WorksheetsIELTS Writing Task 2 Review Point Avenue
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
There are ____ grading categories that the IELTS examiner will consider when evaluating your writing.
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The first grading category, 'Coherence & Cohesion' will look at...
How knowledgeable and aware you are of grammatical structures and punctuation.
How well your writing works together from one sentence to the next to create proper meaning.
How wide your range of vocabulary is.
Whether or not your writing make sense, not just overall but especially regarding the questions.
Whether or not your sentence structures are clear, organized, and logical.
The second grading category, 'Task achievement' will consider if your writing...
Expresses your opinion clearly.
Fully understood the question.
Properly answered the question.
Addressed every part of the question.
'Lexical resource' refers to the range of knowledge a writer has about...
Grammar conventions
Writing structure
Essay format
Proper use of vocabulary
the different ways a writer can express the same thought
'Grammatical range & accuracy' refers to
How many different grammar structures appear in your essay.
Whether or not your punctuation is correct and appropriate.
Whether or not your vocabulary structures are correct or not.
How many grammar errors appear in your essay.
You will not be penalized for using informal language when writing Task 2
True, the examiner understands that you are still learning English.
False, you are expected to show to what level your know the English language and you do that by writing in a formal and academic way.
NEVER start writing your essay right away. Always take some time to make sure you understand the question and then take a few moments to plan your essay.
True, planning first will save you from making big mistakes later.
False, you won't have enough time and will not be able to finish your essay.
To correctly analyze the essay question, you must...
Identify the question type.
Identify the keywords.
Identify the instruction words.
Underline the paraphrases.
If you write a weak introduction, your entire essay will be affected.
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False
Select the common mistakes IELTS students make when writing an introductory paragraph.
Not paraphrasing the question in the first sentence of the essay.
Being too general about the topic.
Excluding a thesis statement.
Including a thesis statement.
Forgetting to include an outline sentence.
An IELTS Writing Task 2 opinion essay should have _____ sentences.
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What are the sentences that should appear in an IELTS Writing Task 2 introduction?
Paraphrased task description.
Topic sentence.
Outline statement.
Thesis statement.
Paraphrase question.
Paraphrase means to...
Use different words that mean different things to say the express the same idea.
Use different words that mean the same thing to express the same idea or thought.
Changing the order that words appear in a sentences to change a sentence just enough but without changing its meaning.
A thesis statement is your main idea and states how you feel about the whole topic in one sentence.
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False, that is the outline statement.
A correctly written thesis statement shows the examiner that you understood the question.
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False
A thesis statement should not address the micro-keywords and should also address the the essay topic in general.
True
False, it should address the micro-keywords and not the topic in general.
The outline statement is where you tell the examiner what you will discuss in in the main body paragraphs.
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False.
Your outline essay is not an outline of what the examiner will read in your essay.
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False. It is!
Paraphrase the following: 'Rising global temperatures and human health and fitness issues are often viewed as being caused by the expanding use of automobiles."
Switch the order of the following sentence by moving some words to the front or to the back of the sentence and use synonyms where possible: "There is a good deal of evidence that increasing car use is contributing to global warming and having other undesirable effects on people's health and well-being."
