IELTS Writing Task 2: Direct / Two-part Question
You are asked two direct questions. Both must be answered, and given roughly equal space. Missing the second question is the fastest way to cap this essay at Band 5 for Task Response.
10 questions of this type
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Work and employment
Fewer young people in many countries are choosing to train for skilled manual trades such as plumbing or carpentry.
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Education
Many students now study a subject at university that they never use in their working lives.
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Environment
People are aware of climate change but often do not change how they live.
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Society
In many countries people are having children later in life than previous generations did.
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Technology
Many people find it hard to spend even a short time away from their phones.
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Health
Fewer adults take regular exercise than their parents' generation did.
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Reading and books
In many countries people read fewer books than they did twenty years ago.
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Food and diet
More people are choosing to eat less meat than in the past.
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Volunteering
Rates of volunteering have fallen in many communities.
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Language
Fewer school students choose to study a foreign language than in the past.