Step-by-Step Paragraph Construction

The Body Paragraph Blueprint

IELTS Task 2 · PEEL Structure · IELTS with Mujahid

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You won't just spot mistakes here — you'll build a paragraph, one sentence at a time. For each essay, choose the correct Point, Topic Sentence, Explanation, Evidence, and Concluding sentence in order. Watch your paragraph grow with every correct choice, until a complete, examiner-ready paragraph is standing in front of you.

The Blueprint, Explained

Every body paragraph follows the same skeleton. Here's one fully worked example.

Thesis Statement: "While technology offers many benefits, it also has several negative effects on interpersonal relationships and mental health."

This thesis promises two body paragraphs. The one below develops the second promise — the effect on mental health. Notice how the Point never introduces a new idea; it simply picks up one thread the thesis already promised.

POINT Technology negatively affects mental health — this is the one idea the whole paragraph exists to prove, and it must trace straight back to the thesis above.

TOPIC SENTENCE "The excessive use of technology, particularly social media, can have serious negative consequences for users' mental health."

EXPLAIN "This occurs because constant exposure to curated images of others' lives often leads users to make unfavourable comparisons with their own."

EVIDENCE "For example, a 2021 study found that teenagers who spent more than three hours a day on social media were twice as likely to report symptoms of anxiety and depression."

LINK "Therefore, without mindful limits on screen time, technology can quietly erode users' psychological wellbeing."

Topic — what the paragraph is about Controlling Idea — the specific claim about it