IELTS Writing Samples: Essay, Letter, Report
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Here you will find IELTS Writing samples (essays, letters, reports), written by students and graded by an IELTS teacher. Every task is checked, marked, has comments and suggestions. Hold the mouse over underlined words in blue to see suggested corrections. The teacher’s summary is at the bottom of each essay.
IELTS Essay – Band 8
- IELTS Essay Samples of Band 8
- IELTS essay, topic: the development of technology causes traditional skills to die out, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: Why do criminals commit another offence after being punished?
- IELTS essay, topic: Schools should select students by their academic abilities, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: Children these days are suffering from obesity, why and how can it be solved?
- IELTS essay, topic: Public libraries should only provide books, not videos or DVD, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: Children should be engaged in paid work, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: Should people spend a lot on weddings and birthday parties?
- IELTS Essay, topic: the positive and the negative sides of globalization
- IELTS Essay, topic: children and rules
- IELTS Essay, topic: The advantages and disadvantages of globalization
- IELTS Essay, topic: Financial education
- IELTS Essay, topic: Computers replacing teachers
- IELTS Essay, topic: Rich countries should help the poor
- IELTS Essay, topic: Events bringing people together
- IELTS Essay, topic: Computers instead of teachers
IELTS Essay – Band 7
- IELTS Essay Samples of Band 7
- IELTS Essay, topic: Should students travel?
- IELTS Essay, topic: Computers in the future
- IELTS Essay, topic: Working children
- IELTS Essay, topic: The Internet and communication
- IELTS Essay, topic: News on TV
- IELTS Essay, topic: Environmental problems
- IELTS Essay, topic: Capital punishment
- IELTS Essay, topic: Should tobacco be prohibited?
- IELTS Essay, topic: Should wealthy nations share their wealth?
- IELTS Essay, topic: Advertising
- IELTS Essay, topic: Computers in our life
- IELTS Essay, topic: The Internet as a source of information
- IELTS Essay, topic: Smoking in public places
- IELTS Essay, topic: Children and rules
- IELTS Essay, topic: Space exploration
- IELTS Essay, topic: Internet connecting people
- IELTS Essay, topic: Popular events
IELTS Essay – Band 6
- IELTS Essay Samples of Band 6
- IELTS essay, topic: Students from rural areas should get a subsidized university education, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: Should students do other activities in addition to studying?
- IELTS essay, topic: Change is always a good thing, agree or disagree?
- IELTS essay, topic: The advantages and disadvantages of studying in another country
- IELTS Essay, Topic: Is financial education at school a must?
- IELTS Essay, Topic: Avoiding traffic accidents
- IELTS Essay, Topic: Reasons for and against dieting
- IELTS Essay, Topic: The positive and negative sides of globalization
- IELTS essay, topic: Should children be working?
- IELTS essay, topic - Getting the news from the radio, TV or the Internet
- IELTS essay, topic - People moving into English speaking countries
- IELTS Essay, topic: Traffic accidents
- IELTS Essay, topic: Financial education at school
- IELTS Essay, topic: Aspects of globalization
- IELTS Essay, topic: Dieting changes a person's life
- IELTS Essay, topic: Reasons to attend college
- IELTS Essay, topic: Education as a critical factor
- IELTS Essay, topic: Learning about the past
- IELTS Essay, topic: Globalization
- IELTS Essay, topic: Leisure time activities
- IELTS Essay, topic: Critical factors to the development of a country
- IELTS Essay, topic: Financial education
- IELTS Essay, topic: Women in power
- IELTS Essay, topic: Overpopulation
IELTS Essay – Band 5
- IELTS Essay Samples of Band 5
- IELTS Essay, topic: Natural resources cannot sustain economic growth, agree or disagree?
- IELTS Essay, topic: keeping pets to live a more enjoyable life
- IELTS Essay, topic: the mother's and father's role in a family
- IELTS Essay, topic: Capital Punishment
- IELTS Essay, topic: Education with or without a teacher
- IELTS Essay, topic: A popular hobby rather than a favorite passtime
- IELTS Essay, topic: University money better spent on libraries or sports
- IELTS Essay, topic: Modern medicine helps to live longer
IELTS Letter – Band 8
- IELTS Sample Letters of Band 8
- IELTS Letter, topic: Your friend is coming over to stay with you
- IELTS Letter, topic: Get well wishes for a team-mate
- IELTS Letter, topic: Leaving your current employment
- IELTS Letter, topic: An explanation for a relative
- IELTS Letter, topic: Telling a friend about a new job
- IELTS Letter, topic: Complaining to neighbours about their noisy dog
- IELTS Letter, topic: Explaining to a friend how to look after your house
- IELTS Letter, topic: Expressing dissatisfaction with a course at college
- IELTS Letter, topic: A complaint about a purchase made online
- IELTS Letter, topic: Booking a hotel room
- IELTS Letter, topic: Personal, asking for the forgotten file
- IELTS Letter, topic: An explanation for the boss
IELTS Letter – Band 7
- IELTS Sample Letters of Band 7
- IELTS Letter, topic: Complaint about a laptop
- IELTS Letter, topic: Asking for information about an executive event
- IELTS Letter, topic: Asking for information about a seminar
- IELTS Letter, topic: Writing to a pen pal
- IELTS Letter, topic: Writing to a manager about problems at work
- IELTS Letter, topic: Complaint about a faulty mobile phone
- IELTS Letter, topic: Complaint about a rental car
- IELTS Letter, topic: a migrant writes a letter to a friend
- IELTS Letter, topic: item left on the bus
- IELTS Letter, topic: Explanation of delayed first working day
- IELTS Letter, topic: Asking for information on scholarships
- IELTS Letter, topic: Cleaning job application
IELTS Report – Band 8
- IELTS Sample Reports of Band 8
- IELTS Report, topic: Bar chart of average house prices
- IELTS Report, topic: Bar graph describing trends in consumption of fast food
- IELTS Report, topic: Map with two sites for a shopping mall
IELTS Report – Band 7
- IELTS Sample Reports of Band 7
- IELTS Report, topic: Bar graph describing average house prices
- IELTS Report, topic: Table describing the satisfaction of sports club’s members
- IELTS Report, topic: Bar graph describing trends in consumption of fast food
- IELTS Report, topic: Line graph describing the consumption of fish and meat
- IELTS report, topic: Double line graph describing the birth rate in China and the USA
- IELTS report, topic: Table describing different types of families living in poverty
- IELTS Report, topic: a pie chart of leisure activities
- IELTS Report, topic: bar graph of water usage
- IELTS Report, topic: A line graph of wages growth
- IELTS Report, topic: Table of home schooled students' percentages
Note: the tasks are checked by an IELTS teacher, not an IELTS examiner or examiner trainer. All the bands are approximate.
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