M aster IELTS Essays
IELTS Academic & General Training Writing Task Two
Common IELTS Topics
1. Advertising
2. Animal Rights: testing on animals, vegetarianism, zoos
3. Cities: urbanisation, problems of city life
4. Crime: police, punishments/prisons, rehabilitation, capital
punishment
5. Education: studying abroad, technology in education, education in developing countries, higher
education,
home-schooling, bad behaviour, corporal punishment, single sex education, streaming
(grouping children according to ability)
6. Environment: global warming, impact of humans on the environment, solutions to environment
problems, waste/rubbish, litter, recycling,
nuclear power
7. Family: family size, working parents, negative effects on children, divorce, care for old people
8. Gender: gender and education, gender and work, women’s and men’s role in the family
9. Genetic Engineering: positives, negatives, genetically modified foods
10. Global Issues: problems in developing countries, how to help developing countries, immigration, multi
cultural societies,
globalisation
11. Government and Society: what governments can do, public services, censorship, video cameras in public
places
12. Guns and Weapons: gun ownership and possession, police and guns,
nuclear weapons, armed forces
13. Health: diet, exercise, state health systems, private healthcare, alternative medicine, stress
14. Housing and Architecture: state housing, old buildings, modern/green buildings
15. International Language: English as an
international language
16. Money: money and society, consumerism
17. Personal Development: happiness, success, nature or nurture
18. Sport and Leisure: professional/competitive sport, sport salaries, sport and
politics
19. Tourism: positives, negative effects on environment, future of tourism
20. Traditions and Modern Life: losing traditional skills, traditional customs
21. Transport: traffic problems and solutions,
public transport, road safety
22. Television, Internet and Mobile Phones: positives and negatives, Internet compared to newspapers and
books
23. Water: importance of clean water, water supply, water should be free, bottled water
24. Work: same job for life, self-employment,
unemployment, work/life balance, technology and work, child
labour
