In this module they check your ability to express your ideas or opinion in an academic with proper grammar and sentence formation, not only this they also check your coherence in writing essay or summary. Vocabulary and spelling are another criteria to assess your writing skills.

There are two tasks in writing Summarize Written Text and Essay both have individual timing and you can get writing anywhere between 40 to 60 minutes depending on the number of questions you get in exam. You can keep an eye on time in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Section details

Summaries Written Text.

 You will get 10 minutes to do each summary and they can give 2-4 summaries in test. You have to summarise the paragraph of up to 300 words in 5-75 words using one full stop, in one SINGLE SENTENCE.

 In this task your score goes in reading and writing.

You can see the word count at the bottom left corner of screen. You can also use features such as CUT, COPY and PASTE to write the summary.

Essay

 You have 20 minutes to write each essay and they give 1-2 essay in test. You are supposed to write 200-300 words.

You can see the word count at the bottom left corner of screen.

Tips and tricks

• Make sure there is a coherence and a flow in your essay or summary.

• Try to write simple, compound or complex sentences.

• You should write your essay or summary in simple present tense.

• Read and analyze your task well before you start writing.

• Plan your essay before you start writing.