Task Response: The Most Misunderstood IELTS Writing Criterion
How to Fully Address Both Views and Avoid the 5.0 Cap
Task Response represents 25% of your total writing score. Learn how addressing only half of a two-part prompt caps your score at 5.0 and how to guarantee full compliance.
01 — Identify The Problem
Answering only one part of a 'Discuss both views and give your opinion' prompt, or ignoring plural requirements (e.g. discussing only one problem when the prompt asks for 'problems').
02 — Why It Happens
Rushing to write without dissecting the prompt's instruction words and qualifiers.
03 — The Strategy
04 — Demonstration
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Writes 4 sentences on View A, and 12 sentences on View B.
Writes 1 balanced 80-word paragraph for View A, and 1 balanced 80-word paragraph for View B, explicitly stating why View B is more persuasive.
05 — Common Trap
Giving an opinion in the conclusion that was never mentioned in the introduction or body.
06 — Practice Method
"Answer all parts of the question with equal depth. Balance is the key to Band 7+ Task Response."
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