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How Are Words Counted In IELTS ?

Word count plays a very important role in IELTS. Be it listening, writing or reading. While answering questions there is a word limit that need to be taken care of and an exceeding or less word limit might lead to you losing marks. But, the bigger question is how are the words counted in IELTS. Do we even count the prepositions or only the big meaning words are counted. Today, let us figure out how words are counted in IELTS.

  1. Numbers, dates and time are counted as words. So, for example, 20-November-2012 was a day. The statement consist of 4 days.
  2. Dates written with both numbers and words are counted differently. For example, 20 November will be counted as one word and one number.
  3. Everything written inside a bracket is also counted. For example, in the given sentence – There are only 10 people present(out of 20). The sentence consist of 9 words.How Are Words Counted In IELTS
  4. Compound nouns written as one word are counted like wise. So, blackboard is one word. While writing it make sure you don’t put a space between them.
  5. Hyphenated words are counted like one word. Example, eye-opener is considered one word.
  6. Everything, irrespective of whether it is preposition or any other small word, it is counted.
  7. Symbols are not counted. So, 55% is considered as one word but if you write 55 percent, it will be considered as two words.

Make sure you read the question properly before answering. So, if it is clearly mentioned, NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS, make sure you don’t write more than three.

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IELTS Speaking Sample # Job

Job is that area which will be questioned of you are already in a job. So, if you are and applying for a new job abroad or going for studies, you might be asked the following questions-

What is your job?

I work as a System engineer in one of the leading companies of our country, Infosys. My area of work involves data cleansing, mining and analyzing. While working in different projects, we often get data that is not up to the mark and is difficult to make any predictions on. We clean it, as in, make it suitable enough so that it could be understood well and further reports or queries can be made.

I am a freelance travel blogger and have a website wherein I upload the videos and the posts of all the places I visit. Most of the times it is the interviews of the local people of the place who tell me about their culture and their opinion. Other times there are photographs of the places and the people.I think it is a great job to do. You know, one gets to know lot of people, their opinion, the real opinion. And the best part is every day is a new day.

Job

What do you do?

I work as a System Engineer at one of the leading MNCs of our company.

What are your main responsibilities?

My work involves analyzing data to make sure that data is accurate and consistent throughout. Once the data involved has been cleansed, it is finally loaded into the data warehouse.

What do you do everyday?

I get up at around 5 in the morning and then for the next three hours, work on myself, my body and soul. Once I am prepared, I go on to the job where I work till 6:00. On reaching home, I either read novels or work on my blog.

I get up early in the morning and get ready for the class that I attend for improving my English. The class usually begins at around 9 and continues till 13 hours. Once back from my class, I read novels and try to work on my vocabulary. After that, I revise for the class, practice some questions. During evening, I go to play badminton with my friends and enjoy some quality time with them.

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IELTS Listening Sample Question # Gold Vending

Gold Vending

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
http://goo.gl/u3Hw9Z


Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What is the synonym for something that is very precious?
  2. Which term is used to explain that someone will buy part of the ownership of a company as an investment
  3. Which currencies would you expect to hear in a report about gold, recorded in Germany by a reporter of a British broadcaster?
  4. What will be the price of gold of 10 gram bar?
  5. What are machines from which small items such as packaged food or drinks can be bought by inserting money called?
  6. What is the synonym for slot machine used?

Gold Vending
ANSWER

  1. expensive
  2. stocks and shares
  3. dollar
  4. 40 dollars
  5. vending machine
  6. dispensers

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IELTS Speaking Sample Answer # Aliens

Alien is a common term used for anyone that does not belongs to a particular place in any way. He or she does not knows the tricks and traps of the place and finds it difficult to fit in the new environment. Let us today have a look at some of the questions related to aliens that might be asked in IELTS speaking test.

Do you believe there is another life in universe? 

I think there is a possibility of another life in universe. Because, it does not makes sense that in this entire universe with millions of galaxies, there is only one Milky way galaxy, with one planet, called Earth having life. There surely are chances of another life in universe.

What do you think aliens might look like?

Sometimes I wonder, aliens might look like we humans only. There might not be very much difference. Or it could be possible that they are higher or lower version of us. Like we evolved from gorillas, may be something like that. It might even be possible that life in some other galaxy uses wings to move. Like we use legs. They can be either taller or shorter than us. But, more or less they will be like us only.

Do you think aliens have ever visited Earth?

I think there is possibility of them visiting us. Because, they have been in news for some time. And it cannot be pure co incidence or a day dreamers thought. If someone has ever felt it or seen something like that, it might be possible. Although, we don’t have so much of proof for that but somewhere in the gut I think it does exist.

What does UFO mean?

UFO stands for unidentified flying object.

Have you seen a UFO or know someone who has seen a UFO?

I am afraid, apart from the movies, I have not seen a UFO and really don’t know anyone seeing it.

What is your favourite alien from a movie?

My favourite alien has to be “Jadoo” from Koi mil gaya. He was such an amazing character. I really liked to positivity associated with aliens. The coming of Jadoo in the life of the main lead brought about a spin around change and the way the characters in the film fought for him, it was truly amazing.

What is the scariest alien movie?

I think fire in the sky was the one movie that scared the hell out of me. It was very intimidating because it explained the doubt people who have not seen a uFO very well. It also showcases the negative possibilities of the movie.

If aliens did come to a country and met with the government of that country, what do you think would happen?

I think it would be bizarre. The first thing that comes to my mind is that the government will try to abduct them and give them to scientist for analysing. It might even be possible that government gets to know about their powers are improve the country and themselves. All sorts of thing, but I think it will be more secretive than anything done.

Why are humans so fascinated by aliens?

Most likely because there is a sense of hidden identity in aliens. We don’t know who they, what they look like. There are so many possibilities, so many things that could be or could not be. There is fascination, curiosity and the possibility of using creative juices to let imagine things.

How many planets do you think are in our galaxy? How about the universe?

In our galaxy, till date we have found eight but there could be many more. I think when it comes to solar system, universe and galaxies, there is lot of possibility. There is so much that is hidden and so much more that needs to be discovered. But, for planets I think there might not be more than 1000 planets in the universe.

Do you think humans will travel to another planet in your lifetime?

I think within twenty years, humans will be able to travel to another planet. Because, the research is going on is such a high speed that there are very big possibilities of space travel. But, one thing is for sure that it is going to be very expensive and only few will be able to afford it.

What do you think will happen if aliens and humans meet?

Initially, it will be lot of fascination and curiosity from both sides. The way we have when a new baby is born. But, with time I think we will jell up together and most probably start living together or may be have inter galaxy friends who come to meet us every year in summer or winters. But, like in movies, it might be even possible that there is war between both of us. Either for there planet or ours. Possibilities, I think, there are many.

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