Board Race.  There are 10 questions.  All of the questions are from pages 22, 23, 24 and 25.  Work as a team to find the answers in your book.  Then write the answer on the board.  Only one team member may go up to the board at a time.  You may not bring this piece of paper or your textbook with you to the board.  The first team to get the correct answers to all 10 questions up on the board will get a prize.

1. How many words must you write for Writing Task 1?

2. How many minutes should you spend on Writing Task 1?

3. Which is worth more points:  Writing Task 1 or Writing Task 2?

4. True or False: You should try to explain the reasons behind the data in Task 1.

5. What style should you use for all IELTS essays?

6. What should you write in your first sentences?

7.  What are two examples of some useful expressions to link your ideas?

8. True or False: You should write about everything you see.

9. What are the four criteria that the examiners use to grade Writing Task 1?

10. What types of visual information might you be asked to write about?

Answers:

1. How many words must you write for Writing Task 1?  150

2. How many minutes should you spend on Writing Task 1?  20 minutes

3. Which is worth more points:  Writing Task 1 or Writing Task 2?  Task 2

4. True or False: You should try to explain the reasons behind the data in Task 1.  False

5. What style should you use for all IELTS essays?  Formal academic style

6. What should you write in your first sentences?  An overall description

7.  What are two examples of some useful expressions to link your ideas?  “in addition” and “however”

8. True or False: You should write about everything you see.  false

9. What are the four criteria that the examiners use to grade Writing Task 1?  Task achievement, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy

10. What types of visual information might you be asked to write about?  diagrams, bar charts, pie charts, tables, describe a process, how an object works, or a map