Book excerpt: Discover everything you’ll need to know in order to write well for the IELTS test, whether you are planning to take the Academic or the General Training version. IELTS Writing will help test takers learn several essential skills, including: Task Achievement: follow a three-step model to plan, write, and revise your essays Coherence and Cohesion: practice organizing your writing and connecting ideas Lexical Resource: build your vocabulary and use it correctly Grammatical Range and Accuracy: review rules and practice applying them to your writing Each section leads you step-by-step through the process of writing an essay in response to a particular task. Learn how to apply what you’ve learned to the types of questions you’ll have to respond to on the test and how to complete your responses within the time limits, and more. An Appendix includes a selection of essays written in response to IELTS writing tasks.