Ielts Advantage: Writing Skills

Hello everyone, I'm Richard - one of the authors of IELTS Advantage: Writing Skills.

In May I am going to cycle 130km around Ibiza, Spain. It's going to be hot and pretty difficult. It's not a holiday!!!

I am doing this because I want to raise money for a famous children's hospital in London called Great Ormond Street. This type of personal challenge to help a good cause is very common in British Culture.

So please...........if you are feeling generous, please make a donation at www.justgiving.com/richardbrown75

Every little helps! It doesn't need to be a big donation to make a difference.

Thanks very much

Richard

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Extra challenge. Which verb or verb phrase could you use instead of 'looked at' in the phrase below.

Having looked at both sides of this issue, I believe that...

IELTS writing challenge.

Put these 11 words in the correct order to make a really useful phrase for starting an essay conclusion.

believe sides at both issue that having I looked of this

IELTS writing challenge. Correct the error(s) in this sentence.

Firstly, a lot of time wastes using social networking sites as Facebook.

IELTS writing challenge. Correct the error in this sentence.
Millions of people use the internet for do their shopping.

Hi everyone. Thanks to everyone who has the bought the book so far!
Here is a little writing challenge to get your teeth stuck into.....

The paragraph below contains some words and expressions which are too informal. Can you re-write it in a more formal style?

These days there are loads of people who reckon that sport in school is a waste of time. They say that doing stuff like tennis and football should be done at the end of the school day. Everyone has their own idea about this. If you ask me, I think sport at school is cool. Let me tell you why in this essay.

Here are four useful ways to clarify your ideas/opinions in your writing. Can you complete the phrases?

Just one word is missing in each case.

1. In other ______,
2. To _____ this/that another way,
3. What I ____ by that is....
4. That is to ____ that...

Try this writing challenge:-

Here are four useful ways to clarify your ideas/opinions. Can you complete the phrases?

1. In other ______,
2. To _____ this/that another way,
3. What I ____ by that is....
4. That is to ____ that...

Many thanks to all the teachers who came to our IELTS conference last Saturday - it was a great event. And thanks to Sam McCarter (right in the picture) for his brilliant talk on IELTS reading. Check out Sam's great IELTS books if you have a chance.