Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Writing Test 3

• 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 14 Academic Writing Test 3 places a Task 1 process diagram before a Task 2 opinion (agree/disagree) essay, and the candidates who score band 7 here are the ones who plan both responses before writing either. Task 1 asks you to summarise how electricity is generated in a hydroelectric power station. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: Some people say that music is a good way of bringing people of different cultures and ages together.

For a process, group the stages into two clear phases — typically input/preparation versus transformation/output — and lead the body with the phase that contains the most steps. Use the passive voice consistently and chain stages with sequencers like 'subsequently', 'once' and 'at this point' rather than counting 'firstly, secondly, thirdly'. State a clear thesis in the introduction — partial agreement is acceptable, but the position must be unambiguous.

Twenty minutes on Task 1 means committing to your groupings within the first five — do not change your structure halfway through. Task 2 needs forty disciplined minutes: ten to plan and outline, twenty-six to write, four to edit. On an opinion (agree/disagree) essay, the conclusion is the only place the examiner reads your final position with full attention, so write it last and write it deliberately.

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