ielts writing part two tips

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IELTS Writing Part Two Tips and useful language

Choose one of the possible IELTS Writing Part Two tactics below and give your opinion onit and/ or share tips you have heard. our partner will then give their opinion on what yousaid. !"ot all of the# are good ideas$%

Use one paragraph structure (e.g. introduction/ good things/ bad things/ conclusion)to answer all questions

Learn model answers off by heart and just change a few sentences to fit the ques-tion in the exam

Underline important words in the question

ecide on the paragraph structure right away

!rainstorm before you start writing

!rainstorm before you decide on the paragraph structure

"ontinue brainstorming or rewrite if your ideas seem silly

#liminate the silly ideas from your brainstorming

$rite %iews which you don&t really ha%e

'ae up data to support your arguments

'ae up quotes to support your arguments

'ae up personal experience to support your argument

"ount the exact number of words

$rite as much as you can

pend *+ minutes planning

,dd more complex language while you edit

nsert extra lines with an arrow to impro%e the structure or reach the minimum num-ber of words

Use lots of lining phrases (n the other hand0 etc)

Lea%e fi%e minutes for editing

Use basically the same introduction paragraph e%ery time

'ae sure your wor is really neat

1ewrite words that might be difficult to read because of your handwriting etc

"hoose a less ob%ious way of organising the paragraphs

,lways stic to four paragraphs

'ae sure the paragraphs are similar lengths

,%oid one sentence paragraphs nclude a sentence that explains the structure of the essay

&s' your teacher about any of the points you aren(t sure about.

)rainstor# useful phrases for giving opinions in the discussion you *ust had !and IELTSWriting Part Two%+trong opinions2$ea opinions2ther opinions language23our experience2thers opinions and experience2

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com 2011


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Co#pare your ideas with the bo,es below+

Strong opinions Weak opinions Other opinions language&m a firm belie%er in4n my honest opinion54

strongly belie%e4 really thin46o be fran54

7ranly54&m con%inced that4

&m absolutely certain that4&m positi%e that4$ithout a doubt54

$ith some reser%ations5 &dsay that4

6here is a lot to be said forboth5 but if was ased &d

say4 would imagine that4 would guess that4,s far as now54

t is my %iew that4f you as me54

,lthough can see the otherside of the argument54

f you want my opinion5 &dsay that4

f you as me546he way see it54 would say that4

,s far as &m concerned54

am of the opinion that4Your experience Others opinions and experience

n my (personal) experience547rom personal experience5 would say4

ha%e (generally) found that4#xperience has shown me that4

t is commonly thought that4t is widely belie%ed that4

6here is a common opinion that4'any people say that4

6he majority of people (who now) (seemto) thin that4

ha%e heard that4

Which phrases are #ost suitable for IELTS Writing-

se the sa#e language to discuss the best ways of studying to i#prove your writing.Possible ideas:

1eading academic papers

elf-study boos on #L6 %ocabulary/ #L6 writing/ academic %ocabulary/ #L6grammar/ general grammar

Looing at model answers

Learning whole model answers by heart

Learning fixed phrases

Learning paragraph structures

"ollecting your typical mistaes oing practice tests5 e%en when you can&t get feedbac on your finished writing

Looing bac at your pre%ious writing

#diting your own writing5 e%en when you can&t double chec it with someone

nline #L6 writing practice

Learning %ocabulary from #L6 readingsCan you thin' of any other good and bad ideas-

Choose one of the ideas and brainstor# advantages and disadvantages of that #ethod.

)rainstor# useful phrases for tal'ing about advantages and disadvantages then co#parewith the ne,t page.



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d!antages "isad!antages

Switching to talking about

the other

6he main ad%antage4ne thing to be said for4ne thing in fa%our of4is4

6he most negati%e thingabout4 is48oints against include4ne of manydisad%antages is4

n the other hand54Looing at the other side ofthe argument54witching from the pros tothe cons54


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