Writing Guide
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How should I practice IELTS Writing Task 2 at home?

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Task 2 is about 40 minutes and is worth twice Task 1, so it should take most of a Writing session. First name the question type: opinion, discussion, advantage/disadvantage, problem-solution, or two-part. Plan for five minutes and write two topic sentences that actually answer the instruction word. Write for 30 minutes: a two-sentence introduction, two body paragraphs, a two-sentence conclusion. Use the last five minutes on articles, subject-verb agreement, and this/these. Aim for at least 250 words; 260-290 is a practical range. After you finish, mark the four writing criteria - Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy - and fix only the weakest one the next day. That loop beats another unmarked PDF.

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