IELTS Speaking Part 1: Short, efficient answers
The ideal answer in part 1 of the speaking test is short and efficient, rather than long and wordy.
Listening Advice: If you miss it, move on
This might seem like easy advice…
IELTS Reading: Urban bees (multiple choice)
Try today’s multiple choice reading exercise.
Writing Task 2: ‘Police and guns’ paragraph
Here’s a paragraph that the students helped me to write in our most recent live Zoom lesson.
Important message and next Zoom lesson
Please read this message about my live Zoom lessons.
Writing Task 1: Island maps details
Finish my model answer by filling the gaps in the final paragraph.
General Writing Task 1: ‘First day at work’ part 1
Can you finish the first paragraph in this letter task?
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?