The General Training Writing test is 60 minutes long. It has two writing tasks of 150 words and 250 words.
In Task 1, candidates are asked to respond to a situation, by writing a letter for example, requesting information or explaining a situation. In Task 2, candidates write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem.
Below are samples of Task 1 and Task 2. (Note that candidates for IELTS Academic do a different Reading test to IELTS General Training).
Computer-delivered General Training IELTS Writing test
There is no difference in the content, format or level of difficulty and scoring of the computer-delivered IELTS test. The type of Writing questions asked, thus, remain the same as in the paper-based test: Please ensure you are using Chrome or Firefox to launch the sample texts.
| Computer Based General Training WRITing Sample tasks |
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| Sample General Training Writing – Part 1 Launch sample test Download sample candidate writing scripts & examiner comments |
| Sample General Training Writing – Part 2 Launch sample test Download sample candidate writing scripts & examiner comments |
Paper Based General Training Writing Sample tasks
| Downloadable General Training Writing Samples |
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| General Training Writing Sample – Task 1 (PDF, 21KB) |
| General Training Writing Sample – Task 2 (PDF, 11KB) |
| IELTS Writing Answer sheet |
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| IELTS Writing Answer sheet Task 1 (PDF, 700KB) |
| IELTS Writing Answer sheet Task 2 (PDF, 400KB) |
| General Training Writing Sample Script |
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| General Training Writing Sample Script (PDF, 869KB) |