Hi Milan I'm not good at essay correction but I can give some suggestions.In my opinion you should avoid phrases and some words such as irrefutable,contemporary era and so on.Make it simple and answer to the question . Please don't try impress examiner by showing your vocabs.I'm sure it doesn't work.
Hi Milan,
These are my comments on your work – and I think these may also apply to everybody who is struggling to achieve a higher score in writing (7+). I understand that this part is quite more difficult than others, but it is possible!!!
Overall, you made good points on your essay, however, some of ideas may have been underdeveloped. I think, to achieve score of at least 7, you should make sure that you explain your concepts in a simple – but well structured manner.
1. Introduction:
Instead of saying this, “The following paragraphs would shed light on both the approaches before making final note on my perspective with an apt example.”
I would probably say,
In my view, showing these sports activities to the public would definitely encourage people to be more active, but
(include your point or points in your Para 3) – example: but having more public recreational centers in every town would be a more effective way to improve physical activity.
2.
Make an outline. You just have to create keywords as this should only take about 3 mins of your time. This will ensure that the body of the essay would be fully developed. In your case, you provided examples on Para 2 and 3, but you ended them shortly – try to expound the ideas more. See example below: This is how I would develop your ideas based on your example.
Example in your case:
Body 1: People in favor of showing sports events to adults
> due to millions of fans -> more people will also do sports/ exercise
> Example: your cousin who was exposed to these when he was still a child. Result: He is now a regionally acclaimed athlete in your area, and is also providing a positive influence to his children to be more physically active.
Body 2: Other way(s): by having the government to build recreation centers
> open to everyone
> Example: in your area – the public gym offers variety of activities for all ages: swimming, indoor running, playing tennis, etc. Result: people are more active, less prone to having chronic conditions, etc.
This is what I did: I went to IELTS practice writing materials by Liz and tried to answer them by just making an outline as it was not possible for me to write an essay on each topic. This gave me some predetermined answers on every topic, and on the actual exam, I had some good points to discuss. This really helped me with my writing!
3. You don’t have to use fancy words. I use basic words in English – but I tried to use complex and compound sentences as much as possible. But be careful!! Using complex sentences could make your essay more difficult to understand if you use the conjunctions inappropriately.
I did not use “second school of thought”, “embark with first notion”, “to recapitulate” and so on – as I think these are merely memorized phrases/ clauses, and they do not sound appropriate for most of the topics in IELTS. You should focus more on having good complex or sentences. If you notice you have two simple sentences, then maybe you could combine them to make it either complex or compund - but use appropriate conjunctions. If you are not sure, then leave them as is!
4. Conclusion:
It is a run-on sentence or paragraph and is quite hard to understand.
We should have at least 2 sentences on my conclusion (I usually write 3.)
You may say like:
To conclude, these sports events would generally be a good way to encourage the public to have an active lifestyle as these could serve as an inspiration especially to the younger ones. However, I firmly believe that … ( paraphrase Para 3).
Good luck!!