Hi
In your IELTS test, do you think you will plan your essay for IELTS Writing task 2 before you start writing?
A lot of IELTS candidates are so worried about time in the IELTS Writing test that they start their essay without having a clear idea of what they are going to write about.
For those of you who fall into this category, check out the 2-minute essay plans below for the following IELTS essay writing task that an IELTS candidate emailed me.
“Some people believe that recent increases in cheap air travel have many benefits. However, others believe that this has some drawbacks for the environment. Discuss both views and give your opinion.”
Here’s a 2-minute plan listing some benefits and drawbacks of the increase in cheap air travel:
Here’s another quick way of planning your ideas:
Even a 2-minute plan can help you organise your ideas more clearly and get a higher IELTS band score for your writing.
Pete
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Great, thanks for pointing it out. :)
Give us more strategies please. And also I’m wondering if getting deep into the mind of who is marking our articles would be beneficial as well. I mean knowing how markers grade an article? on what basis ? and what are they looking for in it….
Thanks for this nice site.. I’m a constant visitor ;)
I’m glad you find our blog useful, Omar. We’re going to continue posting suggestions for IELTS preparation and strategies for the IELTS test.
I think it is important for IELTS candidates to understand what IELTS examiners are looking for, and I’ve previosuly posted some of the official IELTS band score descriptors for writing on this blog.
Check out the post ‘What exactly is cohesion and coherence (and why is it important)?‘ for an explanation of how organisation and linking can affect your IELTS Writing score.
Best wishes,
Pete
Thank you very much for the brief and concise ideas you’ve posted, you’re a blessing. It will be helpful for me, for all of us who will visit the website.
Hi Pete,I wanted to thank you for the useful information you write on this blog.
I have a question:
Are we allowed,during the writing exam,to write in a “draft paper” for making those schemes or,however,organize our work?
Thank you
I’m glad you’re finding our blog useful, Alessio.
In answer to your question, you are allowed to make a plan in the writing test; there’s space to make notes or write a plan on the writing question paper. If you write a plan on your writing answer sheet, you should cross it out once you’ve finished your writing so that the examiner knows that it’s not part of your answer.
You won’t have time to write a draft essay, i.e. a rough copy of your whole essay, in the test.
Pete
Yes, I mean a plan or a scheme like you did above.
So we are allowed to write in the question sheet?
Many Thanks Pete!
Yes, you are allowed to write on the question paper, Alessio. The question paper will be collected at the end of your writing test, but the examiner won’t look at what you’ve written on it.
Pete
Hi Pete, I am finding your site very useful. Please give some guide on reading & writing session as I have only 5 days for my exams.
Thanks
I’m glad you’re finding our website useful, Sandip. Check out our blog post ‘How to manage your time in the IELTS test‘ for some tips about managing your time in the IELTS Reading and Writing tests.
Good luck with your test on Saturday,
Pete
Hi Pete, I like this piece of essay plan as I think it is practical; rather than the complicated ones I saw in some other websites.
What about constructing TASK 1 PLANS ?
What is the best practical way should we apply ?
Thanks. Great site
Thanks for your comment and question, Sharifah.
With IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, I tend to use a similar structure for each answer and just make a few notes before I start writing.
The structure I tend to use if I have to summarise a graph, chart or table is…
Have a look at how I used this structure in the sample answer in my post ‘The chart shows… 2‘.
Pete