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12/10/2023

IELTS Speaking test – March 2018

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What work/study do you do?
– Let’s talk about technology and mobile phones.
– Do you have many apps on your phone?
– What kind of apps do you use?
– What apps do you think people use the most?
– Would you like to create some day a mobile phone app? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about your favourite season. Please say

– What season is it?
– What is the weather like?
– What kind of activities do you do in this season?
– Why you do like this season the most?

Discussion

– Do you think weather has changed comparing to the past? In what way?
– Do you think most people enjoy hot weather? Why/Why not?
– Do you think weather usually affects people’s mood? How?

07/10/2023

⚡️ : how should you practise?
Here's a useful question that a student asked:

Many students complain that they don’t get a high enough score in IELTS reading, and many teachers respond that you need more practice. Dear Simon, could you describe how to practise for reading correctly? I do practise with the Cambridge books and spend time reading newspapers, but with no results.

Here's an answer:

Good question. First, testing yourself is not the best form of practice. You should test yourself from time to time (e.g. once a week), but spend much more time studying rather than testing. 'Studying' means that your aim is to learn something from what you read. For example, when reading newspaper articles, you might learn a new word or phrase, or you might learn how to use a word correctly in a new context. Don't forget to check things in a dictionary or by searching online, and write new language in a notebook.

The Cambridge IELTS books are a great resource for studying (as well as testing). Try doing some reading tests without a time limit. Allow yourself to use a dictionary to check words, and aim to get all of the answers right. Analyse your mistakes carefully, and make
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❗️Above all, remember that IELTS reading is a vocabulary test. Ask yourself what new vocabulary you have learnt this week. Can you point to a page of your notebook and say "I've learnt these 10 or 20 new words and phrases this week"? If you can, you are improving. SimonC

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07/10/2023

The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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07/10/2023

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Two-chart answer/Academic

The chart below shows the value of one country's exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category or exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

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03/10/2023

✍️Cambridge IELTS Writing Task 2

Some people say that music is a good way of bringing people of different cultures and ages together.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Model Answer

It is often said that music has the power to unite and connect people, regardless of their cultural backgrounds or ages. I completely agree with this view, and will give my reasons below.

Music can certainly reach across cultural and national boundaries and bring people together. Perhaps the best example of this would be the Live Aid concerts that took place back in the 1980s, and which were broadcast to a global audience. Two live events were held simultaneously in the UK and the US, and the objective was to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. The concerts were a huge success, both in terms of the number of people around the world who watched them and their impact on international public awareness of the famine. They demonstrated, I believe, that music truly is the planet’s global language.

Just as it transcends cultures, music also has the ability to connect people from different generations. Regardless of age, we can all enjoy a memorable melody, a strong rhythm or a beautiful singing voice, and the best songs seem to have the same magical effect on all of us. This would explain why televised music competitions, such as ‘The X Factor’ or ‘The Voice’, are such popular prime-time shows. These programs attract incredibly broad audiences because singing and popular songs appeal to children, parents and grandparents alike. I would argue that no other form of entertainment can bring families together in this way.

In conclusion, I believe that music is unique in its capacity to create shared experiences between people, irrespective of culture and age.

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Credits to Simon C
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❗️Vocabulary review -
Here's a list of topic vocabulary from the essay above:

🔸the power to unite and connect people
🔸regardless of their cultural backgrounds
🔸reach across cultural and national
🔸boundaries
🔸concerts that took place
🔸back in the 1980s
🔸were broadcast to a global audience
🔸two events were held simultaneously
🔸to raise funds for
🔸famine relief
🔸a huge success
🔸international public awareness
🔸the planet's common / shared language
🔸music transcends cultures
🔸different generations
🔸a memorable melody
🔸a strong rhythm
🔸a beautiful singing voice
🔸have a magical effect on us
🔸popular prime-time shows
🔸attract incredibly broad audiences
🔸appeal to children, parents and grandparents
🔸alike
🔸form of entertainment
🔸bring families together
🔸is unique in its capacity to
🔸create shared experiences
🔸irrespective of culture and age

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03/10/2023

VOCABULARY CHALLENGE 7️⃣+

Advertising
1. Some people find advertising......., but I think it's a necessary evil.
2. The salesman told me the phone would never break, but I wasn't....
3. Many special celebrations have become much too.... now.
4. Giving a free gift is a marketing.... often used by magazines.
5. Adverts often.... the effectiveness of beauty products

Options:
a. 👉 exaggerate
b. 👉 ploy
c. 👉 intrusive
d. 👉 convinced
e.👉 commercialised

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