IELTS Writing Review

How much time should you spend on Task 1?

• 20 minutes

• 25 minutes

• 40minutes

• 30 minutes

Does this topic require an opinion from the candidate?

In some countries, governments are encouraging industries and businesses to move to regional areas outside the big cities.

Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

• No

• Yes

What kind of essay should you write for the following topic?

A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old-fashioned values, such as honour, kindness and trust, no longer seem important.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

• Advantages and disadvantages essay

• Opinion essay

• Cause and effect essay

• Discussion essay

Which is the best description of the chart?

• In Great Britain and USA, there are the same percentages of people who choose some kind of transport.

• In Germany, percentages of people who choose car and bicycle are roughly the different.

• Motorcycle was the most popular type of transport in all countries, except for the USA.

• Overall, car is the most chosen transport, bicycle is on the second place and motorcycle is the least chosen transport.

What is the best introduction for the graph?

The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

• The line graph compares the fast food consumption of teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

• The line graph shows changes in the amount of the fast food consumption of teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

• The graph demonstrates the increasing number of fast food consumption between teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

Do candidates have to pretend to be a specialist when they are writing their answer?

• No

• Yes

Which word in the second sentence which is similar in meaning to the word or phrase underlined in the first sentence from different parts of an essay?

Over the last few years, there has been a steady increase in violent crime.

Cases of assault have constantly/ continuously/ sharply been going up and robbery is now more likely to result in injury.

• constantly

• continuously

• sharply

Choose the best sentence which is the same meaning with the previous one.

The number of people owning mobile phones rose dramatically between 1990 and 1995.

• The number of people owning mobile phones went down dramatically between 1990 and 1995.

• There was a dramatic rise in the number of people buying mobile phones between 1990 and 1995.

• There was a dramatic rise in the number of people owning mobile phones between 1990 and 1995.

Which sentence best describes the picture?

• B is directly opposite A.

• B is in the south-west/on the bottom right-hand corner of A.

• B is in the south/at the bottom of A.

• B is in the east/on the left-hand side of A.

What information stands out?

• The age of the networks: London being the oldest and LA the newest.

• Kilometers of route: London the most. Paris the least.

• Passengers per year: Washington DC the most, Kyoto the least.