Cambridge IELTS 18: Sample Answers
Last month, Cambridge released the 18th edition of its excellent IELTS practice test series.
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Anything vs Something [Grammar Guide]
English learners are often confused by the words “anything” and “something.” This is understandable because they seem to have approximately the same meaning.
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Caring for Elderly Relatives [Model Answer]
If old people are no longer physically, mentally or financially able to look after themselves, younger family members should be legally responsible for supporting them.
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How to Start an Agreement Essay
All cars that burn fossil fuels should be banned and electric cars should replace them.
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Describe a Meal [IELTS Speaking]
Obviously, each of these could require a totally different answer from the others.
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Helpful New IELTS Videos
Once you can do this, you can easily answer a wide range of IELTS cue cards.
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Books and Reading [IELTS Speaking Topic]
In the IELTS speaking test, you will be asked questions about common daily topics, such as technology, education, and health.
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Essential vs Non-Essential Relative Clauses [A Simple Guide]
A relative clause is a clause that gives more information about a noun.
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IELTS Topics: Globalisation
When it comes to IELTS preparation, one of the best pieces of advice is “learn vocabulary and ideas related to common IELTS topics.” Those topics tend to be things that everyone could talk about and one of them is globalisation.
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The Importance of Hedging Language
Look at these two sentences and ask yourself, “Which one is more accurate?”
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Describe a Popular Person [IELTS Speaking]
Notice that this is quite similar to an older cue card that asks you to describe a famous person.
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Socialising with Colleagues [Task 2 Sample Answer and Vocabulary]
Note: Sample band 9 answers can be of limited use.
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IELTS 17 Sample Answer: Industrial Area (Norbiton)
Also, IELTS candidates sometimes add their opinions here.
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Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Put simply, Grammatical Range and Accuracy is one of the four criteria by which IELTS writing candidates are judged:
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With the Development of Technology…
Technically, there is nothing wrong with any of these phrases, not in a grammatical sense at least.
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Despite vs In Spite Of
“Despite” and “in spite of” are both subordinating conjunctions that tell us about the relationship between the ideas in the two clauses of the sentence.
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Understanding Informal Language
When you learn English vocabulary, you might hear the terms formal language and informal language.
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Describing an IELTS Line Graph [An Annotated Sample Answer]
In task 1 of the IELTS writing test, you could be asked to describe a line graph.
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