tips for writing ielts

D. Writing
I. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
1. I started collecting stamps when I was a child.
I have
2. She went to bed early because she was tired.
Because of
3. Mary said, “ My father died a year ago”.
Mary said
4. Why don’t you study hard ?
If
5. She will buy this book, and she will give it to you.
If
II. Write a paragraph
Hao has a friend who is studying at Hanoi National University , and he wants to visit his
friend. Look at the map, and use the cues below to write the directions to help him to find
the way from the Bus Stop to Hanoi National University.(50 words)
• Come out
• Continue
straight/past
• Go straight
• Go up/down
• Go past
• Take the second
left/right
• Turn left/right
• Walk along
First of all ,then
Next…………………………….,and………………………
Finally
The answers
I.

1. I have been collecting stamps since I was a child.
2. Because of feeling tired, she went to bed early.
3. Mary said her father had died a year before.
4. If I were you, I would study hard.
5. If she buys this book, she will give it to you.
II.
First of all, when you come out of the Bus Stop, go one block past the restaurant,
then turn left onto the Third Avenue . Go up this street for 2 blocks until you see
the Post Office. The University is on the left, next to the Post Office.