This is the article from one student, Band 7 in IELTS, and here he shares the secrets to success in the Writing test.
1. Before writing an essay, you must know its basic structure.
2. Do Task 2 first, because it is worth more marks and is easier.
3. Don’t waste too much time on Task 1. Learn all the specific writing structure for each type of task 1. In the real test, you just have to apply that structure with new data and suitable verb tenses. Read sample essays and take note of the ones with good structure to have a wide range of academic structures for task 1. Some structures might be used in the task 2 as well.
4. You must complete both tasks. I don’t care how difficult the test is, I don’t care how little time you have got. You MUST complete your test at any cost. If you don’t, you will be penalized.
5. Again, practice writing. Do both 2 tasks in one hour. You can focus only on task 1 or task 2, but before the test, you should practice writing both tasks to get familiar with time limits.
6. Practice makes perfect. In writing, this statement is completely true. But it is better if there is someone to check your writing for you and so you can learn from your mistakes.
7. Writing requires wide academic vocabulary. You also have to buy a dictionary to work on and enrich your vocabulary.
8. Avoid all informal ways of writing. There are some rules of writing you should follow. For example: no abbreviations, no 1st and 2nd pronoun or possessive (I, you, me, my, your), except in conclusion where you have to state your opinion.
9. Each body paragraph has to include: the topic sentence, supporting sentences (2-3 sentences), development sentences (evidence: example, experience, data). In many languages (English included), there are many ways to develop a body paragraph, which results in a situation where that topic sentence is not the first sentence. But you are advised to put the topic sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph. Don’t be creative in this case.
REMEMBER, to reach success, you MUST make an effort. You should have a clear motivation and a strong will to overcome difficulties. No success comes easily. Practice is the only way to gain success. Don’t just wait for a lucky break, it will never come if you don’t know how to grab it.
Relax before the test!
Attempting to do one or two practice tests before the real test won’t help you increase your score. On the contrary, it will make you feel stressed and less confident.
In brief, you must relax before any tests. Forget about them to relax, and believe in yourself.
Comments:
I absolutely disagree with " Focus on the text first" point, instead of reading the questions first. Reading the questions first (in 1st and 2d sections) you have to keep a small idea in mind, looking for its answer in the text. While reading the text first - you have to keep in mind a much bigger piece of information and then match it to the question. While, in the 3d section the questions and the answers are messed up, so here I'd recommend to read the paragraphs first and then looking for the right answer in the questions. Traditionally, there are some names for the headings, and here you need to understand the whole idea of a paragraph to match it correctly. This is a very strange recommendation and I have never seen it in IELTS prep books.
Over time, I have improved in the TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN and YES/NO/NOT GIVEN questions. I won't say I am perfect yet. This is my suggestion. Think like this:
Is any information at all about the question statement given in the passage or not?
If it is, then the final answer will either be TRUE/YES or FALSE/NO. Then check further. If the question text agrees with the passage then the final answer is TRUE/YES, but if not, then it is FALSE/NO.
If no information about the question text is found in the passage, then the answer is simply NOT GIVEN.
But something else it tricky because IELTS likes to play a lot with words. You need to slow down and read this part of the passage carefully. You cannot skim or scan this part because you may miss the information or the point and just assume, especially when you are running out of time. Ensure you create more time for this question type. It is usually very tricky. And that's the trap!
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In my point of view importemt think is staying focused while people spend a lot of there time in social media social media try to decline our focuse daily!!!!
ACTUALLY, I REALLY CANT SOLVE THE QUESTIONS LIKE TRUE AND FALSE.I HAVE PROBLEM ON MY SYNONYMS AND SOME ADVANCE WORD. I ALSO CANNOT RECOGNIZE, WHAT THE SENTENSE IS TELLING?
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I always first read the questions and mark any useful words that I can find in the paragraphs, then I know what should I be looking for, after that I use elimination technique and that doesn't mean that I start to read paragraphs from the begining. Sometimes I start from the middle and find those quite obvious words in the task and in paragraphs, then I mark paragraphs as already red and move on. In that way I save a lot of time. Usually, I finish one reading task in 10-12min.
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