Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Writing Test 2

• Task 1: describe the chart/graph/table in your own words.
• Task 2: write an argumentative essay responding to the prompt.
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Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Writing Test 2 matches a Task 1 chart with a Task 2 opinion (agree/disagree) essay; together they cover the two skill sets the examiner cares about most. Task 1 asks you to summarise the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices.

Group the data into two or three clear bands rather than reading each segment in turn — examiners reward grouping over listing. Pick two contrasting figures for the body and leave smaller detail for a closing comparative sentence. State a clear thesis in the introduction — partial agreement is acceptable, but the position must be unambiguous.

Budget twenty minutes for the Task 1 report and forty for the Task 2 essay, and resist the temptation to keep polishing Task 1 once your overview and two body paragraphs are in place. On an opinion (agree/disagree) essay, the introduction and conclusion deserve at least seven minutes of focused work between them — they frame the marker's first and last impression of your Coherence and Cohesion.

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