Below are practice IELTS essay questions and topics for writing task 2. The 100 essay questions have been used many times over the years. The questions are organised under common topics and essay types. IELTS often use the similar topics for their essays but change the wording of the essay question.
In order to prepare well for writing task 2, you should prepare ideas for common topics and then practise applying them to the tasks given (to the essay questions). Also see model essays and tips for writing task 2.
Below you will find:
- Essay Questions By Topic
- Essay Questions by Essay Type (for example Opinion, Discussion etc)
1) Common IELTS Essay Questions
IELTS practice essay questions divided by topic. These topics have been reported by IELTS students in their tests. Essay questions have been recreated as accurately as possible.
- Art (5 essay questions)
- Business & Money (17 essay questions)
- Communication & Personality (20 essay questions)
- Crime & Punishment (12 essay questions)
- Education (17 essay questions)
- Environment (12 essay questions)
- Family & Children (8 essay questions)
- Food & Diet (13 essay questions)
- Government (6 essay questions)
- Health (9 essay questions)
- Housing, Buildings & Urban Planning (8 essay questions)
- Language (6 essay questions)
- Leisure (1 essay question)
- Media & Advertising (12 essay questions)
- Reading (5 essay questions)
- Society (10 essay questions)
- Space Exploration (3 questions)
- Sport & Exercise (6 essay questions)
- Technology (6 essay questions)
- Tourism and Travel (11 essay questions)
- Transport (7 essay questions)
- Work (17 essay questions)
2) IELTS Essay Questions by Essay Type
There are 5 main types of essay questions in IELTS writing task 2 (opinion essays, discussion essay, advantage/disadvantage essays, solution essay and direct question essays). Click on the links below to see some sample essay questions for you to practice with at home.
- Opinion Essay Questions
- Opinion Essay Model Answer with Useful Tips
- Discussion Essay Questions
- Discussion Essay Model Answer with Useful Tips
- Solution Essay Questions
- Solution Essay Model Answer with Useful Tips
- Direct Questions Essay Titles
- Direct Questions Model Essay
- Advantage / Disadvantage Essay Questions
- Adv/Disadv Model Essay with Useful Tips
3) Recent Essay Topics
You can also track recent essay topics on this page: IELTS ESSAY TOPICS 2026
Note: you must also prepare all other topics on the page above because questions are recycled each year.
