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Idioms For IELTS

Stop making castles in air or else you will soon meet your waterloo. Didn’t understand a word? Read more and find out.

Make castles in the air
Sentence-: To achieve success, you need to stop making castles in air and start working towards the goal.
Meaning-: – plans or hopes that have very little chances of happening.
Make a bee line for
Sentence-: stop wandering and make a bee line for a band 9 in IELTS.
Meaning-:to go directly towards something.
Monkey around
Sentence-: If you really want to achieve high score in IELTS, you need to stop monkeying around.
Meaning-: to waste time here and there
My hands are full
Sentence-: I am sorry I cannot take any more task, my hands are full.
Meaning-: I am busy.
Meet ones waterloo
Sentence-: You need to work hard else in no time you would meet your waterloo.
Meaning-: meet ones final end

WHAT’S THE DAMAGE
SENTENCE-:So, are you buying it? yes, but what is the cost of damage?
MEANING-: it is used to ask the cost of damage
AS NEAR AS DAMMIT
SENTENCE-:Viswanathan Anand is as near as dammit.
MEANING-: as close to being accurate as makes no difference
NOT BE WORTH A DAMN
SENTENCE-: A broken pen is not worthy a damn.
MEANING-: HAVE NO VALUE OR VALIDITY AT ALL
DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
SENTENCE-: If I say anything about religion in India it is like damned if I did and damned if I don’t.
MEANING-: in some situations whatever you do is going to attract criticism.
DO YOUR DAMNEDEST
SENTENCE-:If you do your damnedest, nothing else matters.
MEANING-: do or try to do your utmost to do something

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Practice Vocabulary

Vocabulary is the most important base for scoring high in IELTS. You not only require it for the speaking section but also the writing and the reading section. Improving vocabulary is that one area you can never finish off doing, but a certain level can always be achieved. So, go on and practice vocabulary.
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TYPE 1
COMPLETE THE GIVEN SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORD GIVEN IN THE BRACKET.

  1. He has been ______________ many a times for being late. (critic)
  2. The importance of exercise can be figured out by the simple fact that even though exercise is ______________ it is better than not doing it at all. (regular).
  3. Having a balanced diet is a matter of _________________ because people can only eat good if they know what is good.(educate).
  4. ______________ exercise is necessary for all the individuals.(day)
  5. There are kids who don’t want to eat healthy food simply because of its _______________.(appear)

TYPE 2
COMPLETE THE GIVEN SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITION.

  1. I don’t believe ___________ spending money _______ buying expensive clothes.
  2. After a mild debate, the team finally agreed ___________ a six hour delay.
  3. Being away from your home country for a long time must be hard to cope _______________.
  4. The cloud cover prevented observers’ _______________ seeing the full moon.
  5. A team of pundits will be involved _________ launching the missile.
  6. Einstein is recognized worldwide ____________having been an exceptional scientist.

ANSWERS
TYPE 1

  1. criticized
  2. not regular
  3. education
  4. exercising
  5. appearance

TYPE 2

  1. in on
  2. to
  3. with
  4. from
  5. in
  6. as

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Countable And Uncountable Nouns

The most common mistakes made my students in IELTS are in countable and uncountable nouns. So, for today let’s understand what countable and uncountable nouns are.

COUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable nouns are the ones which can be counted in numbers. For example-: one pen, five pens etc.

  1. Countable nouns can be singular or plural.
  2. The use of indefinite article a/an is allowed with the countable nouns.
  3. When the countable noun is singular, it is accompanied with words like a/an/the/my/this. For example-:
    1. This is an orange.
    2. I want a pen.

    You cannot say I don’t want pen!!

  4. When the countable noun is plural, we can use it alone.For example-:
    1. I love oranges.
    2. Pens are easier to write with.
  5. We can use some and many with the countable nouns.For example-:

    1. I have got some euros.
    2. Have you got any pencils?
  6. We can use a few and many with countable nouns. For example-:
    1. I have got a few pens.
    2. I haven’t got many cars.


TIP FOR THE COUNTABLE NOUNS-: PEOPLE is a countable noun. PEOPLE is actually the plural of person. So, we can count it. For example-: there are three people in the room.

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Uncountable nouns are the ones which cannot be counted in numbers. For example-: information. There cannot be one information or many informations.

  1. Uncountable nouns are treated as singular.
  2. We cannot use articles with uncountable nouns.

For eg. There cannot be an information or a news.
We can use the following withthe uncountable nouns-:

  1. some. For example-:You need to have some fresh air.
  2. any. For example-: I am listening to some kind of music.
  3. a little For example-: Add a little water to it.
  4. much For example-: I didn’t heard much of what they were saying.
  5. No. For example-: I had no tea for them.
  6. Plenty of For example-: They must have had plenty of patience to deal with him.

TIP FOR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: Uncountable nouns are also known as “mass nouns”. For example-:

Countable And Uncountable Nouns

Countable And Uncountable Nouns

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Spin The Right Yarn

In the end it is all about how beautiful your story of life is and how well you spin the right yarn.

By the yard
Sentence-: Don’t worry about the food, it is present by the yard.
Meaning-: in large numbers or quantities
Spin a yarn
Sentence-: I have lots of time, go on, spin the yarn.
Meaning-: tell a story, especially a long and complicated one.
Like a streak
Sentence-: No one ever becomes successful like a streak.
Meaning-: very fast
Against the stream
Sentence-: Most successful political leaders thought against the stream.
Meaning-: Against the prevailing view or tendency
On stream
Sentence-: You can easily get the job, it is on the stream.
Meaning-: In or into operation or existence; available
BEAR DOWN
SENTENCE-:The Britishers were able to bear down the rulers of India.
MEANING-: overthrow or crush by force
PUT SOMEONE IN THE WAY OF
SENTENCE-: Just put me in the way of success and I’ll show who I am.
MEANING-: give a person an opportunity
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
SENTENCE-:If you don’t like the way of the world, you need to take responsibility to change it.
MEANING-: a typical way in which people around the world behave and things happen.
WAY AND MEANS
SENTENCE-:Success sounds good only if your ways and means are correct.
MEANING-: the ways and means of person for achieving something.
UP THE WAZOO
SENTENCE-:Why did you ordered so much!! It is up the wazoo.
MEANING-: in great quantities
THE WEAK LINK
SENTENCE-:Everyone has a weak link, you just need to find it and hit it hard.
MEANING-: the point in an organization or system that is least vulnerable and is unlikely to be dependent on.

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