IELTS Intensive

1. IELTS Intensive Writing part two

2. IELTS Writing Two parts of ielts writing Part one writing about a Graph, chart, diagram Part two is an essay

3. IELTS Writing Total time for both parts one hour Part one is easier to prepare for But part one 33%of marks Part two 66% Twice as important. Twice the time

4. IELTS Writing Four marks Grammar Vocabulary Task achievement Coherence and cohesion

5. IELTS Writing We will focus on task achievement and coherence These are the easiest marks to take But you cannot get a high score without good grammar and vocabulary

6. IELTS Writing Before part two Lets look at the final part one task Process Structure the same

7. IELTS Writing Paragraph one - Introduction Paragraph two – major information Paragraph three – more detail

8. IELTS Writing With graph, key language in movement Tables and charts, key language is comparisons With process it is sequencing

9. IELTS Writing First, second, next, then, after that, finally

10. IELTS Writing Answer the question is as important as grammar! Writing in paragraphs is as important as vocabulary!

11. IELTS Writing Lets look at part two What do you do? Start writing and write as fast as you can for 40 minutes? Not if you want a good mark

12. IELTS Writing First: READ THE QUESTION! Highlight key words 25% of your mark for a full answer

13. IELTS Writing Second: MAKE A PLAN 25% of your mark for the structure of your answer

14. IELTS Writing My suggestion 5 minutes to plan 30 minutes to write 5 minutes to check

15. IELTS Writing Your target is 250 words This is not a lot to write in half an hour Approximately 8 words a minute

16. IELTS Writing What should your plan look like? Depends a little on the essay Usually four or five paragraphs

17. IELTS Writing The introduction Set out the scope of the essay Explain the topic

18. IELTS Writing Body of the essay 2 or 3 paragraphs Give the arguments for and against

19. IELTS Writing Conclusion A brief summary Give your opinion

20. IELTS Writing Then proof read. Check the 10 crucial things.

21. IELTS Writing 1. Spelling Check you have spelled words correctly – especially if they are in the question.

22. IELTS Writing 2. Punctuation Especially capital letters. Sentences begin with a capital. Proper nouns

23. IELTS Writing 3. Articles a, an, the, zero article This is a notoriously difficult area.

24. IELTS Writing 4. Third person s You would be surprised how often this is wrong

25. IELTS Writing 5. Tenses Have you used the correct tense? If you are talking about yesterday is the verb in the past?

26. IELTS Writing 6. Adjectives and adverbs Adjective before the noun Adverbs after the verb (except adverbs of frequency)

27. IELTS Writing 7. Modals Followed by the bare infinitive

28. IELTS Writing 8. Verb patterns Infinitive or gerund?

29. IELTS Writing 9. Prepositions These are hard

30. IELTS Writing 10. Register Must be written in an academic style No contractions No slang Not too friendly No very strong language

31. IELTS Writing Enough already Lets look at some model answers. Are there good sentences in your answer that could be used for other questions?