[WT02] (03) Planning your essay

How many types of question that candidates are likely asked to answer in an IELTS Writing task 02 test? (Give me a number)

Name those types of question:

How many criteria need considering when an examiner marking an IELTS Writing task 02 test? (Give me a number)

Name those criteria:

Answer explanation

There are 04 criteria in the IELTS Writing band description:

01. Task response (TR)

02. Coherence & Cohesion (CC)

03. Lexical resource (LR)

--> Vocabulary

04. Grammatical range & accuracy (GR)

The first step in the pre - writing stage is to _______ .

• generate ideas

• free write your thoughts

• develop ideas

• analyze the question

Specialist knowledge is not as _______ as social knowledge when you think of ideas.

Planning helps you to _______ .

• analyze the question correctly

• think of relevant ideas

• structure your ideas

• save time

• reduce mistakes

Which of the answers below is NOT part of planning?

• Writing introductions

• Question analysis

• Thinking about structure

• Varying vocabulary

When thinking of ideas, you should _______ .

Which idea generation method should you choose?

• The one my teacher told me to use

• The one that gets me the most relevant ideas in the shortest time

• Brainstorming

• Every method that I can think of