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A lot of people that use our writing service come to us starting their writing with phrases like……..

“This essay will discuss…….”

“In this essay, I will…….”

“This essay will show…..”

“This essay believes……”?

But why?

It comes from the way children were taught how to write discursive essays at school, and it is used by children/teenagers in schools.

So, why not use them in IELTS?
Well, for a couple of reasons.

1)  As mentioned previously, these phrases are used by children.

2)  They are memorised phrases.  IELTS examiners are trained to ignore memorised phrases in your speaking/writing.

3)  The question is about your opinion, so use ‘I believe….”

4)  You are only writing 250 to 300 words.  When you say “This essay will show…..”, you don’t have the word count to do it justice.  You aren’t writing an academic essay.

So, what can you do instead?

There is always going to be some kind of memorisation in IELTS writing, this much is clear.  You have to follow conventions when you write and so it’s unavoidable.  However, the task is asking for your opinion, not your essay’s.  Once you have introduced the debate, just state your opinion.  So, something like

“Many people believe that they can get a good writing score in the IELTS exam by self-studying. I, on the other hand, believe that you need to use a writing service in order to get what you need”

……is perfect.

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