Speaking Part 2: Describe a café
Describe a café that you have been to recently. Read my sample answer, and see if you can find the informal phrases that I used.
IELTS Listening: Singular or plural?
Try this quick exercise. Should the answers be singular, plural, or either.
IELTS Reading: Chores for children (match the names)
One possible question type in the IELTS reading test is “name matching”. This lesson contains a useful practice exercise.
IELTS Writing Task 2: Discussion conclusion
Can you write a suitable conclusion to finish my ‘essay skeleton’ for the discussion task about professionals moving abroad?
Writing Advice: Can you partly agree with ‘best’?
Is it possible to ‘partly agree’ when the word ‘best’ is used in a writing task 2 question? This lesson contains my answer.
IELTS Writing Task 1: shows, compares, illustrates
Many IELTS students learn ten different ways to paraphrase “the graph shows”. But is this a good idea? Is “the graph exhibits” correct?
General Writing Task 1: Informal, formal, neutral
When writing a formal or informal letter, it’s important to understand that most language is what I call ‘neutral’.
IELTS Speaking Part 3: ‘Reading’ topic
Here are some part 3 questions and model answers on the topic of ‘reading’. There’s also a quick homework task in this lesson.
IELTS Listening: Are you doing these things?
Are you doing the following seven things in order to prepare and practise for the IELTS listening test?
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?