IELTS Writing

Mock 14 · Two tasks · word count, timing and model answers

Task 1 — Academic (min. 150 words, ~20 min)

The graph below shows the number of mobile and landline phone subscriptions (in millions) in a country between 2000 and 2020. Mobile: 2000 – 10m, 2010 – 60m, 2020 – 95m. Landline: 2000 – 40m, 2010 – 30m, 2020 – 15m. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

0 words / 150 min~20 min

Examiner tips

Open with an overview contrasting the two opposite trends.
Support the overview with specific figures at the start, middle and end.
Use change verbs: surged, climbed, fell steadily, more than halved.

Self-check against the four band criteria

Task Achievement — I answered every part of the prompt with a clear position and enough detail.
Coherence & Cohesion — my ideas are logically ordered into paragraphs with linking words.
Lexical Resource — I used a range of precise vocabulary, not the same words repeatedly.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy — I varied my sentence structures with few grammar errors.