Do’s and Don’ts to score 7 in IELTS Writing Task 2
IELTS Writing task 2 is an essay which should be written in at least 250 words. It is suggested to complete this task in 40 minutes. It’s hard to touch the word limit in the given time limit but it can be done with continuous practice but you have to hurry up. Now the problem arises that in hurry often commit some mistakes that reduce their scores. So today in this article we will discuss some Do’s and Don’ts to score 7+ in IELTS Writing Task 2 that you should keep in mind during exam.
The don’ts of the essay
Don’t use the contractions
When you shrink the word it’s called a contraction. So contractions are basically when you use “don’t” instead of “do not”. So this has to be avoided when you write your essay. So try to avoid the contractions such as shouldn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t, didn’t and so on. Why is it so.? Because we have to sound bit more formal and when you use contractions it is informal in nature.
Don’t memories your answers
Some students cram the lines to use in writing but you need to avoid this. Your answer should be Natural and thoughtful because examiners are also super trained and they come across multiple repetitive templates so they easily understand that you are copying it and it’s not your own answer.
Don’t repeat words
Candidates have list of just few words and they repeat that words again and again. For example you have a word “people”. Students use this word at least 20 times in their essay instead of doing this they can use synonyms like individuals, human beings, masses folks and many more. So try to use synonymous of words rather than repeating. If you do repetition of words then examiner think that you don’t have vast knowledge about the vocabulary.
Avoid copying the question as it is in your answer
Never ever think about copying your question and borrowing the line or two from the question to your answer booklet. You can instead paraphrase your question and then write the answer. You need to understand what is given in the question and write it in your own words that is basically Paraphrasing.
The do’s of the essay
Do use the appropriate structure
Each question has the structure you need to follow that. In every paragraph, you can use an introductory line to state the idea reinforced in the paragraph. Firstly do planning for 5 minutes on your essay then start write the essay. By doing this you can save your time to write it more effectively.
Count your words
Everyone who’s preparing for the IELTS knows that in task 2 you need to write 150 or 180 words but in task 2 you are going to write 250 or 280 words. Actually, many people think about choosing words of the topic arguments and different things during the exam. They do not write as many words as they should and you would think who cares if my essay is 250 or 240 words. But you are wrong!! If your essay is too shorter than it should be so IELTS examiners will penalize you. Basically, 25% of the scores for this task will not be higher than band 5 if your essay is to shorter. Make sure that you will write enough words. As you all know that you don’t have enough time to Count your words because it consume more time but student have shortage of time while writing module. So what you can do?? You should start practice at home by write your essay on official answer sheet. You can get this official answer sheet on the internet. So take it and print it. By practicing on this sheet you can know very soon how long your essay should be without counting either words or lines during the exam.
Give the specific answer
Most of the students are not sure about their answer what they should write or not. They just start write without thinking about the demand of essay. You write the whole essay but not sure about the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or not. Due to this, you decline your band scores. You should be very clear that your answer will be specific and direct.
Keep referring back to your question throughout your essay
If you go off track and rate something that’s not 100 relevant to the question then you lose your points. So while you writing your essay keep reminding yourself. What the question is. First finish the first paragraph then move at the question. Do it again and again in whole task. It’s not a waste of time. It’s a way to get high score for your task response.
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