IELTS Writing Tips

TASK-1

Fact

Parts Letter
a. Introduction (purpose/why/focal points)
b. Body paragraph-1 (reasons of……………information)
c. Body paragraph-2 (more reasons of………… information/suggestions)
d. Conclusion (I look forward to hearing from you soon)


Formal : Semi-Formal : Less Formal : Informal
Boss/unknown parents friends
Would/could will/can want to/like to wanna(want
to)/ganna(go
to)/gotta

Negative connectives: but/however

Connectives!!!
Coherence++
Cohesion: logical------------------------are important for good score.

Don’t use but after although
to attend—yet to attend
for attending—already attended
I’m afraid—I’m sorry (more formal)

The ethnic variety of our country will make you feel good.
It makes me feel bored (it is boring)
I have a trouble. (Still suffers)
I’m having a trouble. (Continue troubling)
I have had a trouble. (No trouble now but it was resulted)
I had a trouble. (Was in past time)
I used to have a trouble. (Regularly happened in past time)

Miss—single lady verb sounds/z/--lose
Mrs—married lady adjective sounds/s/--loose
Ms—both noun sounds/ƒ/--loss
Mr—both *man Verb sounds/learnd/--learned/beloved; adj/learned/

Few commonly used word in IELTS Speaking

Panoramic—Scenic—Idyllic—Fantastic beauty.
Awesome—Nice
Frugal—Economical
Extravagant—Spendthrift
Inexplicable—out of expression
Subtle—silly, a little
Diversity—variety
Piety—pious act
Posthumous—after death
Pragmatic—effective, practical
Play truant—elude from school
Esthetic—charming
Soothe—make cool
Vindictive—malicious
Unprecedented—extraordinary

But for (without)—but for your accompany it would/might have been impossible for me to visit so many places within short time.

Immediate after relative pronoun no punctuation is required but some words it is required.
Like, you bought a laptop which is nice.
You bought a laptop last night, which is nice.

Negative Inversion

Never shall I forget it.
Never do I do it.
Never does he do it.
Never do I tell a lie. (I never tell a lie)
I don’t tell a lie nor do I cheat others. (I don’t tell a lie, I don’t cheat others).
I never visited the Sundarban nor/never did I visit the Tajmahal.
Never/hardly have you seen a beautiful country like ours.
You can hardly use it.
Hardly can I use it.

Agreement Disagreement
You are Ok and so am I (I’m OK too) neither am I (I’m not OK)
You like watching TV and so do I (me too; I like)

Me too (so do I) me neither (neither do I)


Participle
Doing (present) 4years Bachelor, I did post graduate.
Having done (present perfect)
Having had (past perfect)


TASK-2

Opinion (Essay)

Check points:
Distant from emotion
Describe in objective manner


a. Introduction
b. Body para-1
The first sentence of the para is Main Idea sentence that introduces the theme of the paragraph. Ie, the title of the paragraph. It contains Topic and Controlling idea.

Information technology surely offers a number of advantages.
Topic Controlling idea


Mind Map : (write few key words in the Q. booklets)
Body Text
MIS Main/supporting idea sentence
SI-1 How does (common, easy)
SI-2 Life is more advanced & prosperities
SI-3 Made life easy

c. Body para-2
d. Conclusion