On 24th of June 2017, a number of my students did the test and reported the following Writing Task 2 questions: Scientists predict that in the future cars will be driven by computers. What are the reasons behind this? Is it a positive or negative development? Some people prefer travelling alone when they experience a […]
Writing Task 2
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A Guide to Telling the IELTS Examiner Lies
I was chatting to an IELTS examiner about things that stop students doing well on their speaking and writing tests and one thing he said was really interesting- ‘The speaking and writing tests are not lie detector tests.’ What he means is that many students think that you have to tell the absolute truth. You […]
IELTS Writing Task 2 Exercise
I recently gave the question below to a group of students and most of them made at least one major mistake that lowered their overall mark. I thought it would be a good exercise to discuss and analyse this question in order to help you with future questions and raise your awareness about what examiners […]
Recent Confusing Questions
A lot of you send me your Writing questions after you do your exam. Recently, there have been a few very confusing questions. One student even emailed me to say that he probably won’t do very well because he found it difficult to focus because one person was crying throughout most of the Writing test. […]
IELTS Essay Topics
Most people doing IELTS Writing Task 2 get stressed out about which IELTS essay topics they will face. They worry about getting an unfamiliar topic and not having any good ideas or enough vocabulary to complete the task. This article will help you by giving you the most common IELTS essay topics and showing you how […]