Fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson

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Choose some of the following noun phrases and use them to write a short one-paragraph 
answer for the essay title below. You can adapt the noun phrases to fit your ideas.
Men are more suited to working in fields such as engineering and business whereas women 
are more suited to the caring professions, for example, nursing or teaching.
How fa r do you agree with this statement?
Noun phrases
the types of job which are more suited to 
men
women who w ork in the caring professions 
the amount of women working in engineering 
men who chooses to become a teacher 
the range of em ploym ent opportunities for 
women
women who hold senior positions in 
business 
the increase in female engineers 
professions which require a caring 
personality 
the s k ills needed fo rw o rk in g in business 
the type of person
Compare your paragraph with the model answer in the answer key.
Exam tip: Noun phrases are w idely used in w ritte n texts so you need to be able to 
recognize them in the reading texts and you should try to w rite them in Tasks 1 and 2 of 
the W riting exam.
Gram mar for IELTS

Exam practice: W riting Task 2
You have 40 minutes to answer the following essay question.

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