15 May 2021 PART 1 1. Do you live in an apartment or a house? 2. Describe the view from your apartment. 3. Do you like it? Why? 4. Have you ever been to a farmhouse? 5. Do you like farmhouses? 6. What is so good about them? PART 2 Talk about your favourite toy …
Last week, I received a frantic phone call from my student, Anish. He had just written his IELTS exam and while thinking about his writing test, he realised that he wrote ‘pie chart’ instead of tables. A similar incident happened to Arjun, who realised that he’d said ‘nani’ instead of ‘grandmother’ (the term carries a …
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03rd April 2021 PART 1 1. Did you have mathematics in your secondary school?2. Did you like math lessons? (Why/Why not?)3. Would you choose to study math now, if you could?4. Do you use math to improve your life? If so, what are some examples?5. What makes you happy?6. Is it important to be happy …
04 March 2021 PART 1Home• Where is your home?• What kind of home do you live in?• Tell me a little about your home.• How many rooms do you have at home?• Which is your favourite room?• What changes would you like to bring in it?• Do you plan to live in the same house …
So, you took the IELTS again, and disappointingly enough, your speaking score is still 6.5. Frustrating, isn’t it? Especially when you’ve followed tons of “tips and tricks” from YouTube? What should you be doing, then, to finally achieve that band 7? Read on! Far too often, test-takers will deliver short, curt, direct responses to an examiner’s questions on …
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A lot of people seem to be following the wrong sort of methods when it comes to the IELTS Speaking test. In this part 1 instructional video, I explain with the help of a student what needs to be done during the test. Much of the advice here is applicable for the other parts of …
Last month, I had the unique opportunity to have a chat with a room full of IELTS examiners, and the conversation soon turned to one of their pet peeves: common test-taker errors in the Speaking exam. Knowing that this was something most of my students initially struggled with, I asked them what they wished test-takers …
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What is the PPF strategy? Past-Present-Future is a strategy that has been discussed widely, but I am yet to see clear and detailed instructions on how exactly one must apply this strategy for a variety of part two topics. The only available resources are from the British Council (for use by teachers) and from a …
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