In this lesson, you can learn how to write an IELTS task 2 essay.
Task two in the IELTS writing exam is the biggest challenge in IELTS for many students. You have 40 minutes to write an essay, which could be on almost any topic.
In this lesson, you’ll see a model question and a possible answer to it. You’ll learn how to write your own IELTS essay, and we’ll share useful tips to help you improve your IELTS writing score.
Practice writing essays for the IELTS, and get feedback on how to improve with a teacher. Try a lesson today: http://bit.ly/ooe-teachers .
See the full version of this lesson with the question and written answer on our website: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/ielts-writing-task-2-essay .
This lesson will help you:
- Understand the task and what it is asking.
- Learn how to plan each paragraph to produce a good IELTS Essay.
- Get tips on how to write an introduction for your IELTS Essay.
- Learn how to write a body paragraph in the IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay.
- See different ways to write an effective conclusion in the IELTS Essay.
Contents:
1. Analyse the Task 1:09
2. Plan Your Paragraphs 4:04
3. How to Write an Introduction 8:14
4. How to Write a Body Paragraph 11:34
5. How to Write a Conclusion 14:42
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@Nguoiphuongnam1122منذ 4 سنواتi had a trouble with crossing many ideas in making essay, but I absorbed through this video and felt more confident how to write essays in the future. Thank you Oxford Online English and all teachers 8
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@esteragrzesik770منذ 5 سنواتI am preparing for the IELTS exam and for me this video is very helpful. Step by step everything was explained in a simple and clear way. THANK YOU 3
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@davidaycardo5012منذ 5 سنواتOne coherent piece is the best tip i learned from this video plus the other video from Oxford Online not to paraphrase the question with the same sentence structure. I got an 8 in writing. Thanks, guys. 4
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@sjmb7967منذ 5 سنواتYou make a lucid and simple explanation on how to tackle the task 2, and get a decent score. Thanks for this awesome and informative video. I really owe you a lot. 3
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@hbono2000منذ 5 سنواتHello, I liked this technique. What I found is that my exam in writing lacked time in writing task 2, so I had to run to write a conclusion in 3 minutes. id="hidden5" class="buttons"> I will present it again and I will start with Task 2 first because if you have a good plan, the writing task 2 flies, hence your Task 1 which is the report and it is more deterministic doesn't need too much stylistic effort and imagination than task2. My task 2 on my IELTS was peer pressure amongst teenagers discussing whether the disadvantages outweighed the advantages. As you realize this question is social psychology . which I am absolutely no familiar, thus, I found my memory blank in the plan for two minutes to gather the ideas. If you start task 2 first the time pressure won't make you go blank for more than 5 minutes. Besides, when the third hour starts, we suffer from cognitive exhaustion. So my tip for academic writing, start all fresh with task 2. Your essay will fly with a coherent plan, and task 1 you describe patterns and trends and you have only 150 words. ....وسعت4
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@GuilhermeTeacher2008منذ 5 سنواتExcellent points! Thank you so much for sharing. 6
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@shirleymao4112منذ 4 سنواتthank you so much! this helped me so much in my understanding of breaking down every paragraph :) 4
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@ayeshakhan1051منذ 5 سنواتIt is one of thee best video on IELTS writing , i have ever seen .appreciate your efforts .thank u GOD BLESS YOU . 7
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@nastaranhashemi4920منذ 5 سنواتtopics that require personal point of views and are related to lifesyles which are more common among the majority of people are the easiest, and the topics id="hidden6" class="buttons"> that require specialized information are the hardest. one may not have any idea about politics or technology in theyre own language, let alone in english. ....وسعت37
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@aarhagiofficial4419منذ 2 سنواتOxford Online English, help me a lot; my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to you all amazing teachers.
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@lalaibragimova6073منذ 4 سنواتThanks a lot for your useful and clear explanation!
