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General Writing Task 1: A bit more natural
Compare the students’ sentences with my versions, which are a bit more natural.
IELTS Speaking Part 1: ‘Summer’ topic
Here are some more part 1 questions and model answers. How would you answer question 4?
IELTS Listening: Hotel booking gap-fill
Listen to a description of a hotel booking, and fill the gaps in the sentences below it.
IELTS Reading: ‘Nocturnal animals’ gap-fill
Complete the summary by choosing the correct words from the list below it.
IELTS Writing Task 2: ‘Friends and opinions’ paragraph
In this lesson, you’ll see how I turn a plan into a full paragraph.
IELTS Advice: If you’re worrying
Remember: you can never be 100% prepared for any exam.
Academic Writing Task 1: Using the word ‘rise’
Here’s a quick exercise to see whether you can use different forms of the same word.
General Writing Task 1: ‘Saying no to a friend’ answer
Here’s my band 9 answer for the ‘saying no to a friend’ task. It contains some excellent phrases.
IELTS Speaking Part 1: ‘Health’ topic
Here are some part 1 questions and model answers on the topic of ‘health’.
IELTS Listening: Journalism (multiple choice)
Listen to a short talk about the changing face of journalism in recent years, and answer the multiple choice questions.
IELTS Reading: ‘Thomas Edison’ paragraph heading
Try today’s quick paragraph headings exercise.
IELTS Writing Task 2: ‘Friends and opinions’ paraphrasing
Can you write a one-sentence conclusion that contains paraphrasing?
Using ChatGPT to correct grammar
You don’t really need a teacher to check your grammar these days. ChatGPT can do that for you. Let’s look at an example.
Writing Task 1: ‘Modes of travel’ table
This model answer is a good example of how to ‘select’ and ‘group’ data when there is a lot of information.
General Writing Task 1: ‘Saying no to a friend’ part 3
Can you finish the final paragraph in this letter task?
IELTS Speaking Part 3: Photos
Here are some part 3 questions and band 9 sample answers on the topic of ‘photos’.
IELTS Listening: Homophones 3
Here’s one more exercise to test your spelling of some common homophones.
IELTS Reading: Talent (T, F, NG)
Try today’s ‘true, false, not given’ exercise.
IELTS Writing Task 2: ‘Friends and opinions’ topic
Can you finish my introduction for this new essay task?
IELTS Grammar: ‘Fast food’ mistakes
Can you find and correct the mistakes in five sentences written by members of this site?
Academic Writing Task 1: Ages and age groups
It’s easy to make small mistakes when describing ages and age groups. Here are some examples that should help.
General Writing Task 1: ‘Saying no to a friend’ part 2
Can you finish the second paragraph in this letter task?
IELTS Speaking: ‘Photos’ topic (all three parts)
A good way to prepare for IELTS speaking is to take one topic area and practise possible questions for all 3 parts.
IELTS Listening: Homophones 2
Here’s another exercise to test your spelling of some common homophones.
IELTS Reading: Driverless cars (which paragraph contains?)
Read the passage about the ‘driverless car revolution’, then decide which paragraph contains the given information.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Topic sentences
Do we always need to begin paragraphs with a topic sentence? Why?
Advice: ‘Natural’ English
How can we make sure that the English phrases that we use are natural?
Academic Writing Task 1: Don’t write ‘came first’
Don’t describe items on a graph or chart in terms of coming first, second or last. This makes it seem like you’re describing a competition!
General Writing Task 1: ‘Saying no to a friend’ part 1
Can you finish the first paragraph in this letter task?
IELTS Speaking Part 1: ‘Fast food’ topic
Here are some more part 1 questions and model answers. Can you write a good answer for the last question?