Fill in the Blanks is quite different than RW Fill in the Blanks because there is more emphasis on informal language, collocation, parts of speech, and abstract meanings, especially metaphors. …
Complaining: You recently stayed in a hotel in a large city. The weather was extremely warm and the cooling system in your hotel room was unsatisfactory. Write a letter to …
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Generally, all modifiers should be placed as close as possible to what they modify. This helps keep your writing clear and more concise. Below are some …
Task 4, Listening to a News Item Test takers listen to a community-related news story that is approximately 1.5 minutes long. You must pay attention and take detailed notes and …
RW Fill in the Blanks: Test-takers will be asked to complete 5 or 6 of these tasks on the exam. This is the highest scoring part of the Reading section …
*** IELTS has now shortened the letter length to 140 words and the essay to 240 words *** (to my knowledge, in March 2021) Inviting: You have recently been …
Sentence Structure Sentence structure is the key to score Band 7 or higher on the writing sections of the IELTS exam. If you can use a variety of sentence structures, …
Task 3, Listening for Information This task is a dialogue between two people that uses difficult vocabulary for a specific event. Usually, one speaker is an expert in their field …
Reorder Paragraph: This is the 3rd highest scoring task in the Reading section. The two most common paragraph types/genre are anecdotal (story paragraphs) and topical newspaper and magazine articles. …
The Formal Letter assumes you have not met the person you are writing to, so the greeting is Dear Sir or Madame, and the sign-off is Yours faithfully, (both are …