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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 
IELTS Writing Task 2: which part to answer 
In 
last week's lesson
I gave you two exam questions and asked you to think about which part of each 
question you should answer. 
I hope you realised that we need to write about 
both
parts (the green and blue parts). Let's look again 
at the questions: 
1. Wild animals have no place in the 21st century, so protecting them is a waste of resources. To what 
extent do you agree or disagree? 
2. International travel is cheaper than ever before, and more countries have opened their doors to 
tourists. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages? 
Question 1 contains two opinions:
"wild animals have no place in the 21st century" and "protecting 
them is a waste of resources". These two opinions are connected, and we need to address both of 
them in our answer. A good way to do this might be to disagree completely, and to write one main 
body paragraph for each opinion (explaining why you disagree). 
Question 2 contains two facts:
"international travel is cheaper than ever before" and "more 
countries have opened their doors to tourists". The 'trend' in the question refers to both of these facts, 
and we need to consider the advantages and disadvantages of both aspects of this trend. 
Note:
Some questions do contain a 'background' statement that you can quickly accept in your introduction 
(e.g. 
this one
). If you're unsure, just answer all parts of the question. 
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