ChatGPT Prompt for IELTS Writing Task 2: 12 Practice Prompts

A ChatGPT prompt for IELTS Writing Task 2 works best as a tutor that reads your own essay, marks it against the four public criteria and tells you what to rewrite. It should not write the essay for you, because on test day you write alone in about 40 minutes. The 12 prompts below cover the question, the plan, the feedback and timed practice.

The flagship is the IELTS Writing Task 2 prompt for band feedback and a rewrite plan. Paste a question and your essay, and it returns criterion feedback, an error table, one model paragraph and your next practice question.

What IELTS Writing Task 2 asks for

The official IELTS site describes Task 2 as an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. You should spend about 40 minutes on it and write at least 250 words in full sentences, not notes or bullet points. Task 2 counts twice as much as Task 1 toward your Writing score. Examiners use four criteria: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Any band an AI gives you is a practice estimate, not an official score.

Read the question and plan

1. Question type

Here is an IELTS Writing Task 2 question: [question]. Tell me the question type and list every part I must answer. Do not write the essay.

2. Five minute plan

For this question: [question], help me make a 5 minute plan by asking me for my opinion, one reason and one example per body paragraph. Use only the ideas I give you.

3. Idea check

My ideas for this question are: [ideas]. Which ones answer the question directly and which ones drift off topic?

Get feedback on your essay

4. Four criteria feedback

Question: [question]. My essay: [essay]. Give me feedback on Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy, quoting my sentences. Label any band as a practice estimate.

5. Position check

Read my introduction and conclusion: [paragraphs]. Is my opinion the same in both? If not, show me where it changes.

6. Paragraph development

Here is one body paragraph: [paragraph]. Does it have a clear main idea, a reason and a specific example? Tell me what is missing without rewriting it.

7. Word count and timing

I wrote [number] words in [minutes] minutes. Suggest a split of planning, writing and checking time that gets me past 250 words in 40 minutes.

Fix grammar and vocabulary

8. Error table

List up to 8 grammar errors in my essay: [essay]. For each, show my words, the correction and the rule in one line. My first language is [language].

9. Better word choices

Find informal or repeated words in my essay: [essay] and suggest a more precise academic option for each, with an example sentence on the same topic.

10. Complex sentence drill

Give me 5 simple sentences from my essay: [essay] and ask me to combine each pair into one complex sentence. Check my answers after I reply.

Practice under exam conditions

11. New question of the same type

Write one new IELTS Writing Task 2 question of the type [type] on the topic [topic], then wait while I write for 40 minutes.

12. Progress check

Here are my last 3 essays with the feedback I got: [essays]. Which error appears in all three, and what one habit should I practice this week?

Worked example

A test taker aiming for band 6.5 pasted a discussion question about who should pay for university and a 216 word essay written in 38 minutes. The prompt flagged the length first: under 250 words, so the plan needed to change, not the speed. It then showed that the opinion in paragraph 4 did not match the conclusion, and listed eight errors led by subject and verb agreement ("the fees is", "university degree help"). The model paragraph reused the writer's own points about doctors, teachers and repeated years. The rewrite task was to fix the introduction and conclusion so they state the same view.

Variations

• General Training: use the same prompts; Task 2 is an essay in both versions of the test.
• One criterion: ask for feedback on Lexical Resource only when that is your weakest score.
• Teacher mode: paste a class set and ask for the three errors most students share.
• Second draft: paste both drafts and ask what improved and what did not.

Practical tips

• Write by hand or type to a 40 minute timer before you paste, so the feedback matches test conditions.
• Paste your essay exactly as written, mistakes included.
• Do not memorize model paragraphs. Examiners penalize copied text, and your own sentences are what get marked.
• Compare AI feedback with the public band descriptors on the official IELTS site, and with a teacher if you can.

Related prompts

For general writing feedback, try the essay feedback prompt with a rubric check and the list of ChatGPT prompts for essay feedback. To plan your study weeks, use the language learning plan prompt, the practice test and mistake log prompt and these ChatGPT prompts for studying for an exam. Teachers can start with ChatGPT prompts for English teachers.

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