Are you throwing away all the good stuff? via GIPHY Learning points: IELTS tests are bursting with absolutely essential vocabulary Doing a Practice Test, checking your score and then throwing it in the bin is like buying a banana and just eating the skin (?! 😄) You must EXPLOIT the text for vocabulary and grammar…
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Grammar for IELTS: Modals of deduction
This lesson will help you understand: the meaning of ‘deduce’ and ‘deduction’ the meaning of ‘assume’ and ‘assumption’ how to make assumptions and deductions in English the grammar of modals of deduction easy ways to remember the grammar and meaning how these modals are used and tested in IELTS What do people ASSUME about you?…
IELTS Reading: Museums of fine art and their public
Listen to the podcast explanations to help you: N.B. To help you see the structure of the text and questions, I’ve divided this difficult text up so that each set of questions matches the paragraphs where the answers are located (in order). Museums of fine art and their public That people go to the Louvre…
IELTS Reading: Beyond the blue horizon
IELTS Reading: Beyond the blue horizon This Academic Reading lesson focuses on Gap fill, Multiple choice and True/False/Not Given questions. Book 10 Test 3. Scroll down for the podcast and explanations. Watch my 10-minute tutorial here  Beyond the blue horizon Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung islands of the Pacific Ocean (1) An important…