Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Writing Test 4

• 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 4 couples a Task 1 process diagram with a Task 2 causes-and-solutions essay; the trick on this paper is to leave Task 1 cleanly rather than perfectly. Task 1 asks you to summarise the layout of a university’s sports centre now, and how it will look after redevelopment. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: In spite of the advances made in agriculture, many people around the world still go hungry.

Use the passive voice consistently and chain stages with sequencers like 'subsequently', 'once' and 'at this point' rather than counting 'firstly, secondly, thirdly'. Split the essay along the cause/solution divide: paragraph two explains the root causes (usually two), and paragraph three proposes targeted solutions that map directly onto those causes. If a solution does not address a cause you raised, cut it — coherence depends on this matching.

Spend twenty minutes flat on Task 1 — five planning, twelve writing, three reviewing — and forty on Task 2, with at least five of those at the end for proofreading. Task 2 is worth twice the marks, so do not let an over-long process diagram description steal time from your essay. For band 7, the essay's argumentation matters more than the report's elegance, but a clean overview sentence in Task 1 is non-negotiable.

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