IELTS Reading: Pierre de Coubertin
Try this multiple choice exercise about the founder of the International Olympic Committee.
Comparing 3 types of paragraph
Let’s compare 3 types of main body paragraph: the one-idea paragraph, the two-idea paragraph, and the three-idea paragraph.
IELTS Vocabulary: word family for ‘compare’
If you want to improve your vocabulary knowledge, it’s a good idea to study word families. This lesson contains an example.
Writing Task 1: Consumer spending table
This lesson contains a band 9 model answer and some analysis questions.
Writing Task 1: Job resignation
The model letter in this lesson contains some great phrases for both general and academic IELTS candidates. There’s a list below the letter.
IELTS Speaking Part 3: Leisure and the economy
Here are three more speaking questions with my model answers at band 9 native-speaker level.
IELTS Listening: The risks of sitting
Try today’s gap-fill exercise.
IELTS Reading: The future of passwords
Read the passage about the future of computer passwords, then decide which paragraph contains the given information.
Alternatives to ‘firstly, secondly, finally’
Whenever I write a paragraph using ‘firstly, secondly, finally’, people ask me whether there are any good alternatives to these linking words.
Teaching IELTS vs Teaching English
Here are my answers to two useful questions about IELTS teaching.
Writing Task 1: Water use graph and table
This lesson contains a band 9 model answer and some analysis questions.
Writing Task 1: Environment problem
The band 9 answer in this lesson contains some good formal phrases. Add them to your notebook!
Speaking Part 2: Something that made you angry
Here’s another model answer for speaking part 2.
IELTS Listening: University visit
Try this IELTS listening exercise about visiting a university.
IELTS Reading: The Suzuki Method
Read the passage about a method for music teaching and decide whether the statements are true, false or not given.
Full essay: Learning a musical instrument
Here’s my full essay for the question about learning a musical instrument.
IELTS Advice: You don’t need a grammar book
Students sometimes ask me to recommend a good grammar book. And I tell them that they don’t need one. This lesson explains why.
Writing Task 1: Avoid these mistakes
Here’s some advice to help you avoid six common mistakes in writing task 1
Writing Task 1: Friend coming to stay
Here’s another band 9 informal letter.
IELTS Speaking Part 1: Laughing
Here are some speaking part 1 questions and my model answers on the topic of laughter.
IELTS Listening: Train tickets
Try this IELTS listening exercise about buying train tickets in the UK.
IELTS Reading: The Wright brothers
Try this gap-fill exercise about the inventors of the aeroplane.
Writing Task 2: benefits of learning music
In this lesson I’m going to show you my first main body paragraph for the essay question about learning a musical instrument.
Study Advice: Work on your weaknesses
This lesson contains some tips to help you to identify and work on your weaknesses.
Writing Task 1: Diet pie charts
In this lesson I describe three pie charts and use a variety of techniques and sentence structures to include all of the given data.
Writing Task 1: Letter to a tutor
The model answer in this lesson contains some great native-speaker phrases. Add them to your notebook!
IELTS Speaking: a full test
This lesson shows you what a full speaking test looks like. Try recording yourself as you answer the questions.
IELTS Listening: How to save money
Try this IELTS listening exercise about saving and spending money.
IELTS Reading: Penicillin
Try this gap-fill exercise about the discovery of penicillin.
The ‘Essay Skeleton’
I use the term ‘essay skeleton’ to refer to the main structural elements, or ‘bones’, of an essay. This lesson shows you an example.