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IELTS WRITING TASK 2

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Try to get used to seeing a question and extracting two basic ideas for paragraphs. These two ideas are your two paragraphs. Once you have your two simple ideas / sentences (P1 and P ! the whole essay starts.

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The internet has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that the internet has positively or negatively affected the development of your society" P1 positively 1##$ reason 1 Reduced communication costs. P positively 1##$ reason A big game-changer in certain commercial sectors, especially retail book shops.
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The idea of having one %ob is becoming old fashioned. The new fashion is to have several %obs or ways of earning money. To what extent do you agree or disagree" &an you see how we have two views here" Then a 'to what extent do (O) *+,-- / ./0*+,--' 1this is confusing.

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2hen ma3ing my plan /'m %ust going for a simple coherent essay which is easy to understand and explain... P14 *+,-- one %ob is old fashioned ... P 4 *+,-- several %obs the norm... To conclude4 my opinion is totally in favour of the modern new trend of 'career hopping'.
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5ecause of new sub%ects such as computer programming studies6 numerous education centres have dropped music from the curriculum. 7ow important is music in a young person8s education" P14 0chools dropping music. -xplain why... P 4 9usic is important for children because...

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0o6 we have our two ideas. ;ow we can build a simple essay around these two points. To start with6 the essay will be very basic. This is a 's3eleton' essay6 later we put on the muscles6 and fill it out.

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To summarise6 we have the most important parts4 P14 /dea 1 for the first paragraph. P 4 /dea for the second paragraph.

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+etting the P1 and P is fundamental. /n the 0entence +uide we go into it in great detail. 2hy" 5ecause if you get the start wrong6 the destination will be wrong also. 0o it is critical to get P1 and P completely under control.
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2ith these ideas we can drop them into the 's3eleton' essay plan. The essay plan is an outline of each sentence we will write. The introduction will loo3 li3e this4

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+ < 0entence 1 < 014 This general sentence introduces the essay. O < 0 4 7ere / place my opinion and my main reason (P1 = P ! (sometimes you may need a second sentence to describe P !. T < T0>4 7ere is a universal sentence you can place if you have problems writing the stated amount of words4 This essay will discus both sides / issues6 using examples to demonstrate points and support arguments.

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The internet has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that the internet has positively or negatively affected the development of your society" P1 positively 1##$ reason 1 Reduced communication costs. P positively 1##$ reason A big game-changer in certain commercial sectors, especially retail book shops.
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The internet has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that the internet has positively or negatively affected the development of your society" /;T,O.)&T/O; < +OT + < The internet is becoming evermore pervasive in everyday culture6 both in a positive and a negative manner. Sentence 1 = S1: This general sentence introduces the essay.

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O < 0 4 Personally / believe the fall in the cost in communication technologies and the dramatic change in certain commercial sectors have definitely benefited the consumer. Here place my opinion and my main reason !"1#"$% !sometimes you may need a second sentence to describe "$%. T < T0>4 This essay will discus both issues6 using examples to demonstrate points and support arguments. Here is a uni&ersal sentence you can place if you ha&e problems 'riting the stated amount o( 'ords:

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The internet is becoming evermore pervasive in everyday culture6 both in a positive and a negative manner. Personally6 the fall in the cost in communication technologies and the dramatic change in certain commercial sectors have definitely benefited the consumer. This essay will discus both issues6 using examples to demonstrate points and support arguments. -xcellent introduction. 5rief6 shows the direction / will ta3e the reader / examiner. 5ecause we have P1 and P in the introduction6 and because we will expand on these points in the next two paragraphs6 we are guaranteed to score points for &?&.

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The internet is becoming evermore pervasive in everyday culture6 both in a positive and a negative manner. Personally / believe the fall in the cost in communication technologies and the dramatic change in certain commercial sectors have definitely benefited the consumer. This essay will discus both issues6 using examples to demonstrate points and support arguments. -xcellent introduction. 5rief6 shows the direction / will ta3e the examiner. 5ecause we have P1 and P in the introduction6 and because we will expand on these points in the next two paragraphs6 we are guaranteed to score points for &?&.

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/n the 0entence +uide we build a whole essay using this format. 2e start with the s3eleton essay 1once that is under control @ we start putting on the muscle. /t is easy to remember. -asy to implement. +uarantees points for &?& and Tas3 ,esponse.

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