aubry um is gas expensive where you live right now yes oh so crazy it's gotten
really really exorbitant we just bought a jeep for our daughter who's about to get her license
right he's really excited about it but we don't ever water and drive it because it costs so much
to fill it up oh i can't imagine jeeps would be terribly fuel inefficient gas mileage that's rough
but i love jeeps i've always wanted like a jeep wrangler i thought that was like the coolest car
it is it's a jeep wrangler but the person who sold it to us put rubicon tires on it so
it has these really cool off-road tires it's kind of ridiculous because i don't know if we'll ever
take it off-roading that's awesome it's just so fun it sounds like a beast of a car i love it
um guys so we know that uh this type of question this topic the price of petrol or gas as we say in
the states um this topic pops up in writing task two sometimes speaking part three but not really
guys this is basically a writing task two topic and we've seen a few different ways of this topic
being presented but most likely guys if you see this on writing task two it will be in the form
we are sharing today so we're gonna share a task two question about this and then tell you some
ideas for how to answer it because this isn't an easy thing i mean these days i guess we talk about
it a lot because it is topical but i don't think normally right exactly right before this sort of
recent gas surge at least in the united states it's not something people chatted about or really
thought about that much because it's just sort of a necessity in areas where people drive you just
realize like you're going to have to pay for gas it's not coming up very often in conversation so
yeah it might be tricky to get this on task two if you haven't thought a lot about the
vocabulary related and really thought about how do i feel about this and how could we fix this
also what if you live in cities where you just don't drive right i mean this would be really
hard to write about then um i know like i didn't have a car i didn't drive at all for like a decade
because i was living in cities where i didn't need cars so i just had a bicycle or a scooter right
um so this would be really hard to answer if you don't drive i know if really you read a question
like this and your first thought is sort of like i don't care this has nothing to do with me
well it's going to take you a little longer to brainstorm so you need to have thought about it
ahead of time for sure yeah totally um okay so let's get to it aubry can you read the task two
question please yeah here we go increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve traffic
and pollution problems to what extent do you agree or disagree what other measures do you think might
be effective there is a lot in this question guys so the first step when you see a task 2 question
is you need to underline all the key words because you need to include you need to address all of the
key ideas in the question in order to get even a six for task response okay so aubry what would the
key ideas be in this question yeah so price petrol because i have seen someone write about this essay
and just sort of get off topic because they didn't focus enough on the price it went more toward just
talking about pollution and that's not the only thing we're talking about here right yeah so then
solve traffic pollution because you need all of those ideas you can't just hit one or the other
exactly exactly um yeah guys the first it doesn't matter how easy the question might look
or how difficult you must underline the keywords when you read the question so that's
what we have to address throughout the essay those ideas and then the questions after that
tell us what kind of essay we're writing what do we include in the body paragraphs so here's
the first question to what extent do you agree or disagree that's where we give our personal opinion
you have to say i you have to be direct in order for a high score guys um so say whether you agree
or disagree in paragraph two and then in paragraph three we have the next question what's the final
question there what other measures do you think might be effective so make sure you understand
what they're asking here right they're asking for solutions other solutions and notice the plural
you have to share two here and here gosh there are so many ways this question could be tricky
um i could see a student reading this too quickly and just seeing effect there and then thinking
it was asking for effects of something and totally going off topic in paragraph three
um i could see a student just saying agree or disagree and then only writing an argument essay
not even addressing solutions um like there's so many ways you guys could really just go off the
rails with this question it really is vital that you take the time to make sure you understand what
you're being asked right for a mixed essay like this look at these questions individually you're
going to answer each one in its own paragraph and you need to make sure you understand what
are you being asked in that question so here's how we have to organize the second paragraph okay
um because again we want to try to address everything in there so it's asking us for
our opinion right how to what extent do you agree or disagree i would start um with a point for the
other side which is called a concession okay so i so i talk about both sides in one paragraph that
