Cambridge IELTS 20: Sample Answers
On a recent post, someone suggested that I write a few sample answers for the essay prompts in Cambridge IELTS 20, the latest in the…
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Using AI to Learn English
A lot of people ask me about using AI to learn English and so I thought I’d make a really quick lesson about it. Actually,…
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Free Grammar Lessons
It’s been a long time since I posted here. To be honest, the AI boom has really cut into my traffic and so I lost…
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16 Words IELTS Candidates Always Get Wrong [Video]
I’ve been teaching IELTS since 2010 and I’ve marked many thousands of essays as part of my writing correction service. In that time, I’ve noticed…
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New IELTS Grammar Videos
I’m finally making videos again after a very long absence from YouTube! I hardly made anything in 2023 and 2024 but now I’m doing regular…
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Making Lists: An Essential Grammar Skill
In today’s grammar lesson, I want to show you how to make lists. I don’t mean shopping lists or to-do lists. Instead, I mean list…
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New Video About Comma Splices
I just posted a new video on my YouTube channel. This one is about comma splices, which I think are one of the worst grammatical…
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New Video: Sentence Types
I have given lessons on sentence types before on this website because it’s such an important topic that it needs to be taught thoroughly. As…
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Vocabulary about Hospitals
In the IELTS exam, you could be asked a question related to health and for that it might be useful to know some language related…
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Censorship: IELTS Writing Task 2 Essay
Today, we are going to look at a sample band 9 answer to a question about censorship. Analysing the Question Here is our question for…
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Homeschool Essay: Task 2
Today, let’s look at a sample band 9 answer to a question about homeschooling. I will analyse the question, discuss some ideas and language, and…
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Verb Tenses and IELTS Maps
In task 1 of the IELTS writing test, you might be given maps to describe. You will usually be given two of them because the…
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How to Write an Overview for IELTS Writing Task 1
In this article, you will learn about overviews for IELTS writing task 1. I’ll explain why they are necessary, where to put them in your…
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Cambridge IELTS 19 – Sample Answers
Today, I’m going to give you my band 9 sample answers to four writing questions from Cambridge IELTS 19, which is (as of September 2024)…
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Commas and Time Phrases
Using commas can be difficult, but thankfully you don’t need to know all the rules to get a great IELTS score. Still, it is important…
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Ambition and Success: Sample IELTS Essay
Yesterday, one of my writing correction service students sent me an interesting question that I had not seen before. As always, I wrote a sample…
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Do the Advantages Outweigh the Disadvantages? – Advice About This Question Type
A few days ago, one of the people using my writing correction service e-mailed me with a question about advantage and disadvantage questions, and it…
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Exams vs Continual Assessement [Model Essay]
Today, I want to show you a sample answer I wrote to an IELTS writing task 2 question. The broad topic was education and specifically…
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