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Master the IELTS Writing test with realistic Task 1 and Task 2 questions designed to match the actual IELTS exam. Submit your essays to receive a detailed band score evaluation from an expert IELTS examiner along with personalized feedback to improve task achievement, coherence and cohesion, vocabulary, and grammar.
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The IELTS Writing test is 60 minutes for two tasks. Task 1 takes ~20 minutes and is weighted at one third of your Writing band; Task 2 takes ~40 minutes and counts for two thirds. Academic candidates describe a graph, chart, table, or process in Task 1 (≥150 words). General Training candidates write a letter (≥150 words). Both modules write a discursive essay for Task 2 (≥250 words). Every task you submit is scored by our AI examiner against the four official IELTS Writing criteria, with detailed per-criterion feedback in minutes, calibrated on real examiner-graded essays.
Task Achievement (Task Response for Task 2) - does the response cover all required points and present a clear position? Coherence and Cohesion - is the response well-paragraphed with logical sequencing and appropriate cohesive devices? Lexical Resource - range, accuracy, and appropriacy of vocabulary. Grammatical Range and Accuracy - variety of structures and frequency of errors. Each is scored 0–9; your task band is the rounded average.
Academic Task 1 demands an overview sentence summarising the main trend in the visual. Skip the overview and you cap at band 5 for Task Achievement. The 'four feature' structure works: introduction → overview → two body paragraphs grouping similar features. General Training Task 1 is a letter - formal, semi-formal, or informal depending on the prompt. Tone-mismatch (e.g. 'Dear Sir' on an informal letter to a friend) is the band killer here.
Four paragraphs work: introduction → body 1 (your view + reason 1 + example) → body 2 (counter or reason 2 + example) → conclusion. Stay under 5 sentences per body paragraph. Examples should be concrete (named country, named law, year) - vague examples like 'studies show' tank Task Response. Pre-writing 5 minutes of brainstorming is mandatory; jumping into the intro cold guarantees an unstructured response.
If you write under 150 (Task 1) or 250 (Task 2) words, you lose Task Achievement points. There's no upper limit but going over ~280 words on Task 2 typically introduces grammar errors that drag you down. The candidate's instinct is to over-write; the band-7 instinct is to write tighter and edit. Our editor counts your words live so you'll always know where you are.
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The IELTS Writing test runs 60 minutes for two tasks. Task 1 takes about 20 minutes and is one third of your Writing band; Task 2 takes about 40 minutes and counts for two thirds. Academic Task 1 is a 150-word description of a graph, chart, table or process; General Training Task 1 is a 150-word formal, semi-formal or informal letter. Task 2 is a 250-word discursive essay for both modules and uses the same four official scoring criteria.
Yes. Writing Test 1 is free with no sign-up and gets the same AI examiner feedback that paid tests do: a band on Task Response (or Task Achievement for Task 1), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy, plus the specific sentences and word choices holding your score back. To check an essay you have already written, use the AI IELTS Writing checker instead.
Each task is scored against four equally-weighted criteria, each on the 0 to 9 band scale. The four are Task Achievement (Task Response on Task 2) for whether you fully address every part of the task with a clear position, Coherence and Cohesion for paragraphing and logical flow, Lexical Resource for vocabulary range and precision, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy for structures and error frequency. Your task band is the average of the four, and your overall Writing band weighs Task 1 at one third and Task 2 at two thirds.
Academic Task 1 describes a visual: a line graph, bar chart, pie chart, table, map or process diagram. The Band 7 structure is introduction, then a one-sentence overview summarising the main trend, then two body paragraphs grouping similar features. General Training Task 1 is a 150-word letter (formal, semi-formal, or informal). Tone-matching is the band-killer here: a 'Dear Sir' opening on a letter to a friend caps your Task Achievement at band 5.
Most universities in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ask for at least IELTS Writing 6.0 at undergraduate level and 6.5 at postgraduate. Russell Group, Ivy League, U15 Canada and Group of Eight universities frequently require Writing 6.5 or 7.0; Medicine, Law, Teaching and Nursing often require Writing 7.0 to 7.5 specifically. See the IELTS score requirement by university for the verified Writing minimum at your target institution.
Canada's IRCC scores Writing via the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB). CLB 7 (Canadian Experience Class floor) needs Writing 6.0. CLB 9 (competitive Federal Skilled Worker) needs Writing 7.0. UK work visas (Skilled Worker, Health & Care) require CEFR B1 (IELTS for UKVI Writing 4.0); the Nursing and Midwifery Council asks for Writing 6.5 and the GMC asks for Writing 7.0. Australia's Department of Home Affairs awards 0 visa points for Writing 6.0 (Competent), 10 for Writing 7.0 (Proficient) and 20 for Writing 8.0 (Superior).