way i'm talking about everything in that question so my opinion is that um that would be a great way
so i agree with that i'm like that's an awesome way to solve traffic and pollution problems
so that means i have to start with a concession so i would say
although some say or although some are of the opinion that this is not the ideal way to solve
these issues because people will still find ways to get gas and drive their vehicles i however
feel that this is the perfect solution and then i would have to support that and say why i agree
um so i would say that yes i agree because this is the most direct way is through people's wallets
if it's so expensive people literally cannot afford it they will be forced to find other means
of travel like bicycles and trains decreasing pollution um lessening uh the number of vehicles
right so we're addressing everything in there and then i would give a personal example right
aubry would you have a personal example as to how the increasing prices of of petrol have decreased
the amount you use your car yes definitely like i shared at the beginning um our daughter is working
but we don't always let her take this jeep because gas costs so much so we make her ride her bike so
it's a direct result of gas being expensive that she's not putting as many emissions into the air
there's less traffic because she's riding her bike to work to avoid having to pay for gas
and notice there guys how yes we can give a personal example and you should in this case
because it's so easy um and you're still bringing it back to the question you're still connecting it
like aubrey did right i'd say the same i would say personally speaking um the astronomical increase
in gas prices recently has um significantly reduced the amount i drive or the amount i put
my vehicle on the road as i carpool a lot more and share rides with others um so again we're
like bringing up the the the less traffic there is because i'm driving less and i'm putting out
less emissions into the air yes exactly excellent so the tricky thing here where you're talking
about a concession that's what's really pushing up your score because if you just do one if you
just say i agree because blank or i disagree because blank you're really not addressing
the whole question you're really not addressing the other side so to score eight or higher on
your task two on your task response score you need that concession where you recognize the other side
share one reason they feel that way and then make it clear like you said i however believe right
really really high scoring to do that exactly and yes concessions are complicated that's why they
increase your score by so much guys i encourage you to go to our website allersenglish.com
and just search concession and you can get more free episodes about that
um guys by the way if writing is like the main issue for you uh as far as your ielts test goes if
writing is the main thing holding you back you can take our our three keys writing only course guys
go to all years english dot com slash writing only and check that out model bandline essays templates
for every type of task two all the examples for task one so check that out guys always english dot
com slash writing only all right let's get to that third paragraph before we finish up today aubrey
um so now we need to write about two solutions yes exactly right and we highly recommend if you have
to come up with two solutions in this paragraph don't come up with five and then decide which
are best you do not have time there's so much to brainstorm for this essay yeah the first two you
come up with that makes sense stick with those so you can start writing right totally so the first
one i came up with was um reducing the price of electric vehicles so they're more affordable for
the average person right and then you could start that paragraph with regarding supplemental methods
to reduce congestion and emissions one possibility would be reducing the price of electric vehicles
really high levels miss aubry i love that uh that introduction sentence so much that's like the best
topic sentence such great vocab um yeah totally oh my gosh electric i want an electric car but it
is like cost prohibitive at this point so yeah definitely i think the government could
subsidize that and reduce those prices um all right what is another solution aubrey yeah so
it's funny as i'm i'm like actually i probably would have my second solution be related to
that so it is more related to have more chargers for electric cars because i think that's a lot of
reason to cost aside people are worried they won't be able to charge so they can't drive that far
so that would be my second reason is increasing the availability of charging for electric vehicles
yeah that would be fantastic so the topic of the paragraph is electric cars but you still
have two different solutions related to that that would be such a well-crafted paragraph
um all right guys so remember if you just want to get all of the ideas
strategies vocab you need to raise your writing score on ielts go to alliersenglish.com
writing only check out that course all right aubry uh thanks for chatting about this today this is a
hard question i know i i hope you guys are ready now if you get this question you are ready you
are ready practice writing it because there's a good chance you'd be asked about this on test day
all right awesome i'll see you next week aubry all right bye-bye
you