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IELTS Task 2: finish the argument you developed
Original practice question: Should community centers provide quiet study rooms? Your essay supports the idea because some students lack a quiet place at home and need fewer distractions.
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A conclusion should bring the developed argument together. Restate your position and the main support briefly. If a new reason suddenly appears only in the conclusion, either develop it earlier or leave it out. Do not reverse or strengthen your position beyond what the essay supports.
Close the same argument, at the same strength.
A useful ending connects the position to reasons the body has already explained. It can use fresh wording, but fresh wording is different from a fresh argument. Increased local spending might be worth discussing, yet it does not belong as a new reason in this conclusion unless the essay develops it.
Compare the examples
Community centers should provide quiet study rooms.
Some students need a place to work without household distractions.
Quiet study rooms are therefore worth providing because they give these students space to concentrate.
Therefore or in conclusion cannot repair a mismatch between the ending and the essay.
Build the meaning step by step
Recall the position
provide quiet study rooms
Keep the developed support
space to concentrate without household distractions
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Check the ending
Read all answers and explanations
The essay develops quiet space and concentration. Which ending adds a separate new reason?
The rooms should be provided because they will increase local shop sales.Shop sales were not developed. The other endings stay with the supplied reasons.
The essay argues that some students could benefit. Keep that scope.
These rooms could help students who need a quieter place.Could and the stated group preserve the claim. Every and no student create unsupported absolutes.
Your developed position supports providing the rooms. Choose a consistent closing position.
For these reasons, the centers should offer quiet study rooms.The first keeps the supported position. The others reverse it or replace it with uncertainty.
Put it into practice
Keep the conclusion supported
Original plan: support a later school start because teenagers can sleep longer and arrive more alert. No argument about school costs was developed. Choose a supported conclusion.
A later start should be adopted because it will reduce school costs.
See a model answer
Schools should adopt a later start because it can give teenagers more rest and help them arrive more alert.
The model is one possible closing sentence, not a full essay or a mandatory formula.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Must I copy the introduction?
No. Keep the position consistent while expressing it naturally in different words.
These reasons support providing quiet study spaces.
Does In conclusion make an ending correct?
No. It signals an ending, but the ideas still need to follow from the argument.
In conclusion, these rooms can help students find a quiet place to work.
Take it into your day
Restate and connect; do not add an unsupported new argument.
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