Four Marking Criteria for Writing
When the IELTS examiners mark your writing tasks, they mark them based on FOUR criteria. Here, I explain each criteria so they are easy to understand. Before you practise your IELTS writing tasks, you should think about these carefully and make sure you follow the checklist at the bottom.
| Task Achievement and Response | This part checks if you have followed the instructions, if you have completed everything you need to, and if what you have written is appropriate for the question/task. |
| Coherence and Cohesion | This part is focussed on if your writing is easy to understand and if your ideas are appropriately organised and connected. |
| Lexical Resource | This part is focussed on if you have used a varied and appropriate range of vocabulary. |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | This part is focussed on if you can effectively and appropriately use a wide range of grammar and sentence structures. |
Writing Checklists
Follow these checklists to make sure you are doing everything required in your writing tests.
| Writing Task 1 Checklist | Writing Task 2 Checklist |
| – Write more than 150 words – Complete all parts of the task – Write clearly – Organise your writing appropriately – Connect your Ideas naturally – Use of a wide range of vocabulary effectively and accurately – Use of a wide range of sentence structures effectively and accurately | – Write more than 250 words – Complete all parts of the task – Include only relevant ideas – Provide an appropriately balanced discussion – Support your ideas with evidence and/or examples – Write clearly – Organise your essay appropriately – Connect your ideas naturally – Use of a wide range of vocabulary effectively and accurately – Use of a wide range of sentence structures effectively and accurately |
