hi there today I want to share my tips on IELTS writing which I've accumulated
by taking the test myself and also helping to prepare my students who come
to study in the UK now let get started
these days of the IELTS exam can be paper-based but can be computer-based
and before booking your test think what can you do more quickly write by hand or
type on a keyboard and book your exam accordingly most people still take a
paper-based exam and if you write fewer than 150 words for task
one or below 250 words for task two you will be penalized but you don't have
time to count words during the exam do you that's why you need to practice at
home download IELTS writing answer sheet you can do it in the corner of the
screen or video description below and use it to write your essays at home soon
by just looking at your essays you will know how many words you have there
without counting either words or lines make sure you don't start your essay by
copying the question let me show you an example
however these words will be excluded from
the word count because they are taken directly from the question what you need to do is paraphrase
many candidates think that in order to get a
high score they need to use complicated words and grammar structures and write
long sentences that will help but only if you do it right if you make mistakes
that's actually gonna harm your score to get band 7 you need to produce
frequent error free sentences so it's better to write most simply but
correctly make sure you write in a formal style and avoid any slang words
or contractions that's an easy tip let's go to the next one in IELTS
writing you should be extremely careful and only write what is relevant for the
topic for example in IELTS speaking you can go slightly off-topic and that's
fine but not in IELTS writing so keep it to the point each task includes several
parts you need to cover in the answer in our example you need to cover three
parts arguments supporting the statement basically why those who are more should
pay more contradicting arguments why everyone should pay the same and your
opinion so make sure you cover all those parts equally I know that planning an essay
takes time and many people simply hate planning I used to be one of them but
that's the only way to make sure that the structure of your essay is correct
and the information you write is relevant do you want to get a high score
in writing then it's a must for you do you know that a conclusion in task two
weights more in your mark than other parts of the essay so leave enough time to
write it properly and if you're running out of time and you can't finish essay
two then five minutes before the end stop whatever you're writing go
straight to the conclusion and make a nice one
studying model answers of good essays helps a lot that's actually one of the
best ways to improve your score so find model answers and study them I have a
video with a model answer for task two and I'm gonna link it at the end of
this video by saying that you need to study model answers I don't mean you
should learn them word by word and repeat during the exam IELTS examiners are
trained to spot memorised answers and you are gonna get zero points for those
however you can still use phrases you learned or words that's
a great thing to do but don't learn whole essays what do you find most challenging
in IELTS writing let me know in the comments and remember the video with the
a model answer I mentioned you're going to see it on the screen in just a second I
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thank you for watching me and good luck with your IELTS preparation
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