Stop Taking IELTS
Today I want to talk to you about why you need to stop taking the IELTS test… until you are ready. What’s the problem with…
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IELTS Topics: Weather
There are certain topics in the IELTS exam which can be considered quite common. They are not guaranteed to appear in your next exam, but…
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5 Ways Get Feedback on Your English (from Native Speakers)
If you want to improve at English, then you need both practice and feedback. Practice is important, but… if you keep making the same mistakes…
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Recent YouTube Videos
As most of you will know, in addition to writing articles about IELTS on this website, I also make YouTube videos. I do this because…
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How to Get Better at IELTS Writing by Overcoming Common Mistakes
Last year, I wrote an article about why people always score so poorly for IELTS writing compared to the other parts of the IELTS exam.…
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How to Write a Great IELTS Conclusion
When writing your IELTS task 2 essay, it is vital to have a good conclusion. However, many candidates don’t know how to do this. They…
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Avoiding Personal Pronouns [IELTS Writing]
Today I want to talk about something that is perhaps a little controversial within the IELTS community. I am going to tell you how to…
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The Key to IELTS Success is… Simple Language?
I have been teaching IELTS since 2010 and one thing that I commonly hear from my students is that they want to have more advanced…
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Is the Oxford Comma Necessary for IELTS?
I run an IELTS writing correction service and every day I mark 10 or 15 different essays by students from around the world. One of…
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How to Describe a Process Diagram [IELTS Writing Task 1]
In the IELTS writing exam, you may be required to describe a process diagram. This will be part of writing task 1, a section in…
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IELTS Mistakes: The Comma Splice
One of the reasons why IELTS writing is so much more difficult than the others parts of the exam is that it includes punctuation. Knowing…
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IELTS Help on Facebook
I started this website more than 3 years ago to provide free IELTS materials to any student who needed help. Around that time, I also…
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Major Environmental Problems [Task 2 Sample Answer]
It’s been a long time since I posted a sample answer here! I used to do it occasionally, but stopped in late 2017. Well, today…
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Try Something New for 30 Days
Matt Cutts is a Google engineer, and in this TED talk from 2011, he gives some interesting advice about how to change your life. This…
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IELTS – British or American English?
I often encounter students who want to know whether they should use British English or American English in their IELTS tests. Sometimes, when I am…
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The Importance of Accuracy [IELTS Vocabulary]
What is more important – to know many words or to be able to use words with a high degree of accuracy? For the purposes…
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[Speaking Part 2] Describe a Prize
Today, we are going to look at an IELTS speaking part 2 cue card that asks you to describe a prize. More specifically, it will…
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IELTS is Unfair!
As most of you know, IELTS can be really important and for many people it is the key to their future. They fixate on IELTS…
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