Essay Games # IELTS

Essay in IELTS form the section two of the writing section and is double worth of the writing section 1. This simply means getting a high band in IELTS often depends a lot in the essay. So, let us practice essay using essay games.
Essay forms the following parts –
1. Conclusion
2. Introduction
3. Body paragraph 1
4. Body paragraph 2
Now, have a look at the following essay – Living on own.
Once you have gone through the essay, answer the following questions –
Question 1- Given below are four sentences. Answer, where will you find the following sentences, conclusion/introduction/body paragraph.

  1. Overall, it can be said that living on own means surely inculcates strong ethics such as taking responsibility, it must be made sure that a child when living alone is still near parents.
  2. We all are individuals and need to take our responsibility after a certain age.
  3. Secondly, they are forced to face challenges that will help them to understand and grow in life better.

Question 2- Given below are some sentences that can either be used as topic sentence or to initiate conclusion. But they are jumbled up. Re write the following sentences.

  1. as/careful/more/be/they/tend/a/to/result
  2. those/more/world/who/child/outside/that/disagree/point/out/a/is/susceptible
  3. thirdly/importance/parents/a/of
  4. new/and/healthy/to/sister/for/through/how/moved/parents/she/house/a/child/instance/,/when/understood/go/much/of/their/alone/,/started/environment/in/my/out/her/living/city/provide

ANSWERS
Question 1 –
1. conclusion
2. introduction
3. body paragraph
Question 2-
1.As a result, they tend to be more careful.
2.Those who disagree point out that a child is more susceptible to the outside world.
3.Thirdly, a child realizes the importance of parents.
4. For instance, when my sister moved out of her house and started living in a new city all alone, she understood how much pain parents go through to provide a healthy environment to their child.
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Letter To Your Friend

You should spend 20 minutes on this task.
You recently visited your friend and stayed at his/her house.
Write a letter to your friend and in your letter –
– thank you friend for staying with them.
– tell them what you enjoyed the most about the holiday.
– explain you are sending the photos of the holiday.
Write at least 150 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Dear Lavanya,
I am sorry I haven’t written for so long. After the holidays, the work pressure was so high that I never had a minute to myself. I am writing to thank you for the fantastic holiday that you made possible.

It was a long time since we stayed together and living at your house was a perfect retreat to our old times. Going to the same places we went when we were young and meeting those people was simply fantastic. I am still missing the 2 o clock ice cream and the long walks near the beach, outside your house. There was so much that you did to make this holiday memorable and I appreciate every bit of it. Memories of the taylor swift concert that we went and the open fire campaign keep coming back in my mind and make me smile.

And I must tell you, your house is simply beautiful and you have kept it in a way that makes it more amazing to live in. I really loved your bedroom and the drawing room, especially because of the lovely candles and the perfect photos you have hung there. I think words will be less to describe how amazing the trip was and how much I am missing those times.

I have recieved the photos few days back and I am sending them along with this letter. I hope you will love them.

With love,
Anmol.
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Issues In Online Delivery # Letter For IELTS

You should spend 20 minutes on this task.
You recently ordered a phone online and had issues in online delivery. When the order came it was not complete.
Write a letter to the company. In your letter –
– explain what you ordered and what were the things missing.
– explain the importance of this delivery.
– ask for a replacement.
Write at least 150 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the delivery services of your company. The reason of this belief is the issues faced by me with the last order that I made.

20 days back, I ordered a phone on your online site, during the mega sale of electronics. It was a HTC 626 g+ desire worth Rs. 130000 and the transaction was completed successfully using debit card. Three days ago, the order arrived and when I opened it, there was no phone in it. It had a box with charger, head phones and other documents. To add insult to my injury, when I asked the courier boy to take the order back, he said, it was not his responsibility and I need to contact you.

Ten days later, I need to go to Australia for an assignment and require the phone immediately. The ideal solution would be that you replace the order and send me the same phone as soon as possible. If that is not possible, inform me of your inability to deliver the phone before 10 days.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,
Anmol.
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Problem With Writing # IELTS

Most of the students score fairly well in the listening and the reading section but face problem with writing section making their overall band less than the required one. But then how is it possible that someone working right in the other section of IELTS is lacking simply in writing. After all, all the other sections also require English skills.
Well, most of the students make mistake in writing because of the following reasons –

1. They start writing without thinking about the topic. Yes, most of the students assume that 40 minutes or 20 minutes is very less and you need to start writing as soon as you read the question ( in some worse cases students merely skim the question). This results in answers that are not only lacking ideas but coherence as well.

2. Some students don’t develop on their ideas. This is next major issue. Their is a common belief among students that in the writing task of IELTS you are being checked on your ideas and more the number of ideas, more you will score. But the fact is, you are not checked on the number of ideas you write. You are marked on how well you elaborate the ideas. Do you give examples with them or not?

3. The other problem with IELTS writing is that some students don’t plan their essays well. As in , which information will come first and which will go at last. What is the conclusion, beginning and what is going to come in body paragraph.
So, if you are lacking in writing section of IELTS, avoid the above mistakes and I am sure you will score high in writing.
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