Reading Task Type: Multiple Choice with Multiple Answers

In tackling a multiple choice question with multiple answers, you are asked to pick out more than one item from a list. The question may require you to look for ideas that are mentioned, that are not mentioned, or that are true or false. This can be quite tough because you will be choosing from

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READING TASK TYPE: CLASSIFICATION & MATCHING

Classification and matching in IELTS reading simply aims at your ability to identify relationships between ideas. A numbered list of ideas will be laid out in the text, but there are occasions when these ideas are not in the same order in the text as the numbered list.

In matching, numbered

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Listening Skills for IELTS: Notes/Table Completion

In this specific task of the listening section, your ability to predict information that could be used to complete notes and tables will be tested.

When you have to complete notes and tables:

• Read each question carefully and predict what kind of word or phrase you will need (e.g.

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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Describing How Data Changes Over Time

In task 1 of the writing section, you will be looking at visual diagrams, and these include line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, maps and objects. Much of the information in these diagrams gives description of changes that have taken place in the given course of time. Often, your job is

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Things to Avoid While Speaking English

It is understandable that inadvertent errors are made when speaking a language that is quite foreign to you. Despite the number of hours you practice whenever time allows it, you still make mistakes, causing you to wonder what in the world you have been doing wrong. Well, you probably have an

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Top 10 Recommended Sites for Listening

We do know that the best way to improve listening skills is by listening. You don’t learn riding a bike by simply reading a manual that instructs you to hop on and pedal without losing your balance. What you need is an actual bike that you can ride.  The same way with listening – you need

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Top 10 Commonly Confused Pairs

There are words in the English language that seem confusing because they sound very much alike but convey utterly different thoughts.  Electronic spellcheckers won’t be of any help in such a case, and you might get a put-down from someone reading your writing.
Here’s a list of some

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