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@iqbal-theislander2036منذ 3 سنواتThis is exactly what I was looking for. A precise map to follow. Never bothered to thank you guys. Millions of gratitude from Bangladesh!♥ 8
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@varghesejj6398منذ 2 سنواتThank you so much. This helped me so much. I got this question for my exam held on 07/08/2022. 1
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@prashantmishra1994منذ 3 سنواتHi! Teachers at OOE. The video was informative and shared all the details that a candidates needs to score band 7 or more.That was a good session for every id="hidden7" class="buttons"> level of learners.That's because,teachers presented the topic in the way that was beneficial to anyone. Thanks & regards. ....وسعت
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@dr.radi.n813منذ 5 سنواتThe best video so far that explained opinion essays. I always thought that i should discuss both views without altering them which was almost imposible to have any opinion other than a balanced one. 4
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@makarand1985منذ 2 سنواتGreat educational video thaks a lot God bless you 1
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@Omkar837منذ 6 سنواتYou guys are doing a wonderful job, helping people like me to get back in studying mode and score good in such important exam 4
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@inshirock5683منذ 4 سنواتlove you both of you, clear discussion
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@bruhverseمنذ 4 سنواتThe sample which is used in this lesson has crucial importance for the individuals and their free will. 1
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@kimgongchaTVمنذ 6 سنواتThank you so much. It is extremely helpful for me to improve my writing skills. I appreciate it. 1
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@tupsberryمنذ 5 سنواتExcellent explanation! I appreciate your efforts. 4
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@carlosj991منذ 6 سنواتGod, I love professor Mikey. He's brilliant! :) 3
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@racsito39منذ 5 سنواتThese are beneficial information. Indeed, time management is an essential part of this task. 3
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@kahugupatoo9477قبل 8 أشهرDoing my exam on 26 August. This was helpful
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@hadilhadji6896منذ 6 سنواتThank you so much! U did a great job. I suggest this topic "keys to translate from L1 to L2 " 2
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@shaikarif9773منذ 2 سنواتHi Teachers. How are you both? It is Awosome explanation step by step. techies to use paraphrasing. Great guidelines for IELTS Exam preparing candidates Thank you once again
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@periwinkle21منذ 6 سنواتPlease make a sample writing for task 2 what is your opinion. Thanks
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@shaikarif9773منذ 2 سنواتThank you mam and Sir Excellent Explain tion .superb path to show writing IELTS Task 2 1
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@patelchirag2251منذ 5 سنواتPlz mention basic tips for essay structure and tense use in it. Generally, students write 1st sentence in past perfect and 2nd in simple tense. How to reduce such error.
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@jaskaranpreetsingh9629منذ 5 سنواتI find those questions easy which i have sime clear ideas .. 1
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@manbahadur378منذ 6 سنواتvery good teach I like and thanks a lot 1
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@jing-lingchang5538منذ 5 سنواتWonderful video. But, there is a topic that I don't know how to write properly. Some experts believe that is better for children to begin learning id="hidden11" class="buttons"> a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? Looking forward to seeing your latest video. ....وسعت
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@sonusohal3119منذ 5 سنواتSir this is amazing please upload the video related to reading 1
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@kiranps5505منذ 5 سنواتIs it informal that we are adding question statement in academic essay? 3
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@cheikhhmayadi9205منذ 6 سنواتThank you so much but i have a question. I think that the third method is a quite different to the first and second methods. Because it says people are id="hidden12" class="buttons"> free when it comes to their own bodies and in the same time it says that government should intervene. Are these ideas tangled? ....وسعت8
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@ravindraacademy1999منذ 6 سنواتHi.most productive three options to write the task it 2
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@jassimkader5201منذ 5 سنواتShouldn't we be following strategy 3 only, since the essay topic asks us to examine both the views?
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@ajeeshnair1927منذ 5 سنواتYour style of writing is different from others and is absolutely fantastic. I would like you to come up with opinion and advantage types of essays. Please share the link. Eagerly wanna read them. See you. 1
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@Ankitpatel-ju1mvمنذ 6 سنواتI followed these all tips and manage to get 7.0 bands in writing 23
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@apprenticestudyمنذ 4 سنواتThe guidelines of how to write a Task 2 essay are great, really clear and helpful. The example essay is good, but some of the vocabulary is very high level, id="hidden14" class="buttons"> which will discourage weaker students, and it's too long - 323 words!! Candidates don't have time to write that much, so it's not a realistic model. ....وسعت
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@sediatouray259منذ 5 سنواتHi, Greetings! The main crux for me is how to paraphrase the question, bring ideas and plan it. Please I will need your help in that. 1
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@taniadesruisseaux8171منذ 5 سنواتThanks so much for your every lessons l love you! I need your help l gonna test exam P E R T next week .please help me. 1
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@Islam_makes_Peaceful_soulمنذ 6 سنواتThanks for your guidance!! If a student hasn't had vide range of vocabulary then what he can use, or could you explain mid range words, so we can use that as well. 2
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@HishamAltwalمنذ 3 سنواتHow can plan 1 or 2 answers both sides of the argument? it seems to me that plan 1 contains two ideas that support the first debate only. Can you please explain? I have always trusted OOE. 1
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@dr.hanialrached7407منذ 3 سنواتI think the question more difficult in IELTS Writing Task 2 is talk about technology and innovation in the Media
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@ladakhhiker9827منذ 6 سنواتHello ! Friends I have some questions related to IELTS and its possiblity . 1 ) what's the advantage of taking IELTS test ? 2 ) Will we get certificate to do the IELTS in later ? 1
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@halilbars4714منذ 4 سنواتThanks but we want more videos, please Kasia and Mikey 1
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@kurtgisiمنذ 4 سنواتI have a question about body paragraph. Should we give any statistical data or specific number/year or place as example in our body paragraph? if we did not this , we will lose remarkably mark in task achievement?
