Monthly Archives: April 2020

IELTS Listening: Short Answers: Bathrooms and Disease

The original is here. Listen and answer in no more than TWO words. As Americans understood more about diseases, their ______ changed. When cities began to install more waste- and health-related infrastructure, ______ was possible inside people’s houses. Outside toilets meant … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Sentence Completion: Bats

Skim the questions before the recording begins to play. Underline the keywords. Think of synonyms for those keywords. For example the first sentence you need to complete in the quiz contains the keyword epidemic. epidemic: pandemic/ outbreak/  eruption Write those synonyms … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Short Answers: Coffee Addiction

When answering this sort of question, the answers are the exact words you hear in the recording. So if the speaker says “caffeinated”, don’t write “caffeine” or “coffee”  … you must write “caffeinated”. This lesson is about coffee and the … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Notes Completion: Suicide

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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