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IELTS Task 2 — topic idea bank
Writers' block at minute 1 of Task 2 is the difference between a 6.0 and a 7.5. Memorise these idea seeds for the 12 highest-frequency topics, then adapt to the question.
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Education
Pro online learning / school reform
- • flexible scheduling for working students
- • access for rural and low-income learners
- • personalised pace via adaptive software
Con
- • loss of peer interaction and soft-skill development
- • digital divide widening inequality
- • weaker accountability and dropout rates
Environment
Government should act
- • regulation drives industry change faster than individuals
- • tax incentives for renewables
- • global problems need global treaties
Individual responsibility
- • consumer demand shapes corporate behaviour
- • small lifestyle changes scale across populations
- • voting and activism are individual acts
Technology
Benefits
- • productivity gains and access to information
- • remote collaboration
- • automation freeing humans from dangerous tasks
Drawbacks
- • job displacement in routine roles
- • social-media-driven mental-health decline
- • privacy and surveillance concerns
Health & lifestyle
Public-health priorities
- • preventive screening reduces long-term costs
- • education about diet and exercise from school age
- • subsidising sports infrastructure
Individual choice arguments
- • personal autonomy over diet and exercise
- • nanny-state criticism of bans (sugar tax etc.)
Work
Remote / 4-day week
- • productivity rises in well-managed remote teams
- • reduced commuting cuts emissions and stress
- • talent pool widens beyond cities
Office / 5-day week
- • mentorship and culture build face-to-face
- • younger workers risk isolation
- • some roles cannot be performed remotely
Globalisation
Positive
- • lifts emerging economies through trade
- • cultural exchange and shared innovation
- • cheaper consumer goods
Negative
- • loss of local industries and cultures
- • race-to-the-bottom labour standards
- • supply-chain fragility (pandemics, wars)
Other quick banks
Crime & punishment
- • deterrence vs. rehabilitation
- • youth crime and education
- • community sentencing alternatives
Media
- • public-interest journalism vs. clickbait
- • social media's role in shaping opinion
- • regulation of misinformation
Tourism
- • economic boost and cultural exchange
- • over-tourism damaging heritage sites
- • sustainable / eco-tourism models
Family
- • nuclear vs. extended family structures
- • ageing populations and elder care
- • shared parental leave
Editorial details and primary sources
By FluentMock Editorial Team · Published 2026-06-13 · Updated 2026-06-28 · Official sources checked
- IELTS test format — IELTS
- IELTS scoring in detail — IELTS
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