Imran ali shah wrote:Dear Mr brown,
I had also attended Task 2 on 24th may and I written in opposite stating the importance of present .Am I right or not.Kindly guide me.I am very confused.Thanks
I am not an expert but I have learnt from different information sources. IELTS doesn't assess your work on the basis of your knowledge or personal opinion. Following is the main criteria of writing assessment:
(i) task achievement
(ii) coherence and cohesion
(iii) lexical resource
(iv) grammatical range and accuracy
I wrote my essay in favour of John Wayne's statement because I thought that the statement encourages to invest today in terms of cost, time & efforts, and then we can enjoy its fruit (in terms of profit: in any shape) tomorrow. Similarly, current UK government is making the country more weightless by privatising many government owned assets, and the new owners are offshore companies so the whole profit is benefiting to its overseas owners which can make a huge dent on British economy in future. Ergo, they are ignoring the future consequences of today's actions. I also included that the industrial revolution has improved our living standards but it has ignored our future and has significantly polluted our environment. For example, global warming. After writing conclusion, I gave some future recommendations on the basis of my personal knowledge. Which I think was not necessary but I was 50 words away from my target

TBH, at this moment, I am not too sure about if my writing material is up to the mark. And it will help me to get desired band. But, I am hoping for best, and my fingers & toes are crossed
Imran ali shah wrote:MR Brown,
Kindly clarify what do you mean by flexibility in Task 2 question of 24th may?
Whilst preparing for IELTS, I read several writing samples, and I didn't find a single example which includes the quote or statement from a celebrity. Plus, the given question was too ambiguous because it is not as explicit as compare to past question papers. And therefore many students were clueless about the topic.