This was a question posed by one of my students in a recent IELTS Speaking practice lesson. She was quite worried about whether or not she will be penalised if she mixes her tenses in her response to questions/topics in the interview. The answer is, it depends. Let’s consider this IELTS Speaking Part 2 topic: Describe […]
Read more "Should I mix my tenses in IELTS Speaking?"IELTS Writing Paper (Academic Module) Task 1 Summary: 20 minutes only Write at least 150 words Usually describing a chart but could be a graph or (rarely) a process Analysing data The strategy is the same for graphs and charts: Identify overall trends Group similarities and highlight differences Look for examples that support the trends […]
Read more "IELTS Writing Academic Task 1"Some IELTS candidates are finding it difficult to move past their current band score and are struggling to reach that higher band required for entry to uni or immigrating to other countries. It can be especially frustrating for those who have done the test 9 or 10 times, know the test inside out and yet, […]
Read more "5 Reasons IELTS Candidates Keep Getting The Same Low Band Score"Commas appear to be a common area of struggle for a lot of candidates, especially when it come to IELTS Writing Task 2. As a result, essays can contain sentences which may appear ridiculously long and end up being one-sentence paragraphs. Here is an example: We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used […]
Read more "Punctuation in IELTS Writing Task 2"Before you start recording your voice for IELTS Speaking practice, it would be a good idea to gather some interesting and useful expressions to talk about various topics. A good way to do this is to divide the pages in your note books into themes. Here are some themes or topics that you may want to consider […]
Read more "6 Common Topics in IELTS Speaking Part 2"One of my students has asked me this question during a lesson while we were going through feedback to his practice test. The quick answer to this is No. Why? Two reasons: Reason 1: T/F/NG questions are quite different from Y/N/NG. The T/F/NG statements are about information in the passage. For example: TRUE […]
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