Sample IELTS Essay Topics
In both the Academic and General IELTS Writing sections, you need to write an essay of at least 250 words. This means that your essay will be about 4-5 paragraphs long. Below are several sample IELTS essay topics, organized under eight broad categories. You should plan to write at least one essay from each category to gain some experience in handling various types of subjects. Ideally, you should write several such essays so you can do so effectively and within 40 minutes.
- Government (14 topics)
- Modern Society (21 topics)
- Technology (8 topics)
- Employment (3 topics)
- Environment (4 topics)
- Education (17 topics)
- Parents / Children (2 topics)
- Gender Issues (2 topics)