IELTS Writing IELTS Essay Templates IELTS Essay Templates : Opinion Essay Here's a basic IELTS writing Task 2 template for planning your response for an opinion essay for the Academic Writing IELTS test. Obviously, the more advanced your English skills are the easier it will be for you to adapt, modify and personalize the template with practice. IELTS Writing Task 2 Template Introduction [approx 60 words] There is currently much debate about whether or not [restate topic] Personally, I [adverb of degree] + agree/disagree with this because [reason #1 + reason#2] Paragraph 2 [approx 85 words] The principle reason why I agree/disagree with ... [restate topic] is [expand on reason #1] Paragraph 3 [approx 85 words] In addition to this I believe that ... [expand on reason #2] Conclusion [approx 45 words] Overall, I [adverb of degree] agree/disagree with the idea that [restate topic] because [paraphrase/summarize reason #1] and [parap