Wednesday 31 August 2011

The IELTS academic writing test


The academic writing test in the IELTS exam lasts for 60 minutes.

The writing test contains 2 compulsory tasks, namely task 1 and task 2. In task 1, you are required to describe graphs, bar charts, pie charts and diagrams in a report of 150 words. This task should be completed in 20 minutes. In Task 2, however, you are given an essay title on a general subject and you should write at least 250 words in 40 minutes.