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@barsalama6944منذ 5 سنواتis it ok to put a question (hook) while starting a paragraph? and thanks for the lesson..
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@asmaalabn1049منذ 5 سنواتnow iam becoming confused ithought that in the question about disscuss both view i need to discuss the first proplem in the first body paragraph and the id="hidden20" class="buttons"> other view in the next one but now i confused can you explain if that i had thought is correct or not ....وسعت
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@measlengkh5847منذ 6 سنواتThanks teachers !!! Can you make a video talk about teaching and learning (English class) ? For primary school. I know a lot of English from you. And I id="hidden21" class="buttons"> will teach to my students in my classes in Cambodia about new experiences. And I'm sorry if have a mistake with my writing. ....وسعت2
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@romariovasco78منذ 3 سنواتI think it is better for IELTS Task 1 and 2 to have more than one topic ,like giving 3 topics for each Task to choose from.
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@shravanshah2114منذ 4 سنواتDoes a balanced conclusion affect the band score? On a negative side ?
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@megnam3923منذ 6 سنواتThanks so much for the valuable information. I have a request. Could you please make a video on "to" and "for"? Could you explain when id="hidden22" class="buttons"> we can use them correctly? From what I gather, to - exchange information/things for- benefit But I don't know the precise use. Thank you ....وسعت2
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@jobanpanesar260منذ 5 سنواتFantabulous mam.nd.sir plz give about reading module.i found it the.most.difficut.specially blanks.nd paragraph headings 1
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@antonshtipliyskiمنذ 6 سنواتThe way you wrote the essay without giving a clear opinion (like I strongly agree or disagree), wouldn't you lose marks? I just wonder, correct me, if I am wrong. And thank you for the video, which is very useful. 2
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@mohamedithriesm9669منذ 5 سنواتIs hook a mandatory or optional requirement for ielts essay? Please advise.
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@sunnybhasin7374منذ 4 سنواتBeauty about writing paragraph is central idea is reinstated all over paragraphs , be it conclusion , introduction . Same meaning with different lines.
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@blessensunnypaul4407منذ 6 سنواتDo we have to look at both sides in opinion essay to score 7 or above in TA? 1
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@aashishpokhrel3144منذ 6 سنواتwill you please help me by making one similar video on how to right a letter at its best? 2
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@NasrinAkter-yy5spمنذ 4 سنواتI enjoyed the video thoroughly; however, I have few confusion. Please let me elaborate. I feel the introduction is too long? Here, you took 76 id="hidden26" class="buttons"> words which is one fourth of the total words (250). Moreover, I am doubtful with the usage of outline: in your introduction it is written as " In this essay". Is it worthy to keep such outlines? While analyzing IELTS books (1-14), I did not find a single band 9 essay having such outlines. Please advise if outlines are really important section of the introduction. Finally, I found in IDP website that passive voices are totally restricted in IELTS writing task 2. What is your suggestions? ....وسعت1
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@reetkaur3809منذ 4 سنواتAnyone else's here who like the young men is voice..seems to be computer based voice
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@seemanthvseمنذ 3 سنواتPlease put a video on ' to what extent do you agree or disagree type of questions'
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@sukhmanderbrar1649منذ 5 سنواتmy attempt at writing Intro::::: some people are of the opinion that decisions about lifestyle preferences should be absolutely personal matter and there id="hidden27" class="buttons"> should be no governmental interference involved, while others opine that optimal government involvement is necessary so that people can not make reckless choices such as regarding drug abuse, junk food etc. I am of the opinion that government can responsibly play its role to help encourage people chosing right things while avoiding bad ones, but without invading personal freedom upto uncomfortable level. ....وسعت1
