Using Technology For Your Practice
Using Technology For Your Practice
Use an MP3 player that can record voice. It will help you recognize all problems:
the bad pronunciation,
the long pauses between words,
and the super-long and confusing sentences.
What you do is just speak on some topic, record yourself, listen and analyze it later. It is really necessary to recognize all of those weaknesses in advance, so you can work and improve them.
Make a list of things that need improvement and look at it every time before you start speaking.
Feel free to call for suggestions and queries.
IELTS Band 7 Dehradun
Near Ballupur Chowk, Dehradun
email: info at ieltsband7.com
Future Perfect Tense # Grammar For IELTS
Future Perfect Tense has the following two forms –
- Will have done- This form of tense, is used as will have + past participle
EXAMPLE-- You will have perfected the art of writing by the time you complete this assignment.
- Be going to have done – This form of tense is used as am/is/are + going to have + past participle
EXAMPLE-- You are going to have loads of money if you work hard and stop paying attention to money.
Future Perfect Tense is used as in the following ways –
- To show the occurrence of an event before something in the future.
The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before another action in the future.
EXAMPLE-
- I shall have written my novel by then.
- By the end of this month, I will have worked here for six months.
- To mark something that will continue up in the future as well
- The Future Perfect to show that something will continue up until another action in the future. This is often done with the help of Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs.
EXAMPLE-- By Monday, Alancrita is going to have had my novel for a month.
- I will have been in UK for six months by the time I leave.
Feel free to call for suggestions and queries.
IELTS Band 7 Dehradun
Near Ballupur Chowk, Dehradun
email: info at ieltsband7.com
Future Continuous Tense # Grammar For IELTS
Future continuous tense is used to talk about events that will happen continuously in the future. It has two forms –
- will be doing- The form of future continuous in this case is –
will be+present participle - be going to be doing – The form of future continuous in this case is –
am/is/are + going to be + present participle
EXAMPLE-
- Are you going to be waiting for her when she arrives?
- Will you be waiting for her when she arrives?
Future Continuous Tense has the following uses –
- To mark interruptions
- Future Continuous is used to mark an interruption in the continuous event of future, by a shorter action in the future.
EXAMPLE-
I will be watching movies when she arrives.
I will be busy for the next two hours, call me only if an emergency happens.
In the above, the interruptions are marked by the simple present tense.
NOTE- Interruptions are in time clauses, and you cannot use future tenses in time clauses. - To represent parallel actions in the future
- If future continuous is used in a statement with two sentences, it shows that both the sentences will be happening parallel.
EXAMPLE-
I am going to be studying and he is going to be reading. - To express the ambiance
- Often future continuous is used to express the atmosphere of a particular place in the future.
EXAMPLE-
When we arrive at the party, everyone will be celebrating. - No future in the time clause
- the Future Continuous cannot be used in clauses beginning with time expressions such as: when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon as, if, unless, etc. Instead of Future Continuous, Present Continuous is used.
EXAMPLE-
While I am going to be traveling, she will be studying. THIS STATEMENT IS WRONG.
While I am traveling, she will be studying. THIS IS THE CORRECT FORM.
Feel free to call for suggestions and queries.
IELTS Band 7 Dehradun
Near Ballupur Chowk, Dehradun
email: info at ieltsband7.com
IELTS Idiom Practice #Set1
Idioms when used in the speaking section showcase that you have a better understanding of English language. Using them therefore, increases your band. Let us learn idioms which when used in answering speaking section can help you score better.
IELTS Idiom Practice
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A Penny for your thoughts
- Meaning – ask someone who is quiet what they are thinking about. This is usually done when the other person is waiting for an answer or suggestion or in general opinion of the other person on a matter. This idiom is used in form of request rather than demand.
Note : One can use this in group discussions as well.
Sentence – “There came a lull in the conversation, and Brandon said, ‘Penny for your thoughts?’” (The Tahlequah Daily Press) -
Against the clock
- Meaning – do something as fast as possible usually before time
Sentence – With the deadline for project being a day away, she was working against the clock. -
Lend an ear
- Meaning – listen carefully and in a friendly way to someone.
Sentence – Avinash is a friend one needs in times of trouble, he always lends an ear for as long one needs -
hit the hay
- Meaning – go to bed
Sentence: Our house had a rule where everyone must hit the hay by 11 pm. -
get a head start
- Sentence – Start before all others.
Meaning – Her proactive nature helped her get a head start to her competitors. -
to be in arms about something
- Meaning – upset or angry about something Sentence : She has been up in arms about the late promotions she got.
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on cloud nine
- Meaning – very happy; deliriously happy
Sentence – When she got to know that her IELTS results was more than her expected 7, she was on cloud 9. -
in the nick of time
- Meaning – not too late but very close.
Sentence – I reached office just in the nick of time. -
hard feelings
- Meaning – feelings of resentment; emotion of being upset or offended.
Sentence: There are no hard feelings but considering everything I am left with no other option but to let you go. -
be sick to death something/doing something
- Meaning: to be angry or bored because of something unpleasant happening for a long time
Sentence: Last Sunday I was sick to death copying all the modules working around changes only ants could see. -
rain or shine
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Meaning – something will happen regardless of weather or other difficulties.
Sentence – Come rain or shine, she does not stops working towards her goals.
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Down to Earth
- Meaning – practical and realistic Sentence: The project needed people who were down to Earth and could deliver upon what is promised.
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On the Ball
- Meaning: Active and aware of things Sentence: Although the Indian cricket team has been criticized, it has always proved that it stands on the ball.
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full of beans
- Meaning: a person who is lively, active and healthy. Sentence: Everyone enjoys the company of my father probably because he is full of beans.
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Explore all avenues
- Meaning: Investigate every possible means to find a solution to a given problem or to achieve desired outcome. Sentence: He explored all his avenues before he started on working on his own company.
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next to nothing
- Meaning: to cost very little Sentence: I brought this kajal at amazon during their prime time sale for next to nothing.
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fresh or clean out of something
- Meaning: have sold up or used up the last of something
Sentence: We would need to buy new groceries. It seems we are fresh out of them. -
at all cost
- Meaning: do everything to achieve or get something. Sentence: Having seen the side of broken dreams, I will make sure I achieve all my dreams at all cost.
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Put yourself in somebody’s shoes
- Meaning – positioning yourself in someone’s else position to understand their emotions or decisions. Sentence – If only you could put yourself in my shoes, you would understand why I made the decision.
Stay tuned for IELTS idiom practice !
Feel free to call for suggestions and queries.
IELTS Band 7 Dehradun
Near Ballupur Chowk, Dehradun
email: info at ieltsband7.com