IELTS Task II Tutorial
Primarily it’s a language testing system.
Writing is a very serious business.
Writing right English is more serious
Writing something in a time frame is still more difficult.
Writing something on something all of a sudden? You know what!
Good English demands
Spelling, grammar, right vocabulary, punctuation, typography, cutting Ts and dotting Is, indenting, phrasing, sentencing, paragraphing, connecting, concluding and stopping to mention a few.
Format and principles
There are two types of paragraphing: Block and indent
The latter makes your page look better.
Canvas: you write on ruled paper
Dividing words: (hyphenating) Better avoid it. Or do it logically.
Propriety: never ever use high sounding words and complicated structure. Present things plainly.
Practice writing smaller sentences and connect them appropriately
Do not over write, neither under-write
You need ideas, arguments and examples to prove a point
However, it is your English that gets evaluated
Always concentrate on your language.
You are free to make mistakes, because you do not want 9 out of 9
Make decent mistakes. Don’t write it have, he have, I has, will went
Read every sentence you write as you go on writing.
Read it out so as to make it slightly audible to you.
Never ever convert your native thoughts into English the way it develops in your brain. English is a language and Malayalam is another, I repeat, Malayalam is another language. So better write English, practice thinking and writing in English.
Know the size of the canvas. Manage your time and thought
Understand the question is half the job done.
Poor understanding will lead to a flawed answer.
Time management, storming for ideas, identifying example, deciding on the language of the write up, writing fast and neat etc.
Readability is crucial. You need to have a readable hand. You do not have to write print-like. A person who knows English must read it as freely as your read it. Do not scribble or squeeze words to make them fit in.
Finally, if you want to write a better word for an already written word, strike out the old word and write the other word over it. If time permits erase the old word, write the better word at the same place.


Task II of IELTS.
Duration : 40 mnts. Never it is 41 mnts.
Word limit : 250-275 if need be. Never is it 240 or less
Paragraph : Four minimum and five maximum. It depends.
Beginning : There should be a formal beginning. It is reflection on the : topic and you are not copying as such from the text.
Developing : The thought needs to develop over sentences and paras
Conclude : a logical winding up with your opinion, suggestion etc.

Essay types:
Agree or disagree
How far do you agree or disagree
Causes and effects
Problems and solutions
Advantages and disadvantages
Opinions and suggestions
Argue for and against a view or idea

Mostly all questions have two parts, sometimes there are three or four. You may have to decide on the number of paragraphs accordingly. You cannot ignore part of a question.

Time distribution:
Reading the question thoroughly and storming for ideas+ intro : 10 mts.
Writing two paragraphs : 20 mnts.
Conclusion : 5 minutes
Reading and editing : 5 mnts.
If you read and edit you will get .5 extra for sure
Word limit:
Introduction: : 45 50
First para : 85 90
Second para : 85 90
Conclusion : 40 45
: 255 or 275 words: This is a tentative distribution

Be conscious of your handwriting: how many words you write on a line, how fast you write, how accurately you spell words, how you make you’re a e I o u look like, how many words you write in five minutes, how you write when you are under pressure etc. are important. You know English and you have enough of it. This class is to help you make your English upto a standard set by an authority.
Build on your English brick by brick every passing day.

Practice writing time-bound. Don’t write for ages. Write something in 10 mnts. 20 mnts. 30 mnts and so on. Write a hundred a words on something everyday.
READ, WRITE, SPEAK AND LISTEN: KEEP YOUR SENSE OF LANGUAGE ACTIVE
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