What is the difference between “although” and “while/whereas”?
Some of my students think that “although” can be used when paraphrasing a sentence that originally uses “while” or “whereas”. This is wrong in many cases. Both these linkers show
Category Archives: IELTS Writing Task 2
IELTS Essay Sample: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
Earlier this week, I wrote about a new essay topic presented to candidates by Irsafam Test Centre in Iran. Here’s my answer to that task:
IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
Recently, IRSAFAM IELTS test centre in Iran sent candidates a sample essay topic to practice IELTS writing task 2: Some people believe that children should go to extra classes after school. Others, however, think that children should spend that time Continue reading IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
IELTS vocabulary: effects
Today I am writing about the difference between the words that you can use in your essays to discuss the effects of an issue. A lot of IELTS candidates think that they can use the following words to replace the word ‘effect’ Continue reading IELTS vocabulary: effects
IELTS Essays: Personal Examples
IELTS essay tasks explicitly ask you to provide examples, and define acceptable examples as those “from your own knowledge or experience”. Therefore, it is important to
Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample
A couple of days ago in my previous post on writing task 2, I promised to post my complete answer to the following IELTS essay task: Some people think governments should spend less money on arts and invest more in education. How Continue reading Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample
Opinion Essay Introductions-Part 2
Earlier this week, I explained how IELTS examiners would write introduction paragraphs for opinion essays (i.e. essay questions that ask for your opinion). I also promised to write my own answer
Opinion Essay Introductions-Part 1
Writing introduction paragraphs for essays is usually a bit difficult for those who are new to essay writing. So today, I’m going to see how this can be dealt with for essay tasks that require your opinion.