My sources tell me that if you write more than 250 words, you don?t receive any additional points, so don?t bother. On the contrary, it is better to write essay that have correct structure, vocabulary and grammar and a little shorter than 250 words than to write essay without structure or vocabulary and much longer than 250 words.

Regarding Academic Writing Task 1 ? same guidelines, don?t write more than 150 words simply because you won?t get any additional points for it. Instead of wasting extra time, use it to build better looking report or description, think of the right words to use, check your grammar ? do things you actually can get points for.

I just wondering what abt the academic writing? You did mentioned in your reply to one of the comment that the structure is nearly the same.
I just wanna know whether it has to be at least 5 paragraphs as well in task 2 academic writing? and for both task 1 & 2 it is required to write at least 150 & 250 respectively, so is that means they will not deduct the score if it is more than that? or till how much they will consider it if it is more than 150 & 250?

thank you.