Cambridge IELTS 19 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 19 Academic Writing Test 3 sets a Task 1 process diagram alongside a Task 2 opinion (agree/disagree) essay, two challenges that draw on very different writing muscles. Task 1 asks you to summarise how a biofuel called ethanol is produced. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: It is important for everyone, including young people, to save money for their future.

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.

Keep Task 1 to twenty minutes by writing a one-sentence overview straight after the introduction; you can refine it during the review pass. For Task 2, plan for five minutes before you write — three minutes of planning here saves ten minutes of confused redrafting later. For band 7, vocabulary range and complex-sentence accuracy carry as much weight as the strength of the argument.

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