IELTS Speaking Part 1: ‘Books’ topic
Here are some questions and model answers on the topic of ‘books’. How would you answer question 4?
IELTS Listening: Brutalist architecture (gap-fill)
Listen to a presentation about Brutalism, and fill the gaps in the summary.
IELTS Reading: Choose the title 17
Try today’s practice exercise. Read the passage and choose the best title.
Writing Task 2: Task response and coherence (video)
Here’s a summary of our most recent live Zoom lesson.
IELTS Advice: Thinking skills vs language skills
It is useful to divide the scoring criteria into two groups.
Writing Task 1: Island maps overview
Read my introduction and overview, then finish the first ‘details’ paragraph.
General Writing Task 1: ‘First day at work’ task
Let’s start work on a new informal letter task.
IELTS Speaking: Conditional questions
Try this quick ‘conditionals’ exercise.
IELTS Listening: The future of cars (gap-fill)
Listen to a short presentation about the future of cars, and fill the gaps to complete the notes.
IELTS Reading: How to practise
Here’s a useful question that a student asked me.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Move your argument forward
Compare two essay excerpts and try to explain which one is better.
Live Zoom lesson 5
Please read this message about a live lesson this Friday 30th May.
Writing Task 1: Island maps introduction
Read my introduction, then follow the tips to write an ‘overview’ paragraph.
General Writing Task 1: ‘Product return’ answer
Here’s my band 9 answer for the ‘product return’ letter task. I’ve also made a list of the useful phrases in my answer.
IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a new friend
Read my model answer and do the study task below it.
IELTS Listening: Spelling test 16
Here’s another spelling test, with 10 words that people find tricky.
IELTS Reading: The trivium (True, False, Not Given)
Try today’s quick reading exercise.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Full essay video
Here’s a summary of our most recent live Zoom lesson.
IELTS Advice: Understanding vs using
Can you say that you know a word or phrase just because you understand it?
Writing Task 1: Island maps
Can you write a one-sentence introduction for this diagram task?
General Writing Task 1: ‘Product return’ part 4
Can you write a short ‘ending’ sentence to finish this letter task?
IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a new friend (5)
Read my example and see if you can write a similar description for the final part of this task.
IELTS Listening: Common spelling mistakes (2)
Can you spell these 10 words correctly?
IELTS Reading: Medicine instructions (Yes, No, Not Given)
Try this exercise, which comes from a General Training IELTS Reading test.
IELTS Writing Task 2: ‘Road safety’ essay
In Friday’s live lesson, the students helped me to write the following essay.
IELTS Grammar: ‘New friend’ mistakes
Can you correct the mistakes in these sentences?
Writing Task 1: ‘Household income’ model answer
Here’s my full band 9 answer plus a list of the useful phrases that I used.
General Writing Task 1: ‘Product return’ part 3
Can you finish the final paragraph in this letter task?
IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a new friend (4)
Read my example and see if you can write a similar description for the third part of this task.
IELTS Listening: Common spelling mistakes
Can you spell these 20 words correctly?