Cambridge IELTS 20 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 20 Academic Writing Test 3 combines a Task 1 pair of charts with a Task 2 direct-question essay, giving you sixty pressured minutes to demonstrate both report writing and argument writing. Task 1 asks you to summarise information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: Write about the following topic: Some people have decided to reduce the number of times they fly every year or to stop flying altogether.

Cite units (percentage, megajoule, tonne) consistently and never assume the second chart uses the same scale as the first. Answer the question directly in the introduction and use each body paragraph to develop one main reason or example. Hedge sensibly with 'in many cases' or 'particularly' rather than absolutes — examiners reward measured argumentation.

Hold yourself to a hard twenty-minute Task 1 cap: planning two minutes, drafting fifteen, editing three. Move to Task 2 even if Task 1 feels unfinished, because the direct-question essay carries double the weight. Reserve the last six minutes for a single read-through across both answers — almost every band-7 candidate fixes at least two grammar slips during that final pass.

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