IELTS With James

  IELTS Speaking : Clothes are Trendy Now A cue card speech question that has been making the rounds in many countries is related to clothes. Describe a favourite piece of clothing  Describe a piece of clothing that you like wearing Describe your favourite item of clothing - what the item of clothing is - where and when you bought it - when do you wear it - and explain why you like wearing it Vocabulary apparels activewear denim dresses Intimates Jackets & Coats Jumpsuits Pants Rompers Shorts Skirts Sweaters & Knits Swimwear Tops trendy  casual clothes classic style designer label dressed to kill dress for the occasion  dressed up out of fashion a sense of style keep up with the latest fashion look good in well-dressed Collocations It is ....... in colour, and it’s made of ......material for going to work Whenever I go out  The reason why I like this ....

Should Large Companies Provide Sports and Social Facilities? IELTS Writing Questions reported on June 17 from Canada Task 1:  Two bar charts on Australian hotels for one month in 2009. One shows the cost per night for  room and the other  shows the percentage rooms that were occupied during the month.    Task 2: All large companies (businesses) should provide sports and social facilities  to the local community.  To what extent do you agree or disagree? ieltsjamespete@gmail.com

Old Task 2 Question Back, Many IELTS Candidates Were Hard Up for Ideas The following Task 2 Essay question was reported from many regions on June 17, 2017  for the IELTS Academic test. Some people say that teaching method with a teacher and students in a classroom will not exist by the year 2050. To what extent do you agree or disagree?   The feedback is that many IELTS candidates were not prepared for this question. Apart from a few technology-related sentences, many could not write much. So, get ready for the task. ieltsjamespete@gmail.com

Complex Sentences in IELTS  Task 2 Intros:  No Guarantee for your Success Most of the test candidates and some of the trainers think that the best way to impress the examiner is to write like a professor. Such people use 'template phrases'.   Template phrases for the Introduction are  ready made.  Often, they are complex too.  Trainers, self-help books and online sites have a ready stock  of these phrases and you will be tempted to use them in your Task 2 intro. Many believe that it is the best way to impress the examiner. The truth is that examiners hate them.  Moreover, they have been asked to look for memorised sentences in essays. The axe does not fall on all the candidates. Candidates who are struggling to make a 7 or 7+ band in writing are the main victims. My Suggestion: Ask yourself the question: What is the aim of my introduction? Now, read a sample question from IELTS Task 2 question bank, below.  What do yo...

Be Careful, IELTS Questions are Tricky Now ! Many IELTS  candidates who have taken the test in 2017 complain that their score in the writing section, especially in Task 2,  is low even though the question was familiar and easy. There can be two reasons other than your poor language and memorised answers. 1. You thought the question was the same, old question in other words.      May be, the problem is with the way you read the question.      Did you read the question slowly and properly?      Some old topics reappear in new words.      Sometimes, the topic is the same but the question takes a new angle. 2.  Your friends at the IELTS training institute may tell you that your performance is superb,       but in reality, your level may be Band 6.       Don't show off to impress others.        ieltsjamespete@gmail.co...

IELTS Test Questions for Task 1 and Task 2 - June 8 & 9, 2017 Academic Task 1: Bar graph giving information about the percentage of teenage smokers, belonging to different age and gender groups from 1995 and 2005. Task 2:   In some countries, there has been an increase in the number of parents who educate their children themselves at home instead of sending them to school. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? These questions were reported from many regions in India, including Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and Maharashtra. ieltsjamespete@gmail.com

Be Careful, IELTS Questions are Tricky Now ! Many IELTS  candidates who have taken the test in 2017 complain that their score in the writing section, especially in Task 2,  is low even though the question was familiar and easy. There can be two reasons other than your poor language and memorised answers. 1. You thought the question was the same, old question in other words.      May be, the problem is with the way you read the question.      Did you read the question slowly and properly?       Some old topics reappear in new words.      Sometimes, the topic is the same but the question takes a new angle. 2.  Your friends at the IELTS training institute may tell you that your performance is superb,       but in reality, your level may be Band 6.       Don't show off to impress others