  Grammatical arrange and accuracy (25%)

• Task achievement (35%)

  Coherence and cohesion (15%)

  Vocabulary (25%)

  Grammatical arrange and accuracy (25%)

The introduction paragraph may contain:

• Detail information of the main topic

• Should be paraphrased Taking into account data from the graph.

• Should be paraphrase and include some extra information

• All the above

A key word to start the second paragraph is:

• Overview

• Overall

• In general

• All the above

Appropiate vocabulary to describe map's location

• • In the corner, next to, above, below.

• All the above

• • north

  • south

  • east

  • west

• north-east

  • north-west

  • south-east

  • south-west

Task 1 (describing maps). Words or phrases to assert at the beginning of the sentence, such as:

• • Looking at the map

• • As can be seen from the map/…. 

• • Overall

  • It is clear that 

• All of the above.

Verb tenses use to describe maps for writing task #1.

• Present simple, passive voice

• • past simple, past perfect passive voice.

• • future simple, future continuous 

• present perfect, present continuous passive voice.

The total time is one hour for both tasks.

• True

• • False

There are four Marking Criteria for IELTS Writing task 2

• Task response.

  Coherence and cohesion.

  Lexical Resource.

  Grammatical range and accuracy.

• • Paraphrase the main task.

    Coherence and cohesion.

    Lexical Resource.

    Grammatical range and accuracy.

• Task response.

  Coherence and cohesion.

  Do not contract ideas and words.

  Grammatical range and accuracy.

• Task response.

  Coherence and cohesion.

  Lexical Resource

  Conclusion