IELTS WRITING TASK 2 - OPINION ESSAY

IELTS WRITING TASK 2 - OPINION ESSAY

What is an agree or disagree essay

The agree/disagree essay question gives you a topic and asks if you agree or disagree with an idea related to that topic.

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT IS AN OPINION ESSAY?

=> YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY INSTRUCTION WORDS

YOUR ESSAY COULD BE

• ONE-SIDED

• BALANCED

OPINION ESSAY STRUCTURE

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Multiple Choice

WHICH ONE IS AN OPINION ESSAY?

• Most people agree that money cannot be happiness. Why is happiness difficult to define? How can people achieve happiness?

• Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of writing an opinion essay?

• To give personal example to a topic

• To give personal response to a topic

• To give personal request to a topic

Multiple Choice

What goes into the body of your essay?

• Reasons only

• Reasons + examples + details

• Opinion

• Final statement

Multiple Select

Where do you give your opinion? (Choose all that apply)

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

• Body 3

• Conclusion

Multiple Choice

Which is a correct way to state your opinion?

A) "In my opinion..."

B) "I strongly believe that..."

C) "I really feel that..."

• A

• B

• C

• A, B and C

Multiple Choice

Where would you use the phrase "To begin with..."

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

Multiple Choice

What kind of a sentence is this?

"Nowadays, many people are talking about the traffic situation in Abu Dhabi".

• General statement

• Exposing two sides

• Conclusion

• Reason

Multiple Select

Second, television can impair children’s reading ability. Reading requires skills and brain processes that watching television does not. If children watch television for too many hours each day, they do not have the chance to practice the skills that they need in order to learn how to read.

=> what is the supporting idea

• television can impair children’s reading ability.

• Reading requires skills and brain processes that watching television does not.

• If children watch television for too many hours each day, they do not have the chance to practice the skills that they need in order to learn how to read.

Multiple Choice

Where would you find this sentence?

"These days, it is easy to find males and females studying together in college."

• Conclusion

• Body

• Introduction

Multiple Choice

We use "in addition" to

• add more arguments

• negate a statement

• express our opinion

• finish the essay

Multiple Choice

What does "to sum up" mean?

• First of all

• In my opinion

• In addition

• to summarize

Multiple Choice

"For instance, ..." is another way of saying "For example, ..."

• True

• False