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IELTS Reading: Megacities (true, false, not given)
Try today’s ‘true, false, not given’ exercise about large and important cities.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Discussion introduction
Can you finish my essay introduction in today’s lesson?
IELTS Grammar: Uncountable plurals
Did you know that some plural nouns are uncountable?
Writing Task 1: ‘Educational problems’ table
Read my band 9 report about a table showing different educational problems in two schools. I’ve also included my scoring analysis and a homework task.
General Writing Task 1: Informal vs formal
Can you rewrite some informal or ‘friendly’ phrases in a more formal way?
IELTS Speaking Part 1: Chocolate
Here are some more part 1 questions with my model answers. Remember that your priority in speaking part 1 is to demonstrate fluency.
Listening Advice: Test your own spelling
Here’s an easy way to check and improve your spelling for the IELTS listening test.
IELTS Reading: ‘Super-Earth’ multiple choice
Try today’s interesting multiple choice exercise!
IELTS Writing Task 2: Where should professionals work?
Should professionals be required to work in the country where they did their training? Today we start work on an essay about this topic.
IELTS Advice: Long and short sentences
Many IELTS students believe that the following is true: long sentences = difficult = high score.
Writing Task 1: Correct the mistakes
Can you correct the mistakes in 5 sentences that describe information shown in a table?
General Writing Task 1: Informal features
Can you find and list the informal features in this GT task 1 letter?
Speaking Part 3: A place to live
Here are some more part 3 questions with my model answers. Make a note of the way I structured each answer.
IELTS Listening: Multiple choice about leisure
Try this tricky multiple choice exercise, then let’s discuss what makes it difficult.
IELTS Reading: Gap-fill not in order
In gap-fill exercises the answers are usually in order in the passage. However, one of the answers in today’s exercise breaks this ‘rule’.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Discussion essay (independence)
Here’s another band 9 ‘discussion’ essay, with a quick study task below it.
IELTS Grammar: Singular or plural?
In this lesson we look at a useful question that a subscriber asked me.
Writing Task 1: ‘Food and oil’ graph
Read my model answer for a line graph task, and then look at the verb tenses that I used.
General Writing Task 1: ‘New sport’ letter
Here’s my band 9 answer for the ‘new sport’ letter task. You’ll also see a list of the good vocabulary that I used.
IELTS Speaking Part 1: Names
Here are some more part 1 questions with my model answers. Notice that I give very honest answers, which are often negative.
Listening Advice: How much listening do you do?
Are you listening to enough English on a daily basis?
IELTS Reading: Choose the title 9
Try today’s practice exercise. Read the passage and choose the best title.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Discussion essay
Here’s a model essay for a ‘discuss both views’ task. Can you finish it by adding an example to paragraph 3?
IELTS Advice: ‘Types’ of vocabulary
Today I want to highlight some good practice by one of the subscribers to this site.
Writing Task 1: Eleven overview tips
Here are 11 tips on how to write a good overview paragraph in your task 1 report.
General Writing Task 1: ‘New sport’ part 3
Can you finish my letter by writing one more sentence for the third paragraph?
Speaking Part 2: Describe a piece of clothing
Describe a piece of clothing that you like wearing. Read my sample answer to get some good ideas and vocabulary for this task.
IELTS Listening: ‘History of food’ gap-fill
Listen to an introduction to some lectures about the history of food, and fill the gaps in the summary sentences.
IELTS Reading: Study habits (paragraph headings)
Choose the best heading for each paragraph in a passage about study habits.
IELTS Writing Task 2: ‘Supporting old people’ essay
Should family members be legally responsible for supporting their elderly relatives? Here’s my full band 9 answer.