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You can agree or you can disagree or you can partially agree (this means you present a specific opinion, often called a balanced view but it doesn’t mean a discussion essay). No student should try a partial agreement unless they have been trained how to do it.

You give as few or as many examples as you want. It is entirely your choice and doesn’t affect your score. Vocabulary should be appropriate. You should aim for accuracy rather than just trying to impress. Yes, you can use “I am convinced” but it won’t change your score unless all your essay contains the same level words.
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Liz

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On the one hand ,there are ample reasons that why individual should think about tomorrow. First of all ,nobody knows that how long years he would live so,he/she should save money which will aid to fulfill the needs of old age because amenities of old ages are more than affabilities of youth like health problems ,food ,shelter and so on .Moreover ,we cannot work full time life because age of retirement is already fixed .After retirement ,old people more commute to meet their friends and relatives .Furthermore ,one person have to accomplish the needs of family .Therefore ,if he/ she will save some amount of income the he/she caters good education for his/her children .Also individual can invest save money on marriage .Therefore ,he/ she will not have to need to take bank loan.

When I read other tools for writing task 2, I saw that intro paragraph should have 3 parts, general statement, referal to the viewpoint in the question and my answer to the question. When I look at the this model essay, it does not have a general statement, it directly starts with viewpoint in the question. Which one is correct?
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Firstly, I want to thank you for putting up this website. I will be taking my exam this May and I find your website very useful and easy to understand. I do have a question on the introduction of the model essay, I’m confused as when to use however in a sentence. I know it is a linking word used to contrast but from the paragraph above, is it applicable to use however? In my understanding, however is used to disagree with the first statement which is “Social networking sites, for instance Facebook, are thought by some to have had…” In this case disagreeing with it means that your opinion is that you don’t agree with the first sentence but at the end of the paragraph, you stated that you are agreeing with the statement. Shouldn’t we omit the word however instead?

An IELTS essay should be between 270 and 290 words more or less. Your introduction alone is around 90 words instead of 40 to 50. You’ve also included creative, imaginative ideas – spider and webs – this is inappropriate for an IELTS essay. You’ve clearly got good English but you won’t even hit 7 unless you learn the right techniques. I highly suggest you think of getting my opinion essay lesson to learn the right techniques:

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I am assuming the reason you use past perfect tense throughout the whole essay is because the topic is in past perfect tense. But even for the topic, I don’t understand why this tense is being used instead of just present tense to describe the phenomenon in general, instead of implying the impact of SNS has ended? It is still happening, right?

Please pardon me my ignorance if you can.

You write your opinion and nothing more. It does not ask you discuss both sides. If you agree, then your whole essay explains why. If you disagree, your whole essay explains that. See my advanced lessons to learn exactly how to write IELTS essays:

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Hi Liz
I used your blog to prepare for my test which I had, thanks for making it easy for me via your tutorials
The essay question was;
Housing is a basic necessity. Governments should provide housing for those who cannot afford. To what extent do you agree?

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hello Liz,
I don’t understand when i should present only my opinion and when to present both sides
For example in the above essay the questiom was ” to what extend do you agree?”
But the model answer he gave the point of view but also discussed both advantages and disadvantages.

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Hi liz,
I just wondering for agree and disagree instruction, so is it okay if we agree in half case and disagree in other case, for example your essay. I read from other’s website, we should choose only one, agree or disagree. Thank you

Reply Nbailey December 13, 2010 18:19 pm

I have had many IELTS teachers asking such questions to me in the past. The latter approach you mentioned is less direct. While this is a good approach for many academic essays and may draw the attention of the reader, it is unnecessary for IELTS. An IELTS introduction should serve two purposes, as you said, to introduce the essay question and present your position. Anything more is unnecessary. This is a short academic essay with a strict time limit. The main bulk of the points awarded in IELTS writing task 2 come from the body paragraphs so extending the introduction further is a waste of time and words.

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