Top 10 Commonly Mispronounced Words

Intellectuals do express disgust toward people who mispronounce certain words, but the ugly truth is we all mispronounce words despite the best efforts we make. Although getting fixated on proper pronunciation may be snobbish sometimes especially when taken overboard, we cannot completely set

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Top 10 Tongue Twisters

Top 10 Tongue Twisters
Similar sounds, words and syllables -- they are repetitive and challenging. But despite the slip ups the tongue makes, they are all fun. As fun as they are, tongue twisters have benefits in speech therapy.  They can fix stutters and lisps. They can also bring back verbal

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The Reading Passage

Getting the grip of the context is the key to understanding the entire passage.  Context is the part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. Let’s say you pick a newspaper to read – those headlines, graphics and photos you see can

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Determining and Completing The Writing Tasks

The completion of the writing tasks is very important. In each task, a limited amount of time and a minimum number of words will be given. Avoid going beyond the allotted time and writing fewer than the minimum number of words. You can write more words though, but make sure that you work within

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Writing For A Specific Audience

Targeting your audience is of great importance to understanding what should go into your writing. It filters out the unnecessary, giving you enough focus to put more weight on what really matters. Here are some guided questions that you may want to look into:

Who am I writing to?
What will

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IELTS Grammar: Verb + To …(Infinitive)

Infinitive is the unchanged or base form of the verb which is preceded by the word ‘to’.

Verbs like offer, agree, refuse, decide, plan, arrange, hope, aim, learn, deserve, afford, forget, attempt, manage, fail, promise and threaten are followed by to + infinitive to express

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IELTS Grammar: Modal Verbs

A modal verb is used to express likelihood, ability, permission and obligation. Examples include may/might, will/would, can/could, shall/should and must.

Can vs. Could

We use can + infinitive to express possibility and ability.

I can make reservations at Nemo’s if you like.
We can

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IELTS Vocabulary: Think Synonyms

Picking up words from different sources that you have chanced upon on should be an integral part of your vocabulary learning routine. In fact, jotting down a word on your notepad is the initial step you have to take towards extending your vocabulary. However, you need a way of organising the

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Hot Tips for IELTS Reading

In any standardized test, reading is always the biggest challenge, and IELTS is not an exemption. Many test takers complain of having a very short amount of time to answer tons of questions referring to very complicated texts. You need to have very good reading skills and a range of strategies

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