Complete statements filling the gaps.
All task responses in IELTS Academic must be written in formal style.
Task 1 response in IELTS General Training, unlike the task 2, sometimes is written in informal style.
All task responses in IELTS Academic must be written in formal style.
All task responses in IELTS Academic are written in formal style.
Task 1 response in IELTS General Training, unlike the task 2, sometimes is written in informal style.
In General Training module, when the context is informal, like writing a letter to friend, test takers are required to use informal style and are penalized for using formal style.
IELTS Writing
If you've ever stared at a blank page in an exam and watched your minutes evaporate, you know IELTS Writing's main trap: time. 60 minutes feels like plenty until you're three paragraphs into Task 2 and realise you haven't planned the conclusion. Practising both tasks under timed conditions, week after week, is what separates a 5.5 from a 7.
The Writing section of IELTS is 60 minutes, two tasks. Task 1 (150+ words): chart description (Academic) or letter (General Training). Task 2 (250+ words): an argumentative essay. Scored on task response, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range and accuracy.
IELTS
If a university or visa application has ever asked you for an IELTS band score, you know the stakes are real: the same English you've been speaking comfortably for years suddenly has to fit a specific format and produce a specific number. Failing isn't usually about your English — it's about not knowing the test.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test worldwide. Four sections — Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking — scored 0–9 per section and overall.