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May 30, 2019

IELTS Writing Task 1: only 9 sentences

Yesterday I wrote that you only need 13 sentences in your task 2 essay. For the task 1 report, I aim for 9 sentences:

  • Introduction: 1 sentence
  • Overview (summary): 2 sentences
  • First 'details' paragraph: 3 sentences
  • Second 'details' paragraph: 3 sentences

Remember that this is just my approach, and it's what I tell my students to aim for (some reports might contain 8, 10 or 11 sentences, which is fine).

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Sir, 9 is a small number, it sound so easy, but doing very difficult.

Posted by: Pachu | May 30, 2019 at 12:56

Hi Simon,
I found your blog about a month ago.
I did my best to go through your lessonsand I sat for computer delivered exam yesterday in Sri Lanka. I think I did okay for writing and all thanks should go to you. I need 7 on each with average 7.5 for PLAB. On the fence for speaking.
I'll tell about the result, which should be available within a week.
Thanks again for your super helpful lessons.

Posted by: Iroshan464 | May 31, 2019 at 04:43

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Posted by: Amina | June 08, 2019 at 09:41

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