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These worksheets are here to help you prepare for the exam. They are all free. To download them you need version
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Remember too that you can practise your writing with Active IELTS. It's a good idea to look at this page and other
writing pages first, then send us your work.
This page is separated into three areas, Task 1 General Training, Task 1 Academic, and Task 2.
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Practice question 1
Can't start new job
Practice question 2
Help with a course
Practice question 2
Noisy neighbours
Planning your
answer
Useful language
Practice question 1
Experiments on
animals
Practice question 2
Legalising drugs
Practice question 3
Part-time work
Practice question 4
Prevention is better
than cure
Practice question 5
Robots
Practice question 6
Sport
Practice question 7
Technology vs.
tradition
Practice question 8
Wild animals
Practice question 9
Young people's
leisure time
Instructions for the
Academic test
Instructions for the
General Training test
Useful language
Useful language to
join ideas
Beginning and
ending your answer
Practice question 1
Bar graph - fulltime
education
Practice question 2
Line graph - exam
pass rates
Practice question 3
Pie chart - spending
money in London
How to answer
Academic task 1
Practice question 6
Process - creating a
webpage
Practice question 5
Process - the water
cycle
Practice question 4
Table - medical
facilities
Practice question 6
Problems with a TV
Practice question 10
Multiple careers
Practice question 11
Old people
Practice question 12
Sharing wealth
Practice question 13
Technology in
schools
Practice question 14
The news
Practice question 15
Travelling alone
Practice question 18
School leaving age
Practice question 17
Country or city?
Practice question 16
Parents as teachers
Practice question 4
Stolen passport
Practice question 5
Visit to another
country
Practice question 7
Lost bag
Practice question 8
A new building
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Task 2 of the IELTS writing test is almost the same for the Academic and General Training exams. The first two
worksheets here show you how the instructions in the two versions may be different. Your answer is the same.
Practice question 12
A reference
Practice question 11
Invitation to a
surprise party
Practice question 10
Invitation to visit
Practice question 9
Selling your car
Practice question 9
Process - ethanol
production
Practice question 8
Process - desert
food chain
Practice question 7
Bar graph - asthma
rates
Practice question 19
Being happy
Practice question 20
Censorship
Practice question 21
Investing in sport
Practice question 24
The importance of
computer skills
Practice question 23
Old people working
Practice question 22
Old buildings
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Practice question 25
The roles of men
and women
Practice question 26
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