Monthly Archives: June 2020

IELTS Listening: Sentence Completion: Speech Evolution

How to tackle sentence-completion questions: Sentence completion: These are simply gap-fill questions. You must read sentences that summarise important information from either all of the audio clip or from one part of it. You have to fill in a gap in each … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Short Answers: Mt St Helens

A short answer is going to be a specific piece of information that you hear in the recording. It could be: a synonym you hear for something being described. a metaphor used to describe something. a reason. a number of … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Short Answers: Your Place in the Universe

Sometimes you’ll hear more than one speaker all using different accents. This lesson will prepare you for that. Listen carefully and repeat several times. The clip is about a storybook for children about the universe. The original is over at … Continue reading

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IELTS Listening: Sentence Completion: Going Cashless

Gap fill exercises are things that you probably practised in school, so you should be familiar with this question-type. You MUST read the questions carefully before the recording begins and figure out what is being asked. Write things on the … Continue reading

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