13. IELTS Task 2 : "Write a 4-sentence body paragraph"

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As I promised you all in podcast 12, today we can look at another, alternative way to write a fairly simple IELTS task 2 body or 90 words. Today’s body will have only four sentences, so we need to make each sentence go for about 20-25 words. This might be a big tough for some of you out there who have lower levels of grammar, but let’s do our best!

So, here is the structure of our new body paragraph.

Sentence 1 (Topic sentence): This sentence will introduce the topic of the whole paragraph.

Sentence 2 (Explanation): This sentence will explain the problem or topic in greater detail.

Sentence 3 (Example): This sentence will give an example from the real world using real places and real numbers or statistics.

Sentence 4 (Result): This sentence will give the result of the example given in sentence 3.

Let’s review the tools we will use to write this first body. Here is the question again.

(1) Some people believe that it is best to accept a bad situation, such as an unsatisfactory job or shortage of money. (2) Others argue that it is better to try and improve such situations.

(3) Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

We cannot really use the body plan for paragraph 2 that we made in podcast 11, so let’s make a new plan below.

Body paragraph 2:

Topic sentence: “We should always try and improve bad situations”

Explanation: Humans are hardwired biologically to keep improving things.

Example: In the medical field, doctors are searching for a vaccine to corona virus.

Result: Millions of lives will be saved.

Now we can write our body paragraph:

Most rational people believe that we should keep trying to improve all situations. For instance, if you ask scientists and researchers, there is actually a lot of evidence that humans are biologically hardwired to look for ways to improve things. As a case in point, if we look closely at the medical field right now, there are hundreds of researchers around the world right now who are searching for a vaccine for the Corona Virus. As a consequence, once they have succeeded, hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved.

This body paragraph is exactly 90 words long. It uses more advanced linking words like “most rational people believe that”, “As a case in point”, and “As a consequence”. It includes some great wining vocabulary like “biologically hardwired”, “medical field”, “vaccine”, and “Corona Virus”. There is also some really great grammar in here like the conditional “if”, and a relative clause with “who”.

There are always ways to make body paragraphs better. If you are interested in improving the above body paragraph to a 7.0+, why not sign up with Gold Coast IELTS for an online IELTS writing preparation course, or do it face-to-face in Southport!

See you next time!