In this lesson you’ll learn how to answer ‘Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?’ essay questions in IELTS Writing Task 2.
It includes model answers and a template you can use with any ‘outweigh’ question.
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IELTS essay about clothes
In this lesson you’ll learn how to answer an IELTS essay about clothes. It includes high-level vocab, model answers and a quick tip to help you jump from Band 6 to Band 7.
IELTS Vocabulary: CLOTHES
Learn all the clothes vocabulary you need for IELTS Speaking and Writing tests, with idioms, expressions and model answers.
IELTS Listening: Choosing from a list (Dolphin Conservation)
In this Listening lesson you’ll learn strategies for Choosing from a List (both types).
This lesson includes a 30-minute strategy video which prepares you for this question type. You’ll also learn about distractors with linking words, emphasis and tone.
IELTS Reading walkthrough (Urban Farming)
This Part 1 Academic Reading lesson takes you through 3 sets of question types: gapfill, table completion and True False Not Given.
How to describe a natural cycle or process diagram in IELTS Writing Task 1
This lesson will teach you how to describe a natural cycle for IELTS Writing Task 1.
How to write an IELTS Band 9 essay
It is difficult to write an IELTS Band 9 essay in 40 minutes under pressure. Most examples are written by experts with the luxury of time. Here’s what we can learn from them.
IELTS Reading Matching Headings: The Water Crisis
Practice Matching Headings in the IELTS Reading Test and review the common topic of WATER.
IELTS Reading Choosing from a list (Tidal Power)
Choosing from a list questions require a good knowledge of synonyms and understanding the whole meaning of each list item. Learn more here.
Avoiding distractors in the IELTS Listening Test (Underground House)
Avoiding distractors in the IELTS Listening test is an ESSENTIAL skill that you need to practise. Here’s how.
IELTS Reading: The Water Crisis
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IELTS Listening Multiple Choice Questions (Australian bees)
IELTS Multiple Choice questions in Listening Section 3 are common when the dialogue is an interview with an expert like this one.
IELTS Reading Matching Headings (Easter Island)
IELTS Reading Matching Headings questions cause a lot of headaches and the can be difficult because it takes the whole text into account.
Essential Vocabulary for IELTS Listening (Soil and CO2)
This lesson reviews a lot of useful Vocabulary for IELTS Listening. Make sure that you always read the tapescript whenever you practise.
IELTS Reading – The megafires of California
This lesson focuses on True, False, Not Given Gapfill I have broken up the text to make it easier for you to practise on your mobile device. Listen to my podcast here: The megafires of California Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires in the western United States Wildfires are […]
Essential vocabulary for IELTS: Farming
This lesson introduces essential keywords you need to know about FARMING. It includes a video overview, a short reading text with exercises, plus model Speaking and Writing answers.
How to write an IELTS cause and effect essay
The IELTS cause and effect essay is one of the easier ‘types’ and you can prepare the collocations that you need beforehand. Here are some high-level collocations.
IELTS Vocabulary Topic: Microplastics
Build your knowledge of IELTS-related Vocabulary by reading regularly.
This short text about microplastics will help you focus on high-level, less common words that you can use in your Writing and Speaking.
IELTS Vocabulary Topic: Plastic pollution
This is a summary of an IELTS-related news article, with the most useful keywords highlighted and explained.
It contains synonyms to improve your vocabulary and comprehension, plus complex sentences that you can use in your Task 2 writing.
