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IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 8: Inviting a Friend to a Party, A Fixed Retirement Age for Everyone

This is IELTS General Training Writing Practice Test 8 on the computer-delivered screen, with 2 tasks: Inviting a Friend to a Party, A Fixed Retirement Age for Everyone. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• 60 minutes
• 2 tasks

What is in this test

• Task 1

  Inviting a Friend to a Party

  A letter to a friend in another city: why you are having the party, how to reach the venue, and where they can stay.

• Task 2

  A Fixed Retirement Age for Everyone

  An essay on whether one retirement age for all jobs is fair, and which workers should be able to stop earlier.

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.