Simon’s ielts writing task 2

IELTS Writing Task 2: numbering your essay plan 
Whenever I do a course on IELTS writing here in Manchester, I always ask the students this question 
at the end of the day: 
What did I teach you today that will 
change
 the way you do the test?
One of the most common answers that students give me is: 
doing a good essay plan 
and 
numbering
 the ideas in the plan.
(as shown in 
this video lesson
) 
If you put the numbers 1 to 5 next to the ideas that you have for each main paragraph, your only task 
when writing the essay is to turn those 5 ideas into 5 full sentences. Practise doing this, and you'll find 
that paragraph writing becomes much easier. 
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017 
IELTS Writing Task 2: two-part question 
We haven't looked at a 2-part question for a while, so let's try this one: 
These days many of us prefer to throw damaged things away, whereas in the past people used 
to repair damaged items and keep them for a long time.
 Explain why you think this change 
has happened.
 What are the effects of this change in attitude?
For this type of question, I would start with an 
"It is true..."
sentence, followed by a 
"There are 
various..."
sentence: 
It is true that people tend to discard their old or damaged possessions these days, rather than 
repairing them. There are various reasons why we behave in this way, and it seems to me that the 
effects are largely negative.