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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 
IELTS Writing Task 2: main ideas, supporting points 
If you're using my 
4-paragraph essay
approach, your essays only need to contain two main ideas - 
one for each main body paragraph. 
But there is a difference between the 
main idea
and the 
supporting points
. For example, the main 
idea could be "there are several advantages", and each advantage is a supporting point. Start a new 
paragraph for each main idea, but not for each supporting point. 
Express your main idea for each paragraph in a 'topic sentence' at the beginning of the paragraph. 
Then explain that idea with either one, two or three supporting points. 
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 
IELTS Writing Task 2: paraphrasing practice 
Here's an essay introduction that my students and I wrote: 

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Compiled by Diyorbek Hayitmurodov ielts-simon.com Page 107 
It is true that many high school leavers decide to take a gap year before starting university. While 
there are several benefits for students who do this, there are also some possible drawbacks. 
Task:
Try writing a one-sentence conclusion for the same essay. 
Start with "In conclusion", and then paraphrase the introduction above. 
(A 'gap year' is a year of work or travel between high school and university)
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