Staying on topic exercises

Staying on topic exercises

Staying on topic is essential for a good result in the IELTS test, so practice by deciding which Task 2 title the paragraphs match best with. Click the link below to begin.
Staying on topic

Staying on topic

Once you’ve analysed the question and planned your paragraphs, you’re ready to start writing. However, it is very common for IELTS candidates to lose points as they start writing by simply not staying on topic. A well-written paragraph in Task 2 should be...
Staying on topic

An example of using formal linking words

Using linking words in a formal style is essential if you are looking to get a good result in the writing test. We will look more at linking words in the next unit, but take a look below to see how formal linking words (in bold) have been used. It is the Government’s...
Video: Building paragraphs

Video: Building paragraphs

Narration: This paragraph is well written because it has a topic sentence which is developed and supported with examples. There are a number of other aspects to the paragraph which also make it worth a high result. There are a number of linking words –...