Task 1 Model Answers

Examine and understand the question

• Study the question carefully
• Make sure you fully understand it before you start your answer
  Identify the main trends, differences or stages ie – what you’ll include in the overview
• Decide what the key features are – ie what information and/or figures are you going to mention in your answer

Decide on the organisation

• What will you describe first?
• How many paragraphs will you write?
• What information will you give in each paragraph?
• What information will you group together – if the question has figures?

Write and review

If you want to be your own teacher – that’s why you’re here, right? – be strict with yourself.

• Write your answer in 20 minutes on a proper IELTS writing form - get one here.
• Study your answer and do it again - take as long as you like and check your structures on the internet.
• This time you’re doing your absolute best without time constraints.
• Compare your answer to mine
• Memorise some of my structures - pay attention to the grammar and lexis
• Add some of my sentences to Anki so that you'll remember them for ever - see here
• Rewrite my answer
• Look at it again the next day