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IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 17: Apologising for a Damaged Item, Compulsory Community Service at School

This is IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 17 on the computer-delivered screen, with 2 tasks: Apologising for a Damaged Item, Compulsory Community Service at School. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• 60 minutes
• 2 tasks

What is in this test

• Task 1

  Apologising for a Damaged Item

  A letter to a friend: what happened to the item you borrowed, an apology, and what you will do about it.

• Task 2

  Compulsory Community Service at School

  An essay on whether unpaid community service should be a required part of secondary school.

What each task asks for

Writing has no question types to list — it has two tasks and four marking criteria. Each one links to what it wants and where the marks go:

• Task 1 — the letter
• Task 2 — the essay
• The four marking criteria

Timing and marking

You get 60 minutes for both tasks together, and you decide how to split it. Task 2 is worth more than Task 1.

Writing is marked by an examiner-style assessment against the four criteria, not by counting right answers. Nobody can honestly promise you a band — what practice buys you is a screen that feels normal on test day.

What is different on a computer

You type into a box with a live word counter, so you can see your length as you go. There is no handwriting, and editing a paragraph costs you nothing but the keystrokes.