Practice: Timed Essay Writing

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 14 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: write a complete Band 7-style essay inside 40 minutes — the clock plan, a Band 6 vs Band 7 contrast of the same essay, and a fully timed mission.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Forty minutes on the clock

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Spending your forty minutes

    Read a 278-word text about Spending your forty minutes

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Essay Cohesion Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Linking and Cohesion Practice

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Essay Sentences Under Pressure

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Essay Stages to Time Limits

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Timed Essay Planning Practice

    Role-play: Practise the 5-minute planning phase for a real IELTS essay question (4 lines)

  7. Reading10 min

    Reading: Band 6 vs Band 7: the same essay

    Read a 663-word text about Band 6 vs Band 7: the same essay

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The full forty minutes

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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