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IELTS: Tense and Tension can be Problems


Understand the Tense of the Question before you Speak


The IELTS examiner's job is to test your language skills, 
fluency and your ability to communicate. 

Your knowledge is not assessed by the examiner
but it does not mean you can talk nonsense.


There is something more important than this.
It is the tense used in  the question.  

Now, look at these two questions: 

Describe a garden you visited regularly in your childhood


- where it is located
- how did it look like
- what kind of visitors came there
- explain why you liked it



Describe a beautiful garden that you like 

- where it is
- what you can see there
- what people do there
- explain why you like it


The first question is in the past tense and the other one 

should be presented in the present tense.



Candidates in India were given the first topic on September 9 and 15.


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