Simon’s ielts writing task 2

Here are two sample introductions:
1. Officials in many cities are keen to develop efficient public transport systems. While public transport 
has many benefits, there are also some drawbacks which are worth considering. 
2. Cities generally experience higher levels of criminality than towns or villages. There are various 
reasons for this, but measures could be taken to tackle the problem. 
Hopefully you can see that it's quite easy to write an introduction for these types of question. The 
approach is the same (topic + basic answer) whether the question asks for your opinion or not. 
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 
IELTS Writing Task 2: fully respond to the question 
One of the things that the examiner will check carefully is whether or not you have fully responded to 
the question. Here's a question that a student sent me: 
Some people think that all teenagers should be required to do unpaid work in their free time to 
help the local community. They believe this would benefit both the individual teenager and 
society as a whole.
Do you agree or disagree?
The student who sent me this question wrote about the advantages and disadvantages of unpaid 
work for teenagers, but completely forgot to mention the benefits and/or drawbacks for society as a 
whole. 
If you don't fully answer the question, it's extremely difficult to get a band 7. 
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