Common mistakes of IELTS Writing Module

Writing module of IELTS urges one to navigate strategically and smartly to get the desired band score successfully. The module is designed by means of a certain structure in where one can be bemused and trapped by pitfalls given as puzzles. One needs to crack the puzzles to avoid the common flaws and mistakes with a view to achieving the score of success. In order to get the score of success i.e. the desired score one has to know & remark the points and junctures where he/she can be trapped by the common mistakes. The knowledge of these common mistakes naturally makes anyone confident enough to deal with the module smartly, spontaneously and successfully.

 

Avoid Instructions to write within word limit

• A very common mistake occurred in IELTS is to answer in more words than instructed.
• The length of a written task is very important and crucial. When instructions mention a minimal number of words (250 for an essay, 150 for report or letter), it means that any work shorter than required will be penalized.
• A longer essay doesn't mean better mark.
• Writing a long essay can indirectly cost marks because the chances of making mistakes increase with the number of words and sentences.
• Every point the topic refers & instructs needs to be covered because the examiners will be actually counting them.

 

Imprudent distribution of time

• Imprudent distribution of time in writing can be a great mistake due to the lack of knowledge about the timescale set for IELTS writing section
• The writing section is the way to write tasks responses based on integrated reading & listening tasks along with the write-up to support an opinion logically.
• The IELTS Writing test takes 60 minutes. Spend 20 minutes on Task 1, and 40 minutes on Task 2. One will need to manage own time, so he/she has to make it sure to move on to Task 2 after 20 minutes.
• The improper management aids the fact if anyone forgets to maintain the separate timescale for two different tasks then the mistakes will be more resistant to increase the score.
• Task 1 is to be finished within or before 40 minutes & task 2 is to be completed within 20 minutes to check minor errors and structural mistakes strategically.
• Otherwise one may run out of time which may lead a writing task with broken structure lack of strategies.

Misinterpret instructions to write & direct the tasks

• One can misinterpret by instructions given to write and direct the tasks.
• IELTS essay questions include a sentence that tells precisely what they are expected to do in their written response. 
• Typically, this sentence will include words like discuss, analyze, argue, support or refute and one is expected to respond accordingly.
• The mistake is that one can misinterpret what is instructed by means of relevancy.
• If the question asks to discuss both sides of this argument one needs to discuss the each and every side i.e. positive and negative issues uniformly otherwise the mark will be deducted or the write-up can be disqualified.
• It will be wrong when anyone is asked by a question whether he/she agrees or disagrees if he/she shares examples on the both by agreeing and disagreeing together separately without supporting own response by being on one side strongly and straightly.   

 

Path of plagiarism

• The path of plagiarism is the most costly mistake and also the easiest mistake to avoid.
• The topics of the tasks sometimes can be repeated. In that case, if anyone with good memory decides to memorize essays then it will be a terrible mistake because the examiners are trained to look for memorized/copied essays.
• The examiners are instructed to disqualify such tasks instantly without any kind of evaluation.
• Many test takers intentionally and unintentionally plagiarize parts of their IELTS Independent Writing task, copying parts of the text word-for-word.
• Even, in rarer cases, test takers may copy exact sentences from the lecture.
• If one does this on test day, the IELTS scorers will give the response a very low score, even if the rest of the writing in the essay is good. Scorers are expert in identifying such paths of plagiarism.
• The assessors have a lot of experience correcting essays, and it is very easy to recognize when a test taker has simply memorized text.
• The tasks should be unique and fundamental in order to get a smart and good score.

 

Absence of lucidity and simplicity

• If anyone writes a thesis statement that does not directly link to the essay question to give a simple and lucid overview then the examiner can get confused.
• One needs to compose a clear and relevant thesis.
• One does not need to be afraid of repeat words appearing in the question if they can express the theme lucidly to reflect direct links between the question and answer. It is better than the paraphrased keywords and phrases which are unable to sustain the meaning or which alters the meaning to a certain degree.