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@aseladaskon85منذ 5 سنواتPlease evaluate my essay: It’s argued that people have freedom to make their own choices when selecting products whereas others believe that state should interact with this type of issues and implement rules and regulation to prevent consuming unhealthy products. I intended to show that people have their own choices when consuming products, and also it’s not the government’s job to be a parent to people. In this modern society, people are heavily depend upon pre-packaged foods. Which was widely accepted by any part of the world. Because, it helps to overcome busy life schedule of peoples and they can concentrate more into routing activities. Nowadays, many consumers are engaging into food delivery services. For an example, famous vehicle rental service called Uber has been started a food delivery service to the home. As a result, many people would like to obtain their service. In the other way around, government wouldn’t interrupt of people’s choices, thus peoples have rights to choose what they really want for their balance life. I believe government can educate people through the knowledge development program, since it’s beneficial to make their own decisions. Moreover, the vital part of our society are children’s. Hence, government can introduce healthy meals for children’s and it will gently attract parents to think about healthy meals. To recapitulate, peoples have freedom to choose one choice from many, therefore, government wouldn’t be able to block there freedom. However, there are variety of different solution to educate people rather than implement high taxes. ....وسعت2
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@tahmidhussain6035العام الماضيAre you guys still making videos?if yes i would like to request a video about asking question in either academic or general.proper usage of interrogative pronouns
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@Crazynikhil007alwaysمنذ 5 سنواتWhy is it so much different from the essay structure of the famous IELTS teachers online?
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@annagawendaمنذ 5 سنواتIf you are asked to discuss both views, isn't 1st and 2nd (one sided) essay not including everything you're asked?
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@Raziel332منذ 5 سنواتI think the model plans you gave are wrong because they don’t discuss both views. The importance of free choice is not mentioned in Model Plan 2, and the necessity for governmental intervention is not included in Model Plan 1. Your plans seem to answer an ‘agree or disagree’ question, like ‘Governments should intervene to influence people’s lifestyle choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree?’ ....وسعت
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@SM-PROMO..2304منذ 5 سنواتCan u discuss ur topic on natural resources
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@mychrisgmailالعام الماضيShould the government be a parent of the people? If they want to isolate the whole city, and then prevent the people without a negative result of the PCR id="hidden31" class="buttons"> test from seeing the doctor, or taking away a group of the person by force to centralize isolation even though they didn't have any symptoms, are they free to do so? In this essay, I will show that while the government has the power to play an active role in encouraging people to live healthily, but acutely, they shouldn't do that. People usually make decisions at their convenience and probably less caring about whether it is healthy or not, to a certain extent, they should be free to do so. Choosing what to eat or drink, how much exercise to do, how many hours to sleep, and whether to smoke or not are personal matters and very basic freedoms. For example, consider a man who does not exercise, eats a large amount of processed fast food, drinking a whole bottle of whisky every day. His habits are unhealthy for sure, but equally, clearly, they are his decisions to make. It is hard to imagine a world in which people have been forced to regularly exercise, and prevented from getting in touch with the seductive world; sounds like in jail, right? The idea is extremely ridiculous. On the other hand, it's not the government's job to be a parent to people. There is a theory named "Power rent-seeking", which mentions that the authority will overwhelmingly keep using their power as long as possible to expand their influence from them to prevent people remain resistant. For example, in some communist Countries, people have to hold a health QR Code to prove that they didn't be infected with Covid-19, otherwise, they will be banned from their office buildings even the building they live. Although the government claims that such policies were to prevent people from getting infected, given that it caused people too many problems, obviously the government shouldn't do that. I strongly agree that everyone should be free to make their lifestyle choices, including unhealthy choices, even though some people may make some choices that not only impact the individual who makes them but there is no explicit evidence to show that it will cause widespread negative effects on the whole society. Even some people think the government has a responsibility to encourage healthier lifestyles and disincentive the unhealthy, but in the long run, They shouldn't do that. ....وسعت
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@ALVINRIFATمنذ 6 سنواتGiving a hook in the introduction and using first person in each paragraph give a higher band? 2
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@shakilahmed426منذ 5 سنواتi have mad lots of spelling mistakes. But my idea organised properly. What about of me how to develop what once.???
