Common IELTS Essay Themes

There are themes for IELTS essay (writing task 2). I assembled it form different sources. If I find a new one, I will add it here.
Information about IELTS essay
- No more than 40 mins on essay.
- You should write over 250 words.
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You will be market on:
- Task response
- Coherence & Cohesion
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
Common IELTS essay themes:
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Art
- art at school
- censorship of art and artists
- creativity
- difference between art and technology knowledge
- funding
- reading and leisure
- should government buy art works
- the benefits of art for individuals and society
- violence in new art
- why art galleries visitors have been declining
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Business & Money
- business and technology
- family run business
- international business
- local farmers and corporations
- management and leadership
- materialism and consumerism
- retire or working
- skills vs knowledge for business
- small vs large business
- success in business
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Project Management
- budget under control
- creating teams
- deliverables
- diagnosis interview
- differences between small and large projects
- hire new person
- how to track expenses
- introduction in project scheduling
- manage project scope change
- managing risks
- negotiating with suppliers
- planning budget
- PM tools
- project phases
- remote project management
- tracking and monitoring project
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Communication & Personality
- face to face vs long distance communication
- family and communication
- female / male characters
- history of your country or other countries
- innate or developed personalities
- open private spaces, like balcony
- presents to show your care
- technology and communication
- the development of character and personality
- types of communication
- who influence more for children: parents or society
- why we don't eat together anymore
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Crime & Punishment
- capital punishment vs other types of punishment
- crime and technology
- criminals – what makes a criminal
- major vs minor crime
- men and women in law enforcement
- prisons vs rehabilitation
- role of policemen
- teenagers and crime
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Economics
- cash vs credit cards
- economic progress and success
- globalisation and economy
- saving vs spending
- world economic issues
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Education
- books in education
- children and education
- children and reading
- discipline and rules in school
- do I like studying
- education and technology
- educational aid to poorer countries
- extra classes in school
- funding
- homework in school
- libraries
- relevant subjects
- role of teachers
- single-sex schools
- uniforms
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Environment
- animal experiments
- environmental problems
- government vs individual roles
- pollution
- protection of endangered species
- saving the environment & solving problems
- zoos
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Family & Children
- discipline
- family and education
- family roles
- family size
- my parents
- my wife and kids
- role models
- the generation gap
- understand each other before get married
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Food
- breakfast
- children and diet
- dinner
- education of diet
- fast food
- health diets
- lunch
- traditional vs modern diets
- what do I prefer in food
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Health
- best way to relax: sport or sleep
- dealing with global epidemics
- exercise and health
- funding
- health aid
- health and education
- hospitals and treatment
- obesity
- poor countries and rich countries
- prevention vs cure
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Immigration
- best country for immigration
- influence on economy
- purchase of a used car
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Language
- having only one language in the world
- language and culture
- methods of language learning
- the disappearance of languages
- travel and language
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Media & Advertising
- advertising methods
- censorship, control and freedom of speech
- children and advertising
- focusing on emergencies rather than positive developments
- media and technology
- news & reporting
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Personality
- my hobbies
- paper books vs ebooks
- reading
- same things every day or changing
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Politics
- borders or unity
- change or moving vs stability and constancy
- economic progress or people
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Science
- space exploration
- water and oceans
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Technology
- children and technology (safety)
- computers in our life
- controlling the internet
- hacking
- letter vs email
- safety of personal information
- socializing online
- storing data
- the change in society
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Transport
- comparing forms of transport
- development of infrastructure
- environmental issues
- problems with modern forms of transport
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Travel
- culture and travel
- living in a global world
- understanding people and travel
- my favourite travelling
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Society
- budget spending
- crime on the streets
- homeless people
- modern life styles
- overpopulation
- poverty
- public services
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Sport
- equipment
- men vs women in sport
- professionals vs amateurs
- salary
- sport and learning
- sport as a school subject
- tennis
- types of sport
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Work
- about my work
- children and exploitation
- employment
- equality
- part time work
- salary
- shift work
- types of jobs (blue collar / white collar)
- women in work
- work and technology