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IELTS Worksheet
📝 Task 2 — Essay Structure
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Structure a 4-paragraph essayApply the body paragraph formulaPlan your 40 minutesAvoid common Task 2 mistakes📚 Quick Recap
🎯 What you'll practice: The Task 2 four-paragraph structure, time planning, and common mistakes to avoid.
🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER 4 × 1 = 4
1Task 2 minimum word count:
2Task 2 is worth compared to Task 1:
3Contractions like "don't" should be:
4Recommended planning time:
🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11
5Each body paragraph should have at least sentences.
6The conclusion should restate your .
7List the four parts of the body paragraph formula.
8Write the full 40-minute time plan (3 stages with minutes).
9Name two things to avoid in a Task 2 essay.
🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5
10A student skips planning to get 5 extra minutes of writing time. Explain why this often backfires using the Coherence & Cohesion scoring criterion.
💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:
A ___/4 B ___/11 C ___/5 Total ___/20
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1-C 2-C 3-B 4-B | 5 = 4 6 = position/thesis 7 = topic sentence, explanation, example, link 8 = 5 min plan, 30 min write, 5 min review 9 = any two: contractions, bullet points, short paragraphs, repeated vocabulary | 10 = Without a plan, essays frequently drift off-topic or contradict their own thesis by the second body paragraph, since there's no roadmap connecting the introduction's position to what actually gets argued — and Coherence & Cohesion specifically scores how logically the essay's ideas connect and progress, so an unplanned essay tends to lose exactly the marks the 5 minutes were meant to protect.