IELTS Aid (Practice Essays)

Sample report: The bar chart compares a country’s total export earnings in billion dollars in five different products in 2015 and 2016. The table reveals how each products’ value in percentage changed in those two years. Overall, the first graph presents that the country’s earnings in exported products rose in 2016 except for gems and jewelry. The table reveals though that four out of five categories grew in percentage value by 2016. From the bar graph, during both years, petroleum products sold more than the other categories; while textiles ranked the lowest. A considerable climb in earnings can be noticed for the majority of the products especially with textiles which jumped from a little over 25 billion dollars to about 31 billion. In contrast, gems and jewelry had a loss of around 3 billion dollars from its initial collection of approximately 43 billion. Agricultural products showed almost no change in both years with roughly 30 billion dollars. As for the ta...

This blog will explain how to achieve a good score in one of the band descriptors in the first IELTS Academic Writing task. According to the public band descriptor, a high score is given if: the output fully satisfies all the requirements of the task; clearly presents a fully developed response (Band 9)  covers all requirements of the task sufficiently; presents, highlights and illustrates key features/bullet points clearly and appropriately (Band 8)  covers the requirements of the task; presents a clear overview of main trends, differences or stages ; clearly presents and highlights key features/bullet points but could be more fully extended (Band 7) How to get your desired band score? Follow the instructions in the task carefully.  Here's a step-by-step guide. 1. You must paraphrase the given topic sentence. Don't forget that using the same words from the task topic is not allowed. 2. SUMMARISE the information by selecting and reporting the main fe...