There are many YouTube videos about how to write an introduction for IELTS Writing Task 2 and they usually suggest the ‘3-sentence template’, which is easy to memorise and adapt to any topic: 1) Neutral background statement: [Any topic] is a controversial issue. 2) Paraphrase/rewrite the question. [Some people think X while others think Y].…
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How to answer ‘to what extent do you agree or disagree?’ questions.
There are lots of different question ‘types’ in IELTS Task 2 but they ALL want you to do one thing – give your opinion. So when the question says ‘To what extent do you agree or disagree?’ they are simply asking you to say if you agree or disagree. And that’s what makes this question…
Coherence and Cohesion for IELTS Writing Task 2
Need help with Coherence and Cohesion? Watch my bite-sized YouTube Video, or read the transcript below. What are coherence and cohesion? In the IELTS Writing Band Descriptors, Coherence and Cohesion is one of the four criteria that they grade you on (the others are Task Achievement, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy). So what…