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Australia 🇦🇺
🔹 For undergraduate or diploma - Overall band score of 6 or 6.5
🔸 For postgraduate- Overall band score of 6.5, and even each section should have at least 6 bands
Canada 🇨🇦
🔹 All degrees - Total score of 6.5 and minimum of 6 per section
UK 🇬🇧
🔹 Undergraduate degree - a minimum score of 6.5. However, you must have band score of 7.0 or higher if you want to enroll in a top UK universities
🔹 Pre-masters - A minimum score of 5.0 or above
🔸 Master's diplomatic - A minimum score of 6 or above. However, a score of 6.5 is required for admission to top universities
USA 🇺🇸
🔹 All degrees - Minumum IELTS band score is between 6 to 6.5
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The pie charts below show the percentage of students who lived in dormitories at a particular university in Australia in 2002 and 2012.
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VOCABULARY CHALLENGE 7⃣+
👨💻Computer technology
1. Young people ..... new technology more quickly than older people.
2. It is easy to become ..... to social media and ignore the real world.
3. The issue of ..... shows how difficult it is to police the internet
4. My social media contacts are ..... friends, not real ones.
5. New technology doesn't keep its ..... status for very long nowadays.
Options:
a. 👉 cutting-edge
b. 👉 embrace
c. 👉 addicted
d. 👉 virtual
e.👉 cyberbullying
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The topic is very well addressed
and explored in depth. The position is clear throughout and directly answers the question. The ideas presented are relevant and very well supported, apart from some over-generalisation in the penultimate paragraph. However, there is no mention of how well children from ‘wealthy parents’ deal with problems. Although this is not a requirement, it could be added to further improve the response. The ideas and information are very well organised and paragraphing is used appropriately throughout. The answer can be read with ease due to the sophisticated handling of cohesive devices, with only minimal lapses (for example, the use of ‘e.g.’). The writer uses a wide and very natural range of vocabulary with full flexibility. There are many examples of appropriate modification, collocation and precise vocabulary choice. Syntax is equally varied and sophisticated. There are only occasional errors in an otherwise very accurate answer. Overall this is a very strong performance and a good example of Band 8.5.
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✍️ IELTS Writing Task 2
Children who are brought up in families that do not have large amounts of money are better prepared to deal with problems of adult life that children brought up wealthy parents
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
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IELTS Writing Task 1 - Map 🗺
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Official sample answer
The diagrams below chart the development of Stokeford Village over an 80-year period from 1930 to 2010.
It is apparent from the data presented that Stokeford has become increasingly populated over this time frame, with a number of new properties replacing land that was previously used for arable purposes. In terms of specific changes to the area, two new roads have been created in the north of the village. These split off from the main road, with the eastern-facing road replacing old farmland, and with the old shops demolished to make way for the western-facing road. Both new roads are accompanied by a small number of new houses on either side. The primary school opposite the post office has been extended to include two new buildings attached to the rear of the property. A new road to the south-west of the school branches off from the main road and extends out to the river (with a series of adjoining properties), but eventually curves back into the main road a little further south. The area where the large house was previously situated has been substantially altered, with the gardens having been cut back to allow four new houses to be built, and the large house has been converted into a retirement home, with two extra buildings added to the previous three.
Finally, at the southernmost edge of the map, farmland has again been converted to residential use, with a number of new properties attached to the road heading south.
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IELTS Writing Task 1 - Diagram 📊
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Model answer
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of households who lived in their own or rented accommodation in England and Wales from 1918 to 2011. Overall, these countries saw a rise in home ownership but experienced a decrease in rentals.
From 1918 to 1971, there was a higher percentage in rented accommodation than those in owned accommodation until 1971 both figures were equal. In 1918, almost 80% of households were in rented houses while over 20% owned their places. However, rentals decreased from around 80% to approximately 60% between 1918 and 1961 while there was an increase in owned residential properties from 20% to 40% during the same period of time.
