IELTS Writing - Model Essays

Open University Press, 2014. — 242 pages.
Authors: Anonymous.
It is important to analyse model answers for IELTS essays because there are different essay types, and these will require different ways to answer them.
However, as you will see from the guidance on this page, they can all follow the same basic structure.
These are some of the types of IELTS essay we will look at:
- Agree / disagree
- Discuss two opinions
- Advantages & disadvantages
- Causes (reasons} & solutions
- Causes (reasons) & effects
- Problems & solutions
- Compare & contrast
Not every essay will fit one of these patterns, but many do You may get some of these tasks mixed up For example, you could be asked to give your opinion on an issue, and then discuss the advantages or disadvantages of it.
The golden rule is to ALWAYS read the question very carefully to see exactly what you are being asked to do.