Cambridge IELTS 12 General Writing Practice Test 1

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IELTS 12 General Training Writing Practice Test 1, Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You work at home and have a problem with a piece of equipment that you use for your job.

Write a letter to the shop or company which supplied the equipment.

In your letter

• describe the problem with the equipment
• explain how this problem is affecting your work
• say what you want the shop or company to do

Write at least 150 words.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Sample Writing Answer:

This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6.5 score.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I work as a Houman Resourse manager and I do all my work at home. Few months ago I needed to buy extra hard driver for arrange my all work files. I bought sony 1000GB hard driver from your store in O’connell street in May. I was really happy to use this until yesterday. Yesterday morning i started to use work files from hd but was reading so long and at last it stucked. I tried to turn on and off computer but still same could not open files.

I was have many works should finish by yesterday. Also all of my meeting appointments files was in that hd but all cancelled because I could not see the time and places. Yesterday afternoon I called to your customer service but they explained that I have to wait 3 working days.

I have many urgent metters in this ha so I couldn’t wait to fix that so long. This hd have still a guarantee.

I have request to fix this hd and recover all my files by today!

I belive you are good and well known company so I’m waiting for your best and user friendly service as soon as possible.

Thanks and regards

Examiner’s Comments:

The response covers all the requirements of the task, shows a clear purpose and uses an appropriate tone. All the bullet points are well covered. Organisation is logical and there is a clear progression throughout the response. Cohesive devices are used flexibly. The range of vocabulary is sufficient and appropriate for the task, and, although there are errors [Houman Resourse | hard driver | at least | metters], the meaning is still clear. There is a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but complex structures are produced less accurately than simple forms [/ was have many works should finish by yesterday |…. I couldn’t wait to fix that so long].

IELTS 12 General Training Writing Practice Test 1, Task 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Today more and more tourists are visiting places where conditions are difficult, such as the Sahara desert or the Antarctic.

What are the benefits and disadvantages for tourists who visit such places?

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 5.0 score.

The globalization is the most important topic for all the people. They want to know what is happening around and what is the reason for that. the people discovering the things getting aware about hidden things. The tourists are visiting the deserts more as compare to other places. Although the conditions are bit more difficult in such type of place but they are excited to know about each and everything.

The benefits to visit such areas is that they actually want to let people know what is the difference between the life in desert and other normal places. It is shown in one of the Australian movie which is cast on a Japanese. In movie the Japese goes to desert for some research about how to survive in deserts. His car stuck into the desert. He just keeps try to get out of there and at the end he become succeed. After moving forward some distance he watch a cannel of water and he jump into that water but depth is not so much and he dies because his neck hit by stone into the water. So it make us realize that when you found a cannel in deserts especially first make sure that how deep it is.

I Secondly, the disadvantages to visit the deserts is that the casualty rate is more in deserts as compare to other discoveries. When tourists go to the desert, they even don’t know either they will return back to home or not.

The case is that the people are going to desert more because there are more things to discover like mines, minerals, medical related preventions etc. Here is another example that once people got diamonds from desert which was in UAE. They took it as pebbles but when they came back to home they realize that were diamonds.

Examiner’s Comments:

The candidate focuses on tourists visiting the desert, rather than on visiting places where conditions are difficult, so the prompt is not fully addressed. There is an attempt to discuss some benefits and disadvantages, but ideas are limited. The response is organised into paragraphs, but the focus of each is not always clear, while cohesive devices are sometimes faulty (as compare to] and the subject of reference pronouns is sometimes ambiguous [Although the conditions are a bit more difficult in such type of places but they are excited… | The benefits to visit such areas is that they actually want to …].

The range of lexis is sometimes limited [The people discovering the things], yet the candidate is quite adventurous at times (some research about how to survive in deserts | cannel of water | depth | deep | casualty rate]. There are attempts to produce complex structures, but these usually contain errors [what is the reasons for that | Although … but | Here is another example that …].