The ONLY IELTS Writing Task 2 Strategy You Need in 2025

IELTS Writing Task 2 is the second part of the writing test, where you are presented with a point of view, argument, or problem and asked to write an essay in response. Your essay should be in a formal style, at least 250 words, and you should aim to complete it in under 40 minutes.

In this video, you will learn a simple strategy that helped one of our students improve her score from Band 6.5 to Band 8. By fixing basic mistakes and focusing on planning, writing, and checking, she wrote essays that examiners look for. We’ll show you her first essay, the changes she made, and the final essay that scored Band 8.

I've also added a question at the end of the video. Post your answers in the comments below, and I will select a few samples and give detailed feedback in our next video.

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[aditii]

I manifested this video! I was looking for a video to guide me for task 2, and this was uploaded today :)
My test is day after tomorrow and hope to score well

[DayAres]

My exam is tomorrow, good luck for me and for everyone else!

[Kriti-fvys]

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[MuxammedAtamuratov]

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[MuxammedAtamuratov]

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[joykarunya]

Thank you so much Chris sir. I’m really grateful to you. I got my results today. I’ve got overall band score 7.
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[nirajagarwal]

Hey Chris,
I just wanted to convey my heartfelt thanks to you. When I started preparing, just 2 weeks ago, I was completely clueless on how to approach IELTS. However, I just sticked to your channel and followed everything you explained and I was able to score very well.
I got my results yesterday and was able to score a 7.5 band.
Much appreciation for the hard work you have put in.
Thanks !!

[illuminated]

I am so relieved I have found your channel after desperately searching for a suitable one for me! My academic exam is in 5 days and I need a solid 8, but I haven’t had much time to prepare. (Let’s say I have a week only). Your videos are such a great help. Thank you for what you are doing!

[EnaxonTursunova-xl]

Thank you too much for teaching writing skills.When i see your videos, i say myself one day i will teacher as you.

[Svitlana-K]

Thank you so much, Chris.
Here is my essay.
People consume larger amounts of processed food than they used to many years ago. This is due to their hectic lifestyles, and as a result, more and more people have worse health than before.
In the extremely competitive and expensive world, people tend to have more working hours than some decades ago to earn a better living for their families. This means they have to be at work earlier and come home later. Therefore they have less time for cooking at home and are used to buying ready-to-eat products on their way from work or at the weekend. That is cheaper and faster: they can have a family dinner by heating the food. Moreover, their children can serve themselves whilst their parents are still at work. In Toronto, for example, the streets and public transportation are usually overcrowded early in the morning and late in the evening with employees commuting home tired after long working hours without any desire to prepare food.
The primary effect of eating highly processed food is the overall poor health conditions of the population. In other words, a large proportion of people especially children do not have a well-balanced diet containing all the vital nutrients and suffer from a variety of diseases that sometimes require special treatment. One of the widespread predicaments, for instance, is growing obesity among children and adults almost around the world. These obese people are the result of consuming highly processed food with ingredients harmful to human beings.
In conclusion, the increasing consumption of processed products caused by a busy life with long working hours harms people’s health.

[KrishalGamingYT]

I will be attending examination tomorrow, wish me luck 🤞

[Raymond_have]

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[kalvizidan]

Thank you, Chris.
here is my essay



Nowadays people consume more processed food than ever. This essay believes that this is majorly because of excessive workload. And with too much consumption people may suffer some serious consequence.

People majorly resort to processed items due to their hectic schedules. In this modern age, people have extreme work pressure which takes a huge amount of their daily lives. After dedicating a long period of time to their jobs, it becomes hard for them to prepare their meals with a tired mind and body. For example, in the US almost every working household uses canned foods for their three time meals as they neither have time or energy to cook for themselves.

These intakes of highly processed foods results in severe health problems. For preservation purposes, high levels of artificial agents and flavor enhancers are added in canned meals. But, our organs are not build to absorb or process these chemicals which leads to kidney damage, liver damage, gut health issues, etc. For instance, Doctors have found that artificial chesse found on burgers and hot-dogs have so much fat and chemicals in them that by weekly intake a person might suffer from long term heart issues and in the worst case blockages in the heart.

In conclusion, due to the lack of work life balance people choose processed meals but as these items have extensive amount of unnatural substance heavy consumption of these foods might lead to different sorts of physical problems.