Cambridge IELTS 12 General Writing Practice Test 2

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IELTS 12 General Training Writing Practice Test 2, Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

During a recent plane journey, you sat next to a businessman who owns a chain of restaurants. You talked to him and he suggested that you should contact him about a possible job in one of his restaurants.

Write a letter to this businessman. In your letter

• remind him when and where you met
• tell him what kind of job you are interested in
• say why you think you would be suitable for the job

Write at least 150 words.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear …………… ,

Sample Writing Answer:

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6.0 score.

Dear Sir,

I am Alejandro Garcia, we met last week in a plane journey from London to Manchester. I am writing to tell you that I really want to work in your chain of restaurant because I am not working at the moment and I need some money.

In my last two years I had been working in restaurant as a chef and I have been doing an Indian and an Italian course in a very famous academy. So if I had to choose I would like to be the chef. However, if you already have chefs I wouldn’t have problem to work as a waiter

I think I will be suitable for this job because I am a very responsible person and I have been training very hard to have a possibility like this. Also, I have experience working with other people and how to manage a group.

I hope you would consider my application. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours fathfully

Alejandro Garcia

Examiner’s Comments:

The purpose of the letter is clear, but the tone is not entirely consistent [Dear Sir / I am not working at the moment and I need some money). All three bullet points are covered quite well, however. Information and ideas are arranged coherently and there is a clear overall progression, with sufficient use of cohesive devices. The range of lexis is adequate and appropriate for the task [I really want to work in your chain of restaurants) | working … as a chef | experience working with other people | consider my application]. Spelling is generally accurate. There is a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, and grammatical control is generally accurate.

IELTS 12 General Training Writing Practice Test 2, Task 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is in the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there.

What is your opinion about this?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Sample Writing Answer:

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 7.0 score.

Presently, the problem of a living space has risen into prominance in many places of the country. There is absolutely no way to build new houses in some cities, and a lot of people suggest to carry out construction in the countryside. However, it is a controversial topic introducing heavy debates.

Opponents of urbanisation of former rural areas state that it would cause a dramatic effect on the natural ecosystem of such places. The most drastic consequences are caused by infrastructure that necessarily follows any human settlement – that is, roads, pover lines, means of water supply and such. The construction of those engineering projects leads to destruction of natural bioms of ponds, rivers and forests, causing many animals to migrate or go extinct. The arguments of environmentalists do make sense, but there also valuable ideas supporting the countryside occupation.

First of all, not even the most extreme supporter of spreading urbanization maintain that all of the countryside should be filled with homes all over the place. In fact, there are good examples of even larger cities living perhaps not in harmony with surrounding nature, but at least in some form of cooperation. Having a considerable amounts of parks inside inhabited area help both people to feel themselves better and plants and animals to have some sort of home. If I may to present an example, the city of Zaporizhla where I live has a large island between the parts of the city which is covered with trees and largely unoccupied, being a nice counterpart to heavily populated nearby districts.

In conclusion, I would like to stress that while opponents of countryside settlements have many valid points, the situation is not as drastic as they portray it, and the co-existence of human population with nature is quite possible.

Examiner’s Comments:

This is a well-organised piece of writing, presenting ideas on both sides of the debate, developing these ideas effectively and also showing the candidate’s own position throughout the response. Ideas are logically organised and there is a clear progression in the train of thought. Each paragraph has a clear central topic, which is developed, and there is effective use of cohesive devices.

The lexical resource is sufficient to allow some flexibility and precision and there is use of less common items [natural ecosystem | human settlement engineering projects, the most extreme supporters of | in harmony with surrounding nature]. There are occasional errors in spelling and collocation [prominance | heavy debates | go extinct], but these do not detract from overall clarity. There is a variety of complex structures, used with flexibility and accuracy, while grammar and punctuation are generally well controlled. Errors do not adversely affect the overall message.