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IELTS preparation tips from Band 8.5 achiever

Bhaskar from India received Band 8.5 in IELTS and felt like sharing. Here is his advice to fellow IELTS candidates:

“I achieved 8.5 bands in my IELTS exam. And most of all I am grateful to myself for making the extra effort required in achieving this wonderful score.

To many of my friends, who always ask as to how to prepare best, I wish to tell:

1. Practice thoroughly, there are no shortcuts.

2. You must make the necessary effort to speak out in public regularly to improve your speaking. This is one area where most lack and by far it is the easiest section of IELTS.

3. You must read newspapers and magazines regularly, since it enhances one’s reading and writing skills while also adding new words to one’s vocabulary.A nd not only read, but also try to understand the use of every word.

4. Getting in conversations with others primarily in English is one of the best approaches to improve your listening and speaking skills. Also it would enhance your knowledge which would prove beneficial for the writing exam.

5. And remember to practice.

Good Luck!!!”

I’d like to thank Bhaskar and invite other high achievers to share the secrets of their success. Please leave a comment on this post or if you’re subscribed to IELTS-Blog – reply to my email and tell me, why did you get the high score. I’d love to hear from you!

IELTS Writing – homework

Academic IELTS candidates

You probably noticed how in the recent exams there were many bar graphs, and I thought that you guys could use some exercise. I’ve created this little chart below to be similar to the ones that appeared in real exams, and here is your homework for the day:

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows estimated percentage of car trips made, presented by trip purpose and gender of drivers in 2005.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

You should write at least 150 words.

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 sample

And if you want someone to check your work – use our writing assessment service. Our teachers will be happy to grade your work, give you an approximate Band score and suggest how you could make your report better.

General Training Candidates

Your homework for today is to write a letter as follows, in about 20 minutes:

At a work-related seminar that you’re attending, you’ve received an assignment due on a certain date. You have missed that deadline. Write a letter to your lecturer and mention

– the name of your seminar and subject of your assignement
– the reason you could not finish submit it on time
– ask for time extension and say when you will submit your work.

And if you guys want feedback from our teachers, read here how to submit your work for assessment.

Still here? You’ve got work to do 🙂