What to ask while reading the prompt
First decide whether the prompt asks about lifestyle choice, social problem, family change, or city cost.
Task 2 question guide
Living-alone prompts need independence and isolation separated.
This IELTS Task 2 question should not start with a model essay. First check who the prompt concerns, what it compares, and whether it asks for cause, evaluation, or trade-off.
Diagnose the prompt before writing the full essay.
Common trap
Only writing people are lonely ignores work, housing, and family-structure change.
Diagnostic evidence
Without young professionals, older people, or housing pressure, the argument is thin.
What to revise after checking
Write one society chain: living choice -> daily support -> social effect -> response.
- Whether the group is specific
- Whether independence and isolation are separated
- Whether social result can be explained
Guides
Keep going with these guides.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
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Task 2 checker
IELTS Task 2 essay checker 应结合题目和作文检查回应覆盖、立场、功能与论证链，语法和高级词替换放在后面。对照 TR、CC、LR 和 GRA 找出最影响目标分的一项，引用原文证据，再把问题收窄成一个 reason、example 或 consequence 的段落重写，比较修改前后是否更完整。
Family topic
IELTS Task 2 family topic 常把 parents、children、elderly 写成泛泛关系。先诊断角色、责任和变化。
Task 2 outline critique
IELTS Task 2 开写前先做 outline critique，用 10 分钟检查题目回应、立场平衡、主体段证据和展开链，避免写完整篇后才发现方向偏薄。
Population topic
IELTS Task 2 population topic 常见于老龄化、出生率和城市压力。先诊断年龄结构、资源压力和政策目标。先限定角度，再选例子。
Housing topic
IELTS Task 2 housing topic 常涉及房价、城市规划和家庭生活。先诊断 affordability、land use 和居民体验。
Money happiness debate
金钱和幸福题最容易立场漂移。先诊断 security、choice、relationship 等比较标准。先说钱重要，后说亲情更重要，最后又说都重要，全文没有稳定答案。
Multicultural society
多元文化社会题要诊断 integration、identity、workplace diversity 和 community tension。
Museums free entry
博物馆免费入场题要诊断文化 access、运营成本和受益群体。只写 free entry helps education，却没有解释维护费用从哪里来。
Start practising
Check the outline risk for this question first.
Submit your essay or outline and get one main blocker plus one revision target.
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