In the next 40 years, the figure for those in owned accommodation outnumbered those in rented accommodation, increasing by 10% to 60% in 1981 and reaching a peak at about 70% in 2001 before dropping to around 65% in 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of those in rented accommodation decreased gradually from 50% in 1981 to its lowest point at 30% in 2001 before rising to around 35% in 2011.
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☑️ Corrections with explanations
1.
The issue here is with the number. Even though the table says the data is measured in thousands, when we use a specific number, this word is not pluralised. Therefore, the sentence should say:
The problem with sentence is that the writer has mentioned ‘declined steadily’, when in fact this is not a continuous time period (it is only two dates with a gap of 8 years between them). Instead, the writer could say:
The writer here says that ‘Australia decreased’. This doesn’t make sense, because a country can’t just decrease. In fact, it is the number which decreased, not the actual country itself. Therefore, a more appropriate way of describing this is
There is an error here with the use of the linker ‘while’. It can be used for contrast, but not in the same way as ‘however. It is important to use it to connect two clauses in the following ways:
There are two aspects to talk about here. Firstly, adjectives are not pluralised in English, so the correct form is ‘different’ rather than ‘differents’ (which is a common difference with other languages
The other point is that using brackets can give you some variation in your sentence Style or type, although they can have the opposite effect of making your sentence less complex. Consider the following as an alternativeHowever, Australia had a different trend, where they had lower figures in 2016 with 11,000 students compared to 2008 when there were 5,000.
Here some sample responses for the IELTS writing task 1 question above:
🔸 In 2008, Australia had the highest amount of students with a part-time job, with 14 thousands.
🔸 The quantity of Australian students with a part-time job declined steadily, from 14,000 in 2008 to 11,000 in 2016.
🔸 However, in 2016, Australia decreased and had a figure of 11,000.
🔸 New Zealand had a larger amount of high school students with part-time employment in 2016 with a difference of 2,000. While, Fiji’s difference was much greater with 3,000.
🔸 However, Australia had a differents trend, where they had lower figures in 2016 (11,000) compared to 2008 (5,000)
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What does ‘two words and/or a number’ mean?
As with every part of the test, you must always follow the instructions for each task carefully. In particular, notice whether you must choose one letter, or several letters from a list, like these examples (picture below) from The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS:
Notice that bold type is used to draw your attention to how many answers you must write, and when you need to write more than 2 answers, you are reminded to write your answers next to the correct question number on your answer sheet. This is a key point and a reminder not to rush. If you do, you run the risk of making mistakes when you transfer your answers and losing marks as a result.
Also notice whether you must write one word only, or one, two or three words and / or a number. If you write too many words, then your answer will be marked wrong. In both reading and listening, if the instructions say ‘write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER’, this means that your answer may consist of:
🔸 a number
🔸 one word
🔸 one word and a number
🔸 two words
🔸 two words and a number
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IELTS Writing Task 1: nouns and verbs
Charts and tables usually show nouns rather than verbs. However, you need to find the right verb in order to write a good sentence.
Example:
Picture above 👆
🙅♂Don't write:
- Walking was 255 miles per person in 1985.
- Car was the highest form of transport.
✍Do write:
- The average person walked 255 miles in 1985.
- People travelled more miles by car than by any other form of transport.
(Table taken from Cambridge IELTS 6, page 52)
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The map below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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The diagram above shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011
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Learn about common problems and bad advice in IELTS reading #True #False #Not_given tasks.
Use the [worksheet] and (timestamps below) to practice your language as you listen.
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Worksheet Task 1 – Listen and practice
02:58 Worksheet Task 2 – Definitions of False and Not given
05:31 Worksheet Task 3 – The reading skills you need to develop
09:46 Worksheet Task 4 – Reading practice 1
13:12 Worksheet Task 5 – Reading practice 2
17:30 Worksheet Task 6 – Referencing practice
19:02 Worksheet Task 7 – Good Advice about T/F/NG
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