Connecting (otherwise known as linking, signal, or transition) words and expressions are used either in or between paragraphs to help to show the connection or relationship between sentences and paragraphs. …
Effect to Cause – FIND THIS PATTERN! A text that moves in an Effect to Cause pattern is easier to find because, usually, in the first paragraph, you will find …
Matching Sentence Endings: This is not a common question on IELTS reading exams as sentence completion is more customary. Match sentence endings have two types of listings that you have …
3. Inferential questions Inferential questions are easily identifiable by their wording. When questions use words like ‘most likely’ or ‘likely’, ‘most probably’ or ‘probably’, ‘implies’, ‘can tell’, seem(s), and ‘next’, …
Sentence Structure Sentence structure is the key to scoring Band 7 or higher on the writing sections of the IELTS exam. If you can use a variety of sentence structures, …
Summarize Written Text What makes this part of the PTE exam extremely easy is that most all texts follow either a cause-to-effect or an effect-to-cause pattern. I would say after …
For the sentence completion task, a test taker should be able to recognize synonymous language and paraphrased passages, scan for particular information, and read for meaning. You will have to fill …
2. General Meaning questions These questions usually ask about the main idea or the topic of a recording. The General Meaning questions may force the listener to string together many …
Parts of Speech, especially nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, are extremely important to know. Parts of speech (articles ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’ are not included in this set) Parts of …
Multiple Choice Single Answer: Remember this is a low-scoring task with only 2 or 3 marks. Multiple Choice Single Answer accentuates the test-taker knowledge of a topic sentence and the …