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IELTS General Writing - The Complete Guide
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IELTS General Writing - The Complete Guide

Learn from an IELTS Examiner. Get a 7+ in your IELTS General Writing.
Created byFrancis Carlisle: Last Minute English
Last updated 11/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • You'll learn how to get 7+ in your IELTS General Writing Test
  • You'll improve your formal English writing ability
  • You'll learn how to write perfect letters (Task 1) and excellent essays (Task 2)

Course content

3 sections • 95 lectures • 8h 13m total length

  • Welcome to the Course!3:09
  • Complex Sentences 1: Overview Part 15:18

    Explore how complex sentences elevate English writing by combining independent and dependent clauses, and distinguish them from simple and compound sentences for essays, letters, and reports.

  • Complex Sentences 1: Overview Part 25:41

    You can find the PDF version of this section's content available to download in this video.

  • Complex Sentences 2: Noun Clauses7:21

    Explore noun clauses and implicit questions to form complex sentences in IELTS general writing, transforming direct questions like where you live or who you are into noun clauses.

  • Complex Sentences 3: Adverbial Clauses Part 110:08
  • Complex Sentences 3: Adverbial Clauses Part 26:47
  • Complex Sentences 4: Adjective Clauses9:35
  • Complex Sentences 5: Gerund Clauses6:39

    Explore gerund clauses as flexible noun forms built from -ing verbs, using examples like reaching, becoming, ending, and proving to add information and advance a story in complex sentences.

  • Common Writing Mistakes 1: Overview1:33

    Identify and avoid common English writing mistakes made by non-native speakers across essays, letters, emails, and reports, using a four-step process of watching, practicing, self-review, and periodic revision.

  • Common Writing Mistakes 2: Subject-Verb Agreement6:54
  • Common Writing Mistakes 3: Singular or Plural4:39
  • Common Writing Mistakes 4: Sentence Fragments4:12
  • Improve Your English Further1:44
  • Common Writing Mistakes 5: Use of Commas7:17
  • Common Writing Mistakes 6: Parallel Structure7:10
  • Common Writing Mistakes 7: It's vs Its3:44
  • Common Writing Mistakes 8: Use of Referencing5:15
  • Common Writing Mistakes 9: Order of Adjectives4:35
  • Common Writing Mistakes 10: When to Capitalize4:35
  • Common Writing Mistakes 11: Use of Prepositions7:36
  • Transitional Words and Phrases Video 15:20

    Explore transitional words and phrases that boost coherence and cohesion, focusing on time transitions like firstly, secondly, finally, initially, subsequently, and meanwhile.

  • Transitional Words and Phrases Video 24:00

    Explore transitional words and phrases to add information and change direction, using examples like furthermore, in addition, moreover, similarly, however, and on the other hand.

  • Transitional Words and Phrases Video 35:04
  • The Rule of Three3:19

    Discover the rule of three, using a list of three to make writing and speeches more engaging and natural in both formal and informal contexts.

  • Formal vs Informal Writing6:33
  • The Passive Voice5:38

Requirements

  • You should have at least A2 level English

Description

Do you get nervous thinking about writing a 250+ word essay in English in only 40 minutes?

Do you feel worried about writing letters in Task 1? 

Do you always write safe, simple sentences in English because you are afraid of making a mistake?


Our Goal: You will get a 7 or 8 in your IELTS General Writing Test.


Student Reviews:


★★★★★

Ikram P.

“Course is very well designed for General IELTS. During my IELTS academic as well, I learned the writing from the same instructor and secured a good score.”


★★★★★

Tasneem F.

“Super helpful and as the name suggest last minute English course, it has got everything you need and more for the exam.”


★★★★★

Felipe Segall C.

“The course is very helpful in getting familiarized with different essay structures, linking expressions, common phrases, and high-level vocabulary.”


★★★★★

Asmaa A.

“Actually, it was amazing.I can't thank you enough. I'm overwhelmed with this marvelous explanation.”


Welcome to IELTS General Writing - The Complete Guide from Last Minute English.


We will take you step by step through the IELTS General Writing Test.

After taking this course, you will:

- Have more confidence in your English writing ability

- Feel relaxed about the IELTS Writing test

- Be ready to follow your dreams


This Last Minute English course has been created by Francis, a qualified IELTS Examiner from the UK.

Francis has 10 years of experience helping students to get 7+ in the IELTS Exam.


By learning from a qualified IELTS Examiner, you’ll:

- Get crucial inside information to break the 5.5 IELTS score ceiling

- Learn IELTS Writing skills in a focused and efficient way

- Make your friends jealous and amaze your family with your high IELTS score.


3 Part Course:

- Formal English Writing Improvement (2.5 hours)

- Focus on IELTS General Writing Task 1 (3.5 hours)

- Focus on IELTS Writing Task 2 (2 hours)


Section 1: Formal English Writing Improvement

- Use long, complex sentences correctly

- Know the difference between Formal & Informal English writing

- Use transitional words and phrases for logical essays

- Understand great writing tricks like the Rule of Three

- Discover (and avoid) common writing mistakes

- 2.5 hours in total

- 24 videos


Section 2: IELTS General Writing Task 1: The Letter

- Learn how to answer IELTS General Writing Task 1

- Understand all IELTS Writing Task 1 questions

- Find out how the IELTS Examiner decides your score

- Learn how to make a plan to answer IELTS Writing Task 1

- Discover which tenses to use for which IELTS Writing questions

- Learn great phrases to use in your IELTS Writing Task 1

- Build 3 full IELTS General Writing Task 1 answers together (*including full IELTS Band 9 answers*)

- 3.5 hours

- 43 videos


Section 3: IELTS General Writing Task 2: The Essay

- Learn how to answer IELTS General Writing Task 2

- Understand all IELTS Writing Task 2 questions

- Find out how the IELTS Examiner decides your score

- Learn how to organize your IELTS Writing Task 2 essay (*different structures for every type of question. Make sure you learn this!!*)

- Discover the best way to plan your IELTS Writing Task 2 essay

- Learn the best vocabulary for all parts of your IELTS Writing Task 2 essay

- Build 2 full IELTS Writing Task 2 answers together (*including full IELTS Band 9 answers*)

- 2 hours

- 24 videos



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Who this course is for:

  • If you are planning to take the IELTS General Exam, this is the right course for you

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