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@mohamedr7175منذ 4 سنواتPlease look into the second body paragraph second last sentence, which starts with for example. I have noticed a grammar error on the word "eats" id="hidden32" class="buttons"> it should not have an s. " eat large amounts of processed food. ....وسعت
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@meriembenherref951منذ 6 سنواتThank you for the video it is very helpful, but should we write in the introduction: in this essay.?
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@vinuaravinnd1584منذ 5 سنواتhi ,Thanks for the video it is helpful but i do have a query.If we are asked to discuss both the views but i have a conclusion that favours i have to brief on other idea too?
مقاطع الفيديو ذات الصلة على IELTS Essay - Tips to Write a Good IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay:
GOD BLESS YOU . 7
Thanks & regards. ....وسعت
clear discussion
Generally, students write 1st sentence in past perfect and 2nd in simple tense. How to reduce such error.
Looking forward to seeing your latest video. ....وسعت
Greetings!
The main crux for me is how to paraphrase the question, bring ideas and plan it.
Please I will need your help in that. 1
I have always trusted OOE. 1
I have some questions related to IELTS and its possiblity .
1 ) what's the advantage of taking IELTS test ?
2 ) Will we get certificate to do the IELTS in later ? 1
From what I gather,
to - exchange information/things
for- benefit
But I don't know the precise use.
Thank you ....وسعت 2
I feel the introduction is too long? Here, you took 76 id="hidden26" class="buttons"> words which is one fourth of the total words (250).
Moreover, I am doubtful with the usage of outline: in your introduction it is written as " In this essay". Is it worthy to keep such outlines? While analyzing IELTS books (1-14), I did not find a single band 9 essay having such outlines. Please advise if outlines are really important section of the introduction.
Finally, I found in IDP website that passive voices are totally restricted in IELTS writing task 2. What is your suggestions? ....وسعت 1
It’s argued that people have freedom to make their own choices when selecting products whereas others believe that state should interact with this type of issues and implement rules and regulation to prevent consuming unhealthy products. I intended to show that people have their own choices when consuming products, and also it’s not the government’s job to be a parent to people.
In this modern society, people are heavily depend upon pre-packaged foods. Which was widely accepted by any part of the world. Because, it helps to overcome busy life schedule of peoples and they can concentrate more into routing activities. Nowadays, many consumers are engaging into food delivery services. For an example, famous vehicle rental service called Uber has been started a food delivery service to the home. As a result, many people would like to obtain their service.
In the other way around, government wouldn’t interrupt of people’s choices, thus peoples have rights to choose what they really want for their balance life. I believe government can educate people through the knowledge development program, since it’s beneficial to make their own decisions. Moreover, the vital part of our society are children’s. Hence, government can introduce healthy meals for children’s and it will gently attract parents to think about healthy meals.
To recapitulate, peoples have freedom to choose one choice from many, therefore, government wouldn’t be able to block there freedom. However, there are variety of different solution to educate people rather than implement high taxes. ....وسعت 2
Your plans seem to answer an ‘agree or disagree’ question, like ‘Governments should intervene to influence people’s lifestyle choices. To what extent do you agree or disagree?’ ....وسعت
People usually make decisions at their convenience and probably less caring about whether it is healthy or not, to a certain extent, they should be free to do so. Choosing what to eat or drink, how much exercise to do, how many hours to sleep, and whether to smoke or not are personal matters and very basic freedoms. For example, consider a man who does not exercise, eats a large amount of processed fast food, drinking a whole bottle of whisky every day. His habits are unhealthy for sure, but equally, clearly, they are his decisions to make. It is hard to imagine a world in which people have been forced to regularly exercise, and prevented from getting in touch with the seductive world; sounds like in jail, right? The idea is extremely ridiculous.
On the other hand, it's not the government's job to be a parent to people. There is a theory named "Power rent-seeking", which mentions that the authority will overwhelmingly keep using their power as long as possible to expand their influence from them to prevent people remain resistant. For example, in some communist Countries, people have to hold a health QR Code to prove that they didn't be infected with Covid-19, otherwise, they will be banned from their office buildings even the building they live. Although the government claims that such policies were to prevent people from getting infected, given that it caused people too many problems, obviously the government shouldn't do that.
I strongly agree that everyone should be free to make their lifestyle choices, including unhealthy choices, even though some people may make some choices that not only impact the individual who makes them but there is no explicit evidence to show that it will cause widespread negative effects on the whole society. Even some people think the government has a responsibility to encourage healthier lifestyles and disincentive the unhealthy, but in the long run, They shouldn't do that. ....وسعت