IELTS Essay Instructions Agree Disagree To what extent

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Below are the answers to your concerns about IELTS essay instructions.

In writing task 2, it is essential that you understand the instructions given to you. It will affect your score for Task Response, which is 25% of your marks.

Are the following instructions different?

  1. Do you agree or disagree?
  2. Do you agree?
  3. To what extent do you agree?
  4. What is your opinion?

Are they the same or are they different?

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Answers

All instructions above are the same.  There is no difference between them. You will write the same essay.

IELTS like to paraphrase instructions. All the above instructions are asking for your opinion. For all the above instructions, you can choose a one sided approach or a partial agreement (known as a balanced view or specific view).

 

 

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  1. Aneeb Ejaz says
    November 28, 2017 at

    Hey mam , i hope you are fine .
    I want to ask how to write your opinion in ” to what extent you agree or disagree” essay
    Rply me asap i have test on 2nd Dec . Thanks 🙂

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  2. Isaac says
    November 23, 2017 at

    Hi Liz, thanks for doing what you do.
    Pls, I’ll like to ask, is there penalisation for writing too much words for word count. Like writing over 200 words for letter writing task 1 and over 300 words for task 2
    Thanks

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    • Liz says
      November 23, 2017 at

      There is no upper word limit. But writing more will not help your score. In fact, it allows for more mistakes and a less focused piece of writing – that will lower your score.

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  3. Uche says
    November 23, 2017 at

    Hello mam, thanks for ur help all the way.pls, I v a concern.how do u address and sign off a letter to a neighbour in ielts general task one?
    Thanks for ur prompt response.

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  4. Richard Thomas says
    November 23, 2017 at

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    • Liz says
      November 23, 2017 at

      Thanks, Richard. I’m glad you and your students can benefit from my site. I’m hoping at some stage to have a teacher’s page of resource materials but I just haven’t had the time so far. Hopefully next year 🙂

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    November 22, 2017 at

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  6. Himanshu says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Liz I am giving my exam this weekend….any final tips…please

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  7. Neuroscientia says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Got it. Thank you Liz.

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  8. Hadeel says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Dear Liz,
    In this kind of questions I have to write in the introduction and the conclusion my opinion if I agree or not with the statement. Also in the body I should write opinion of people who agree with the statement, and in the another paragraph I should write the view of people which disagreement with the statement. Right? I need to explain to me that, please.

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  9. Anusha Jose says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Thank you Ma’m .

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    November 22, 2017 at

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      November 22, 2017 at

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        November 22, 2017 at

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          November 22, 2017 at

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          November 23, 2017 at

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  11. Shweta pandya says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Thanks Liz.😃

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  12. Alex says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Do you agree or disagree?
    For this question can we give partial agreement? I thought this was asking specifically for either agree or disagree.

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    • Liz says
      November 22, 2017 at

      As I explained above, they are all the same essay. All of the above instructions are the same – yes you can have a partial agreement on an agree/disagree essay.

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  13. Nina says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Yesssss! Got it!

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  14. Tien says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Hi Liz, thanks.

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  15. Kulwin says
    November 22, 2017 at

    Thank you so much for clearing this

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