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When it comes to improving your IELTS writing score, it can be really tough to build your vocabulary and polish your grammar skills. It’s much…
Read the guide : Selecting Ideas and Structuring an Essay [IELTS Writing Task 2]Getting a high band score in the IELTS writing exam seems impossible to some students, but it’s not. In fact, there are a few things…
Read the guide : How to Use More Advanced Vocabulary for Task 1 [IELTS Writing]The topic of family and friends is a common one in the IELTS exam. It can arise in any section, but it’s probably most common…
Read the guide : Family and Friends [IELTS Topic]One of my Chinese students wrote an essay on the following topic, which I corrected and am sharing here for the benefit of my website…
Read the guide : Essay Correction: Family Topic [Task 2]This is just a short post today because I’m on holiday. 🙂 I’m currently in Antwerp, in Belgium, on a brief tour of Europe. Let…
Read the guide : 3 Ways to Prepare for Process DiagramsIn the IELTS Writing Exam, you are mostly being judged on your ability to construct a well-written essay. However, part of the task is responding…
Read the guide : Analyzing an IELTS Task 2 QuestionQuestion You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in…
Read the guide : Model Essay: Bar ChartHere’s a cool task to help you work on coherence and cohesion – which is one of the four areas on which your IELTS Writing…
Read the guide : IELTS Writing Task 2 ActivityOk, so here’s an activity I put together for a student I tutor. It’s based on a pretty simple line graph, and I’ve just written…
Read the guide : IELTS Writing Task 1 Practice ActivityWhat do you do when you have to describe a line graph or bar chart in the IELTS Writing Task 1 and you find it’s…
Read the guide : Grouping Data in the IELTS Writing Task 1IELTS Writing Task 1 needn’t be so difficult, yet many students fear it. They panic when faced with a line graph, bar chart, pie chart,…
Read the guide : Some Tips for IELTS Writing Task 1The following is a sample answer for IELTS writing task 2. You can learn about IELTS essay structures here and about the topic of education…
Read the guide : Task 2 Sample AnswerThis week I’m giving you two sample essays from IELTS writing task 1 (academic). In the past I have given answers to line graphs and…
Read the guide : 2x Process Diagram Model EssaysSo you want to do the IELTS but you’re worried about the writing exam. Don’t be. It’s actually quite predictable, and if you study the…
Read the guide : A Beginner’s Guide to IELTS Writing Task 1In this post, I will give you advice about how to structure an IELTS Writing Task 2 essay. Having a great structure will push you…
Read the guide : Structuring an IELTS Task 2 EssayHere’s an activity that I recently used with a couple of students I tutor. They were having trouble with their IELTS writing skills because their…
Read the guide : IELTS Task 1 Practice ActivityQuestion 1 The first chart below shows how energy is used in an average Australian household. The second chart shows the greenhouse gas emissions which…
Read the guide : 2x Task 1 Model EssaysTask 1 Describe this graph: The line graph shows the price of food and oil around the world over eleven years, from 2000 to 2011.…
Read the guide : 2 Model IELTS Essays
