IELTS Writing Course: Lesson 7

In lesson 3 - Topics, we looked at how you could organise your main points for an IELTS writing task 2 essay, before fleshing those ideas out into topic sentences and then full paragraphs. In this lesson we will look at how you can link these ideas together with a very important language item that you should use in both your writing and speaking tests: linking words. In the 'practise' section below, we will stay on the topic of comparing the city to the countryside using the same ideas from lesson 3 and we will look at a range of linking devices that will support every aspect of your essay.

You can make notes like this on the question paper before you start writing. For computer-based tests, you may have to simplify the way you make notes on-screen.

In the picture above, the arrows highlight a couple of the advantages of living in a city and relate them to a couple of disadvantages of living in the countryside. These can be compared and contrasted in your essay using a variety of linking words. Watch the video below for more information.

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As mentioned, here's a link to my other linking word video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGRK9TH-65M