Monthly Archives: August 2019

IELTS Vocabulary: Sport

In Your Free Time my favourite pursuit is cricket; table-tennis is a popular pastime; an activity; I pursue cycling as a hobby in my free time; jogging is an interest I have. rugby is an outdoor activity;  table tennis is … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Notes Completion: More Flagship Stores Closing

Completing notes is usually pretty straightforward. Take time to prepare by figuring out what kinds of answers you are going to listen out for (nouns. adjectives, etc) and scribble those things on the paper. Pay attention to the sub-headings — … Continue reading

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IELTS Vocabulary: Idioms: A Match Made in Heaven

Learn formal idioms for your Task-2 essay and some informal ones for the Speaking Module. Avoid cliches and other overused phrases. Click on “V: idioms” over in the tag cloud for more idioms. Meanwhile, here’s a useful idiom that you … Continue reading

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IELTS Speaking: Speech Functions: Speculating Part-2

We have checked over many speech functions that you need to use in your answers, including how to speculate. Don’t forget we can use the future tense conditional sentences the subjunctive to speculate. One of the seven question types in … Continue reading

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IELTS Vocabulary: Idioms: A Gender Gap

Learn formal idioms for your Task-2 essay and some informal ones for the Speaking Module. Avoid cliches and other overused phrases. Click on “V: idioms” over in the tag cloud for more idioms. Meanwhile, here’s a useful idiom that you … Continue reading

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IELTS Vocabulary: Idioms: At Breaking Point

Learn formal idioms for your Task-2 essay and some informal ones for the Speaking Module. Avoid cliches and other overused phrases. Click on “V: idioms” over in the tag cloud for more idioms. Meanwhile, here’s a useful idiom that you … Continue reading

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IELTS Reading: Summary Completion: Telescopes in Chile

This lesson is for your reading skills but I’ve given you an audio clip to enjoy too. (It’s an interview and is therefore a bit different from the written article below) Read the passage and then complete the summaries that … Continue reading

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IELTS Vocabulary: Idioms: In Two Minds

Learn formal idioms for your Task-2 essay and some informal ones for the Speaking Module. Avoid cliches and other overused phrases. Click on “V: idioms” over in the tag cloud for more idioms. Meanwhile, here’s a useful idiom that you … Continue reading

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IELTS Reading: Y/N/NG Analysis

Here’s the reading passage: Success and Money The questions ask you to: Write YES, NO or NOT GIVEN. Write YES if the statement agrees with the writer’s claims NO if the statement contradicts the writer’s claims NOT GIVEN if it … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Matching: Violent Video Games

The recording is about the possible link between violent video games and real-world shootings. Many things have been said about this by both politicians and experts in their  research. You have to match what has been said with who it … Continue reading

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