This document provides IELTS sample essays for various common writing exam topics organized into categories. The categories include agree/disagree, discuss two opinions, causes, problems and solutions, advantages and disadvantages, and other types of questions. For each category, the document lists sample essay topics and provides brief descriptions of the required responses for each essay type.
This document provides IELTS sample essays for various common writing exam topics organized into categories. The categories include agree/disagree, discuss two opinions, causes, problems and solutions, advantages and disadvantages, and other types of questions. For each category, the document lists sample essay topics and provides brief descriptions of the required responses for each essay type.
This document provides IELTS sample essays for various common writing exam topics organized into categories. The categories include agree/disagree, discuss two opinions, causes, problems and solutions, advantages and disadvantages, and other types of questions. For each category, the document lists sample essay topics and provides brief descriptions of the required responses for each essay type.
This document provides IELTS sample essays for various common writing exam topics organized into categories. The categories include agree/disagree, discuss two opinions, causes, problems and solutions, advantages and disadvantages, and other types of questions. For each category, the document lists sample essay topics and provides brief descriptions of the required responses for each essay type.
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IELTS Sample Essays
Here you will find IELTS Sample Essays for a variety of common topics that appear in the writing exam.
The model answers all have tips and strategies for how you may approach the question and comments on the sample answer.
IELTS Sample Essays
These IELTS sample essays have been categorised in a way that makes it easy for you to see how certain essay question types require you to provide certain responses to ensure the question is fully answered.
Specifically these are:
Agree / Disagree Discuss Two Opinions Causes Problems and Solutions Advantages and Disadvantages Other Types
Agree / Disagree Type Questions
In these types of question you are given one opinion and you then have to state the extent to which you agree or disagree with that opinion:
Advertising Alternative Medicine Spending on the Arts Human Cloning Social Interaction & the Internet Airline Tax Free University Education Scientific Research Banning Smoking Employing Older People Vegetarianism Paying Taxes Examinations or Formal Assessment Multinational Organisations and Culture Internet vs Newspapers (recent exam question) Technology Development Essay (recent exam question)
Discuss Two Opinions Type Questions
In this essay question type you are given two opinions, and you have to discuss both of these and then give your own view:
University Education Reducing Crime Animal Rights Child Development Diet & Health Childcare Donating Money to Charity Essay Closing Zoos (recent exam question) Becoming Independent (recent exam question) Formal and Informal Education (ecent exam question)
Cause Type Questions
There are a variety of 'cause type' essay questions. In these you first have to give the reasons why something has happened, in other words the causes, but then discuss a different aspect of it, such as the effects, solutions or the extent to whether it is a positive or negative development:
Causes & Effects:
Child Obesity Skin Whitening Creams Family Size Having Children Later in Life Causes and Solutions: Youth Crime Global Warming Stress Paying Attention in Class International Travel & Prejudice Museums & Historical Places Causes, Pros & Cons: Family Closeness Living Alone
Problems & Solutions Type Questions
In these type of questions, instead of discussing the causes of a problem, you need to discuss the problems related to a particular issue in society, and then suggest what can be to solve these problems:
Overpopulation Competing for Jobs
Advantage & Disadvantages Type Questions
In these type of questions you are asked to discuss the positive and negative sides of a particular topic. You will usually be asked this in the context of giving an opinion (e.g. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?):
Traffic Problems Food Additives Computer Games Age Discrimination at Work (recent exam question) Children using Tablets and Computers (recent exam question) Cell Phones, Internet, & Communication (recent exam question) Working from Home (recent exam question) Eating Locally grown Produce (recent exam question) Oil and Gas Essay (recent exam question)
Other Types of Question
There are sometimes questions that don't fit easily into a particular category as above. You can view some IELTS sample essays for these here:
Protecting Old Buildings
Animal Testing Fear of Crime Communication Technology Essay
