IELTS Writing Task 1

One of the main things IELTS examiners look for in your writing are complex grammatical structures. To get a Band 7 for Grammatical Range and … Read more

If you want to get Band 7 or higher for Lexical Resource in IELTS Writing, you need to “use less common lexical items”. Here are … Read more

In this post, you will learn what carrier nouns are, and how to use them.  You probably know that one of the four assessment criteria … Read more

In the IELTS, grammar is extremely important.  If you want to get a high band score in the IELTS Writing Test, you need to use … Read more

When you practice your IELTS writing, it is important to use real IELTS tasks. On this page is a list of carefully-selected IELTS sample questions. The tasks cover a … Read more

Coherence is the way you structure your essay, report or letter. A piece of writing with good coherence is easy to understand and easy to follow. … Read more

Cohesion is the way you connect paragraphs and sentences together in your essay. Together with coherence, cohesion makes up 25% of the mark in both … Read more

You probably know how many words you should write in each part of the IELTS Writing Test: In Task 1, you should write a minimum … Read more

Watch me write another IELTS Writing Task 1 report, on screen, about a bar graph. You will see and hear my thought process as I write. I … Read more

In writing task 1 of the General Training IELTS, you either write a letter in which you request information, or you write a letter in … Read more

Watch me write an IELTS Writing Task 1 report, on screen, about a bar graph. You will see and hear my thought process as I … Read more

In order to get a high band score in IELTS Writing Task 1, you must use a good range of language. In fact, 25% of … Read more