Writing Task 2 review
Your essay, with corrections
Some people argue that university should be free for everyone, while others believe students must pay for their studies. In my opinion, the education education is a right, so I agree that it should be free.
On the one hand, free university helps the whole country. Governments that invest in universities gets get a more skilled workforce, and economical economic growth follows. For example, many countries in northern Europe do not charge tuition.Explain how this example supports your point.
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Scores by criterion
- Task response6.5
Clear position in the introduction and conclusion. Your second body paragraph gives an example but does not explain why it supports your view.
- Coherence and cohesion7.0
Logical paragraphs with one main idea each. Linking words are used well, though "moreover" appears four times.
- Lexical resource6.5
Good range of topic vocabulary (tuition, graduates, workforce). A few word-form errors: "economical" instead of "economic".
- Grammatical range and accuracy6.0
You use complex sentences confidently, but errors with articles and subject–verb agreement appear in most of them.
Your top 3 fixes to reach 7
- 1
Articles with general nouns
Drop "the" before general ideas: education, society, technology. This error appears 6 times.
- 2
Subject–verb agreement in long sentences
When the subject is long, find the main noun and check the verb: "Governments that invest … get". 3 times.
- 3
Explain every example
After each example, add one sentence that says how it proves your point. This lifts Task response to 7.
Ready to book the real test? Not yet.
You are close. Spend about two weeks on fixes 1 and 2, then send one more essay. If the grammar errors drop by half, you are ready to book.