IELTS ESSAY GUIDANCE

📝How to write a standard IELTS Essay:

📚Essays are highly structured formal texts, and that is what the teacher/examiner expects from you.
Structure is very important!

Always plan out your essays before you start writing them.

📙 In the introduction paragraph, you need:

- A general statement: This introduces the topic to the reader.

- Background: 1 or 2 sentences to explain more about the issue.

- Your thesis/purpose statement: Explains your position regarding the essay question.

📗 Then you need some body paragraphs (2~3) in which you persuade the reader to agree with your
position. Each paragraph should deal with only one point/idea.

📘 In each body paragraph you need:

- A topic sentence: This introduces the point you want to explain in the paragraph. It must relate to
the essay topic too.

- Supporting sentences: These elaborate on and explain the point.

- Example sentences: These give specific examples to prove the point.

✔️Ideas in a body paragraph should follow a general-to-specific structure. You present a general idea
and zoom onto supporting sentences and specific examples. That supports your position, makes your
essay more interesting, and gets you a higher mark.

📔 Finally, there's the conclusion.

- First sentence: This restates your position, and typically starts with "In conclusion,"

- One or two sentences summarizing the findings of your body paragraphs.