Phase 2 Tips : Speaking Test
In Phase 2 of the speaking test. You are asked to make a presentation on a topic. It will always be something person, like talking about a holiday you went on. After the test, many candidates suggest they didn’t know about the topic which is why they couldn’t answer the question. Clearly, this can’t be the case. What they mean is they couldn’t answer the question because they couldn’t think of what to say. If this is the case for you, during the one minute you have to prepare, brainstorm your answer. For example, the assessor my ask you to talk about a holiday you really enjoyed. On you piece of paper, write down questions words:
Where?
When?
Why?
What?
Who with?
How?
Etc.
When you have asked the questions, answer them:
Where? Dehradun
When? last year
Why? celebrate end exams
What? climbed hills / water rafting
Who with? uni friends
How? bus from Delhi to Dehradun Etc.
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Language Practice
You just spent a few hours studying your target language, and you’re feeling great. You’re feeling like you can do this. You’ve got a routine planned. You’ve got it all mapped out.
But a day goes by. Then two days. And you haven’t gotten back to your language practice.
Before you know it, you start beating yourself up. Guilt sets in.
After three or four days, your language learner’s guilt is in full swing, and you feel so bad about it that you actually start avoiding language learning the same way you’d avoid a friend whose text you never answered or whose birthday you forgot.
You’ve halted your language progress not because you’re genuinely too busy. You feel guilty about breaking the promise to yourself that this time you wouldn’t give up. You’ve only got to think about the learning you should have done, and shame hangs over you like a murky cloud.
It’s so much easier to pretend like the problem isn’t there than it is to figure out a way to solve it for the long term.
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IELTS Writing Component
The IELTS Writing Component :
The IELTS writing test takes one hour. In this time you are required to complete two tasks.
TASK ONE is a report based on some graphic information provided on the question paper. With few exceptions, the graphic information will come in one of five forms – a line graph, bar graph, pie chart, table or diagram illustrating a process. You are required to describe the information or the process in a report of 150 words. This task should be completed in 20 minutes. It is important that you are familiar with the language appropriate to report writing generally and to each of the five types of report.
TASK TWO is an essay based on a topic given on the question paper. You should write at least 250 words in 40 minutes. It is important that you keep within the advised time limits as Task Two carries more weight in your final band score than Task One. Remember that illegible handwriting will reduce your final score.
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Grammar Tip
GRAMMAR TIP
The is called the definite article. We use the when we are talking about something that has already been mentioned.
- She is wearing a red dress and a black jacket. The dress is very stylish.
- They have a dog. The dog is black and white.
- We use the when we are talking about a specific person or thing, or if there is only one, or if it is clear which one we are talking about.
- He chose a book and started to read. — one of many books
- He chose the book that his sister had recommended. — a specific book
- He took the newspaper and started to read. — there is only one newspaper.
- Can you turn on the computer? — it’s clear we are talking about the computer in this room
- She has to see the doctor on Friday. — it’s clear we are talking about her usual doctor
- She needs to see a doctor. — not any specific doctor
- Icarus flew too close to the sun — there is only one sun
- The best city I’ve ever visited is Rome. — there can only be one best city.
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