IELTS tips and tricks

Mindset for IELTS: how to ask better questions
Training yourself to ask better questions will reframe your mindset for IELTS and help you make faster progress.

IELTS Vocabulary Lists – which one is the best?
IELTS Vocbulary Lists are useful starting points for improving your knowledge of vocabulary, but which list should you trust?

10 useful Academic IELTS Reading resources
Here’s my list of the 10 most useful places to find Academic IELTS Reading resources

What is the best online IELTS course? (Part 2)
Every online IELTS course is different, so here’s my advice on how to choose the best one for your needs.

Read this BEFORE you buy an online IELTS course (Part 1)
There are so many online IELTS courses on the market. How do you know if what they’re offering is as good as it seems? Here are my 10 tips to help you filter out the genuine sellers from the sellers of snake oil.

How to use idioms in IELTS
The IELTS test gives you Band 7 for less common and idiomatic vocabulary, but you must be careful and this lesson will show you how to use idioms accurately.

Nouns as adjectives: a simple tip to avoid mistakes
When can you use nouns as adjectives? This lesson shows you how to avoid common mistakes with noun modifiers in IELTS Writing.

How to use hyphens in IELTS
How important are hypens in IELTS? Get my simple guide to using hyphen in all parts of the IELTS test.

IELTS Writing Feedback: keywords to improve your Task 2 essays
What can you learn from your IELTS Writing Feedback? Here is a list of words that I use to help my students improve their Task 2 essays.

How to write a Band 9 IELTS essay (and how not to)
What is an IELTS Band 9 Model Essay? Find out what will make your writing stand out with my 9 tips.

IELTS Band 9 essay for Writing Task 2 (CEOs)
In this IELTS Band 9 essay, you’ll learn the key features of a high-level Task 2 Writing response and how to reproduce them.

IELTS conditionals review and practice
Review your IELTS Conditionals, from Zero to Mixed with this fun, interactive set of quizzes, poems, songs, videos and memorable quotes.