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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 
IELTS Writing Task 2: study order 
Someone asked me a useful question: Is there any specific 
study order
that you recommend? So 
here's what I think: 
1. Essay structure and paragraphs
The first thing to do is find an essay structure that works for you. You probably know that I prefer to 
write 4 paragraphs, and maybe you've seen how I write 2-sentence introductions, 5-sentence main 

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paragraphs and 1-sentence conclusions. 
Try this:
take some essays that you have already written, 
and rewrite them so that they all have the same number of paragraphs and sentences. 
2. Question types
You need to see examples of the 
four question types
, and make sure you know how to answer each 
type using your preferred essay structure. 
3. Planning, and isolated paragraph practice
Take several different questions, and practise 
planning
ideas. Then spend some time focusing only 
on introductions e.g. write an introduction for five different questions. Then do the same with 
conclusions. Then try writing different types of main paragraph e.g. an 'advantages' paragraph, an 
'opinion' paragraph, a 'problem' paragraph etc. 
4. Topic ideas
When you are confident that you know how to write an essay, it's time to start working through as 
many 
common IELTS writing topics
as possible. Even if you don't write a full essay for each topic, you 
should at least plan some ideas and opinions.