Some common letters of complaint in the IELTS test are to… a neighbour a landlord a shop a bus company It’s important to get the tone right and remain polite, however angry you are. Here’s a basic template you can follow. Get the full lesson and worksheet in The Members Academy. You are a student…
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How to write a job application for IELTS Writing Task 1
Job applications and cover letters follow quite a simple formula (see the 10 steps below – replace the words in brackets with suitable alternatives, depending on the job). IELTS will always try to test how well you can adapt a formula to different situations, so in this lesson we’ll look at the language of a…
10 ways to make your writing LESS FORMAL in GT Task 1
Which one would you choose? Last week I was marking my students’ General Training Writing Task 1 Letters. The question was something like this: You can no longer attend you gym class next month. Write a letter to your instructor Say what lesson you attend Explain why you can’t go Tell them that you’ll be…
8 reasons why a free IELTS course might not help you get the score you need
We all love free stuff, and there are TONS of free IELTS materials on the internet. But how come, with all these free materials, I get so many people asking me for a free course and wondering why they can’t get the score they need? In this blog, I look at why FREE does not…