IELTS General Training Writing Test

IELTS General Writing Task 1

Time: one hour 

This test consists of two separate writing tasks. You must answer both tasks.

TaskTimingLengthWhat do I need to do?
Writing Task 120 minutes150 wordsWrite a letter in response to a given situation.
Writing Task 240 minutes250 wordsYou need to write a discursive essay. You will be given an opinion, problem or issue that you need to discuss. You may be asked to provide a solution, evaluate a problem, compare and contrast different ideas or opinions, or challenge an argument or idea.

You will be assessed on the following criteria: 

  • Task Response 
  • Coherence and Cohesion 
  • Lexical Resource 
  • Grammatical Range and Accuracy 

N.B. Writing Task 2 is worth twice as many marks as Writing Task 1.

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