 

Use of intangible examples 

• If anyone uses intangible examples where the relevancy and reality are absent then the examples can be ambiguous and it will not good to glean a smart score.
• One needs to use something that can show the argument in action.
• One can refer to a real-life event, person, & place in order to make the examples tangible so that the examiner can get a pragmatic and real reflection on the task written.

 

Apply incorrect & inaccurate grammar

• The basic grammatical accuracy is an urge to maintain to excel the score of IELTS.
• The very common mistakes are done in the common fields: improper use of preposition, verb-tense issues, punctuation, articles, noun-verb agreement, countable-uncountable noun, capitalization of the proper noun.
• The spelling of words must be in the correct form which is always a crucial issue of evaluation.
• In order to maintain the coherence and cohesion in the writing task, one can use the connective words in a proper way but it can be penalized if the connective words are overused unnecessarily.

 

Exclude important Information from the question

• It’s important to recognize and include all of the most important details in the question.
• In Task 1 one will be presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram.
• He / She will be asked to describe, summarize or explain the information in own words.
• This might involve describing and explaining data, describing the stages of a process or how something works, or describing an object or event.
• Practice with ongoing time can help anyone to avoid mistakes, exclusion of important information from graphs, data, and given resources.
• One needs to amply utilize them to avoid mistakes.

 

Incorrect form of elucidation 

• Incorrect form of explanation/elucidation is another easy-to-make mistake in IELTS Writing.
• It’s common for test takers to change the meaning and explanation of the source information when they write it from the question e.g. the independent task/writing task 1.
• If the given information doesn’t match with the writing task then one may lose the mark.
• One should be cautious enough to maintain the meaning of origin during explaining and summarizing.

 

Unable to write to the point of plan  

• Test takers often have the absurd and irrelevant idea that they need to write more than 250 or 150 words to get a good score. It can not make any sense.
• One should be concerned that he/she doesn’t need to write much more than the instruction mentions to get a good score.
• It should be kept in mind that a short essay with few mistakes will score higher than a long essay with many mistakes. One has to write to the point of the plan.
• One cannot get a good score if he writes too little to avoid the risk of writing too much.
• It is usual that one has to write to the point, concisely, coherently and clearly fulfilling all the urges question wants.

 

Overlook & Obliterate Important Issues

• One doesn’t always pay enough attention to the use of punctuation which is really very important for writing task to compare, score, and evaluate the test takers, e.g. Most of the time test takers forget to put the comma before the ‘and’ of a sentence as it is shown in this line.
• Many of the test takers often start a sentence with a conjunction which is really a mistake. A conjunction is a word that is used to connect two words, phrases, or sentences e.g. and, but, or which are used only for connections. One should never begin a sentence with one of these words.
• Use of inappropriate abbreviations in their writing is one of the mistakes happened. One has to avoid any kind of short abbreviation, the acronym used in SMS. It always costs marks.
• It should be kept in mind that in academic writing the contraction form of two words is usually not acceptable, e.g. if one has the words are and not, they can be combined as aren't but one may do mistake by making it short in IELTS writing task which may cost negatively in the score.

 

No fixed / saved time for proofreading

• One may not feel the importance of proofreading and so many mistakes which can be corrected instantly only by a bird’s eye view, remain alive to make the score lower than accepted.
• If anyone doesn’t fix and save any time for proofreading then there may be mistakes regarding the spelling of words and rules of grammar.
• One should spend at least two minutes proofreading the written work. 
• Proofreading is an art to make the writing tasks shiner.
• One will be able to correct the grammatical mistakes, especially spelling mistakes and it will aid to glean a good and smart score.

 

The common mistakes in writing module of IELTS are to be remarked so that one can identify the problems during writing to avoid them and to give the potential to solve the problems regarding the mistakes. The elegance of energy derived from the perception and knowledge to write a task can be sustained to mesmerize the scorer by shining the writing tasks. One can shine and excel the writing module if he /she can eschew the common mistakes sincerely & strategically.