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IELTS Listening: Studying dolphins

Listen to a talk about research into dolphins, and fill each gap in the summary sentences with one or two words.

IELTS Reading: Biometrics

Read the passage about biometrics, and decide whether the four statements below it are true, false, or not given.

Writing Task 2: 13-sentence outline

Let’s practise essay planning by writing a 13-sentence outline for a ‘discuss both views and give your opinion’ question.

IELTS Advice: A bad mix!

What happens when a beginner tries to play an advanced piece of music?

IELTS Speaking: If you don’t know

How do you answer a question when you don’t know anything about the topic? There are two things that you can do.

Writing Task 2: Idea generation

This lesson contains five tips about the following problem: How can we come up with good ideas for an essay?

Writing Task 1: Waste table

Read my model answer for a task that compares waste production in six countries. Then answer five questions to analyse my answer.

IELTS Speaking Part 3: Home life

Here are some part 3 questions with my band 9 sample answers. Make a list of the ‘less common’ vocabulary that I used.

IELTS Listening: Keywords

I often talk about the importance of looking for keywords in the reading test. The same advice applies to the listening test.

IELTS Reading: Arthur Schopenhauer

Read the passage about the daily life of a philosopher, and decide whether the four statements are true, false, or not given.

Speaking Part 2: Describe a home

This lesson contains an IELTS Speaking Part 2 task and my sample answer: Describe an interesting home.

IELTS Reading: Keywords

The task in this lesson demonstrates the ‘keyword technique’ perfectly.

IELTS Grammar: Listing

Listing can be a great way to add detail and use a good range of vocabulary in a single sentence.

Speaking Part 1: Home

In the next three speaking lessons I’ll be sharing my answers to the ‘home topic’ questions that I listed last week.