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IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 4: Complaint About a Missed Flight, Home Schooling or School

This is IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 4 on the computer-delivered screen, with 2 tasks: Complaint About a Missed Flight, Home Schooling or School. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• 60 minutes
• 2 tasks

What is in this test

• Task 1

  Complaint About a Missed Flight

  A letter to an airline: what went wrong at the airport, how it affected you, and what you are asking them to do.

• Task 2

  Home Schooling or School

  An essay on the advantages of teaching children at home and of sending them to 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.