Level B2 (approx. band 5.5-6.5) · Academic and General Training Many candidates understand every word of a Task 2 question and still face an empty page. The problem is ideas, not grammar. Task 2 gives you about 40 minutes and asks for at least 250 words, and it counts twice as much as Task 1. In this episode: • How an idea bank works • Education ideas • Work ideas • Technology ideas • Model • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • An idea is a claim, a reason and an example, never a memorised paragraph. • Knowledge, information, advice and homework are uncountable, so they never take an s. • Push every idea one step further by saying what the result is. • For technology questions, show both the benefit and the cost, then decide which matters more. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.