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single most important address to this problem. Thus, to change this disturbing 

global trend, I hope schools everywhere encourage healthy eating habits in children 

to help establish better health for the generation to come.

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IELTS Academic Task 2: How to write at a band 9 level

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3.3

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ouble

 

action

 

questions

In double action questions, the action words require the candidate respond in more 

than one way. Because of this, the candidate may need to tailor the essay structures 

taught in this book to ensure the response fulfils the Task 2 question.

Typically, double action questions will ask the candidate to (1) declare an opinion 

and (2) expand on that opinion in some specified way. This declaration of opinion 

can be done in either the introduction paragraph (if an argument essay structure is 

used) or the conclusion paragraph (if a discussion essay structure is used). To illus-

trate this, refer to the following task: