Improve Your IELTS & TOEFL Writing Scores

A Comprehensive Self-study Resource Guide

Original E-Books​

The Write Idea Series

These topic-specific idea banks provide vocabulary lists, subtopics, sample questions/tasks, ready-to-use examples, and top-quality essay samples to help you remove the stress of thinking about what to say in your essay. On test day, focus instead on the writing itself (grammar, vocabulary, organization, etc.), not the brainstorming.

IELTS Writing Samples: Edited, Assessed & Scored

These topic-specific idea banks provide vocabulary lists, subtopics, sample questions/tasks, ready-to-use examples, and top-quality essay samples to help you remove the stress of thinking about what to say in your essay. On test day, focus instead on the writing itself (grammar, vocabulary, organization, etc.), not the brainstorming.

Need to raise your writing score?
  • Step 1 : Understand the four scoring criteria, the numbers (scores), what examiners are looking for, and much more.
  • Step 2 : Study fully edited, assessed, and scored student samples (10 summaries, 30 essays).
    Note: All samples are original, written by real test takers like you, and rewritten to a 9-band level by Adam. Based on the IELTS scoring system, but transferrable to the TOEFL. 
  • Step 3 : Follow our tips to improve you score.

More Samples

These collections of writing samples (IELTS and TOEFL, Tasks 1 and 2) include student samples (with scores) and Adam’s rewrites of these samples. Samples are curated by topic, task type, or quality of student writing.

Custom Writing Assessment​

Many people learn best by doing. This assessment service provides you the opportunity to practice your writing skills for the IELTS or TOEFL exam and have them evaluated by a professional editor. The editor will edit, score and assess your writing sample(s) according to the individual scoring criteria as set by the IELTS and TOEFL exams. It’s like having a private tutor every time you practice your writing.

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