Writing the introduction
An introduction should contain two or three sentences starting with a broad, general
statement about the topic and ending with a thesis statement (the main sentence of the
essay containing the main idea of the whole essay).Your introduction should be approximately
50 words.
Writing an effective introduction for Academic IELTS Task 2 can be done by following
three easy steps:
Look at the following sample of an introduction to the task below:
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Government alone cannot be expected to solve environmental problems. It is
also the responsibility of businesses and individuals to help.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
It is agreed that our environmental problems need to be solved; however, there is
argument over who should solve them. Some people feel that only the government
should be responsible for finding solutions to these issues, but the problems that
exist are so large and, therefore, overcoming them requires joint efforts from
government, as well as businesses and individuals.
You can see that the introduction begins with a broad, general statement about the topic
of solving environmental problems. It then goes on to narrow the topic down towards the
argument over who in particular should solve these problems before giving a thesis statement
that tells us the main idea of the essay, which in this case is that solving environmental problems
requires efforts by government and businesses and individuals. Interestingly, in this sample
introduction the thesis statement is in the final part ofthe second sentence, rather than a whole
sentence in itself.
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