Common Mistakes students make in IELTS writing task 2
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Do not
use
(...) (etc) when writing a list. Instead, lists of examples should follow the pattern; (A and B), (A, B, and C), or (A, B, C, and D).
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No question mark
in your essay:
Do
not
ask the reader any
questions
in your essays.
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Do
not
use
exclamation points
in your essays.
Don’t yell at the reader.
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Phrases like
“more and more”, “bigger and bigger”, “greater and greater”
are too informal, ............
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instead use
“increasing numbers of", “a significantly larger number of", “a growing increase in the number of",
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Do not begin sentences with
“And”, “But”, “Or”.
Instead use linking phrases such as
“In addition/Furthermore”, “However”,
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The first sentence of each body paragraph should be
a topic sentence
,
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Manage your time well
.
Task 1= 20 minutes. Task 2=40 minutes
.
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Subject-verb agreement:
He, she, it....play
s
, do
es
, receiv
es
, negotiat
es
, etc.
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No contractions
;
for example:
“shouldn’t” = should not, can’t = cannot, wouldn’t = would not
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