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WRITING TASK 2
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IELTs – Writing marking score
Writing 250 words or more
Paraphrasing
3 ways to paraphrase
Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing
developed nations today. What are the advantages and/or
disadvantages of reducing the working week to thirty-five hours?
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• Read the question and highlight the keywords
2. Verb transformation
• Read the question and highlight the key verbs
3. Sentence restructuring
• 7 types of sentence structures
Paraphrasing
Unemployment is one of the most serious problems facing
developed nations today. What are the advantages and/or
disadvantages of reducing the working week to thirty-five hours?
• unemployment = lack of job
• serious problems = grave issues • Facing = confronting
• developed nations = industrialized countries • Reducing = lessening
• advantages and/or disadvantages = pros and/or cons
• working week = professional schedule
Lack of jobs is indeed a grave issue confronting
industrialized countries at this time. Let’s examine the
pros and/or cons of lessening professional schedules
to thirty-five hours.
Paraphrasing
Nowadays, many schools are using computer games to teach lessons
to many children inside and outside the classroom. What are the
negative and positive effects of using computer games in education
and what can be done to minimize the negative effects?
• nowadays = in modern times
• schools = academic institutions
• using = employing
• computer games = electronic activities and exercises
• teach = instruct
• lessons = course
• can be done = solution
• inside and outside the classroom = at school and at home
• minimize = reduce
• negative and positive effects = good and bad impacts
• education = academic development
In modern times, many academic institutions are employing electronic activities and exercises to instruct courses
to children both at school and at home. In this essay, I will outline the bad and good impacts of employing
electronic activities and exercises on academic development. I will also examine solutions to reducing the bad
impacts of these electronic activities.
Avoiding word repetition
1. Replace a noun with a pronoun (it, he, she, they, these, ..)
–Ms. Suzan has become the youngest CEO of the company. Ms. Suzan
was promoted when he was just twenty-nine.
–Ms. Suzan has become the youngest CEO of the company. He was
promoted when he was just twenty-nine.
–Ms. Suzan has become the youngest CEO of the company. He was
promoted when at the age of twenty-nine.
Large cities suffer from different types of pollution. One of the types
of pollution is air pollution.
Large cities suffer from different types of pollution. One of the
these/those is air pollution.
System Way of (thinking)
Avoiding word repetition Approach Type of (activity)
2. Replace a noun Method Kind of
–Many schools use formal Solution Form of
exams to grade performance Problem Method of
of their students. The main Factor
benefit of formal exams is
cost-effectiveness.
• Many schools use formal exams to grade performance of their
students. The main benefit of this approach is cost-effectiveness.
• Many schools use formal exams to grade performance of their
students. The main benefit of this form of assessment is cost-
effectiveness.
System Way of (thinking)
Avoiding word repetition Approach Type of (activity)
Method Kind of
Solution Form of
Problem Method of
Factor
• Large corporations successfully use performance bonuses to
motivate their stuff. However, performance bonuses are too
costly for small companies.
• However, these methods/form of methods are too costly for
small companies.
Avoiding word repetition
3. Replace a verb with “to do so”
–Many people are leaving the villages, and the reason they
are leaving is a lack of jobs.
–Many people are leaving the villages, and the reason they
are doing so is a lack of jobs.
–Many people have left the villages, and the reason they
have done so is a lack of jobs. (Present perfect tense)
7 mins for
Introduction brainstorm
5 mins
• Give background information (paraphrase)
• Thesis statement
Don’t forget
Body 1 Body 2 to write
transitions
• Idea • Idea for each 10 mins
paragraph
• Support • Support each
For
• •
CC
Example Example
• (c) – conclusion or • (c) – conclusion or
concession concession
Conclusion = Introduction
5 mins
• Thesis statement
3 mins for
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Pros & cons type
Many elderly people are no longer looked after by their families but put in
care homes or nursing homes.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?
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1 ST SENTNECE
PARAPHRASE THE GIVEN QUESTION
Introduction
The overwhelming majority of the people deciding to start a family
usually move their guardians into a rest home instead of looking after
them.
2 nd SENTNECE
Propose your opinion or main ideas (2 main ideas,
1 problem and 1 solution, 2 different ideas)
In this essay, I will discuss the advantages and shortcomings of those
people who get moved into an old folk's home.
I believe that conversing with their peers is the biggest
advantage of moving into a nursing home, while the possible
effect of such phenomenon on their children is the biggest
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3rd sentence
Start of body one with your first main idea
On the one hand, the advantage of being in a retirement facility is that the elderly folks are not alone, and
spending quality experience with people of the same generation.
4 th and 5th SENTNECE
Body
give more explanation on your first idea
Thus, it's also advantageous for the older generation to connect and chat with others to reduce their loneliness
and weariness. Consequently, their kids start to discover the independent lifestyle that doesn't put a needless
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burden on their guardians.
6 th sentence
give an example sentence that’s related to what you wrote before.
For instance, according to the study from University of California, individuals that become reliant
on themselves from early life can face issues in their life confidently.
Hence, it gives the elderly people a certain kind of freedom and leisure time. E NF I NITY E NG L ISH
7 th sentence
Start of body one with your first main idea
On the other hand, I also condemn those people who are forsaking their families in a retirement home.
8 th and 9 th SENTNECE
give more explanation on your first idea
Body
I believe that such events affect old folks considerably negatively, which in turn also affects their health.
Moreover, a sudden absence of seniors impacts youngsters adversly in a way that they might become more
heartless in the future.
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10 th sentence
give an example sentence that’s related to what you wrote
before.
In other words, those kids will accept that it's perfectly reasonable to transfer their parents into the likewise
amenities in the future. Therefore, it’s imperative that parents should focus on this negative aspect.
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11 th and 12 th SENTNECE
conclusion
Explain why you choose your ideas and rephrase
your main ideas
From the arguments and examples given I firmly believe that， To conclude from
the aforementioned arguments
From the argument and examples given, I firmly believe that although there are
small benefits, being in a care home is not a helpful practice. Thus, we should
appreciate our origins and acknowledge those who brought us up, lest we face
the same fate from our future generation.
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