AcademIELTS Original — Writing Test 2

• Task 1: describe the chart/graph/table in your own words.
• Task 2: write an argumentative essay responding to the prompt.
• On submit, AI will score you on all 4 IELTS criteria with feedback.

AcademIELTS Original — Writing Test 2 runs a Task 1 process diagram and then a Task 2 discussion essay, which means switching registers from analytical neutrality to confident argument inside the same hour. Task 1 asks you to summarise how a rainwater harvesting system in a typical residential building collects, filters and reuses rainwater. Task 2 then turns to a discursive prompt: Some people believe that universities should mainly focus on teaching practical skills that prepare students directly for the workplace.

Use the passive voice consistently and chain stages with sequencers like 'subsequently', 'once' and 'at this point' rather than counting 'firstly, secondly, thirdly'. Use two body paragraphs, one per view, then a balanced concluding paragraph that explains why both perspectives have merit. Use evaluative connectors — 'while it is true that', 'a stronger case can be made for' — to keep the discussion analytical rather than purely descriptive.

Budget twenty minutes for the Task 1 report and forty for the Task 2 essay, and resist the temptation to keep polishing Task 1 once your overview and two body paragraphs are in place. On a discussion essay, the introduction and conclusion deserve at least seven minutes of focused work between them — they frame the marker's first and last impression of your Coherence and Cohesion.