If you’re not a big fan of reading and are thinking of doing the IELTS test soon, then my advice would be to start practising immediately. This does not mean that you should pick up a comic book or scroll down comments on the social media feed on your platform. To do better at language […]
Read more "5 Ways Reading can improve your IELTS scores"If you are familiar with the IELTS, you will understand that the test is quite topic-based. If you are currently my student, you will understand by now, how to go about preparing for this test effectively and how not to. One no-no is blindly memorising words and phrases and using them in your own essay. The “copy and […]
Read more "Why the “copy and paste” method won’t work in the IELTS test"When marking IELTS papers, I have often come across certain expressions that you can commonly find in model answers. For example, introductions that typically begin like these ones here: People have always argued on whether …. (Really? Who are these people?) Although there are some advantages to this, I believe that the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. […]
Read more "Can I use formulaic expressions in IELTS Writing and Speaking?"If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you will probably have heard about the problems smartphone giants have been experiencing recently. Here is an example article that you could read about Samsung, which contains language that should help you with describing market trends in IELTS Writing Task 1. Can you locate these expressions in context […]
Read more "How to describe trends in IELTS Writing Task 1"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"From time to time, IELTS candidates may be given a diagram where they will have to describe the process of something. This means that you will have to write about how something happens, in stages. In a writing task like this, explaining why something is done is given less importance compared to how it is […]
Read more "How to paraphrase words in IELTS Writing Task 1"From time to time, IELTS candidates may be asked to discuss the topic of animals in either IELTS Writing Task 2 or IELTS Speaking Part 3. Here are some examples that could come up in the writing test: Animals should not be used for the benefit of human beings, unless there is evidence that the animals […]
Read more "Discussing animal conservation in the IELTS"In IELTS Speaking, particularly in Part 2, candidates will be assessed on how well they are able to describe various topics. This is a chance for test takers to ‘show off’ familiar expressions that are not just related to topic vocabulary, but also words that would describe feelings as well. Hammonton Photography via Compfight For […]
Read more "Talk about your feelings in IELTS Speaking Part 2"While on the subject of my last post on collocations, IELTS candidates may want to learn some expressions that they can use in different parts of the IELTS Speaking test. Jeremy Wilburn via Compfight Here are some examples and a task for you: Select an appropriate multi-word verb from the table below, which could replace […]
Read more "Using multi-words in IELTS Speaking"Here’s another exercise on collocations, which is quite important when doing your IELTS interviews. In Lexical Resource, the examiner is looking for examples of less common vocabulary, and this could involve using collocations in your speaking. via Compfight See if you can match the right verbs to the right endings: make get keep gain resolve […]
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