This is an Academic Test Passage 2 Reading from Book 17 and the podcast covers 3 types of questions: matching information, matching people, and gapfill. In the podcast I discuss how you can understand more of the text if you learn my basic vocabulary lists - you can buy my 3 IELTS vocabulary workbooks and guides on my website shop: - A complete guide to IELTS Word Formation and Spelling - A complete guide to IELTS Vocabulary - A complete guide to the most common IELTS Listening gapfill answers. https://payhip.com/ieltswithfiona If you're trying to improve your Academic Reading Skills, I have 2 Reading courses on my website too: https://ieltsetc.com/courses. Thank you for supporting small, teacher-owned businesses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
Book 17 Test 1 Part 4 I chose this Listening just because it's from the most recent Cambridge Practice Test book, and I was pleased to see that all of the gapfill answers conformed to my theories about common IELTS gapfill answers e.g. uncountable nouns, irregular word forms, "made from ____" etc. I put all of my research together in a handy little booklet which you can get in my shop: https://payhip.com/b/vQlet I also mentioned the previous Listening Podcast I did a couple of weeks ago, which also refers to these patterns (The History of Cleaning): https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en/ielts-listening-made-of-uncountable-noun Thank you for supporting small, teacher-run businesses. Best wishes Fiona --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
This is a Section 4 IELTS Listening Test Gapfill Summary based on a lecture about the history of keeping clean. Get more listening practice on my website or follow my 28-day Listening Course in the Members Academy. https://ieltsetc.com/courses --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
Here's my roundup of daily tips from February. Watch the video version on YouTube with this link: https://youtu.be/zZ0TLDv0qxc In the podcast we'll review: - Idioms for IELTS Speaking ('food for thought' 'peckish' 'flagging') - Formal language ('a high risk of failure') - How to use inversion (Rarely I have? Or Rarely have I?) - Tech tools to help you practise Speaking - Collocations with sports (do, go, play or practise?) - Can or Should? - Task 1 Graphs: "Temperature AVERAGED 25 degrees") - Portmanteau terms: breakfast + lunch = ? - 20 WRONG ways to say 'Although' - Pass a test? Take a test? Sit a test? - What are 'Mustakes'? - Tuesday, Toosday or Chewsday? - "It's not everyone's cup of tea" - IELTS Vocabulary: Physical Health Read the new blog about vocabulary lists for IELTS here: https://ieltsetc.com/2022/05/ielts-vocabulary-lists/ Get all the daily tips here: https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
Here's my round-up of the weekly tips that you can find on my website (ieltsetc.com). This podcast is also on YouTube/fionawattam: https://youtu.be/TNcyL63yWbI https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en In this episode we look at my daily tips from January 19th: - when to use the contraction 's' instead of 'is' (Pronunciation) - how to start a letter and why you shouldn't use 'maam' (GT Letter Writing) - 'claptrap' advice: "elucidate" (Academic Task 1) - when to use "Having said that" (Academic Task 2) - when to use 'triple' or 'treble' (Academic Task 1) - feedback or feedbacks? (Grammar) - useful collocations with 'effect' (Vocabulary) - phrasal verb: "I suppose I'll have to make do with it" (Vocabulary) - Spoonerisms (Collocations) #ielts #ieltstips #ieltspreparation --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
This is a particularly challenging Reading Passage 1, which follows the structure of a Passage 3 'discursive' argument rather than the usual Passage 1 'factual' description. The title gives us a warning of this academic style - it starts with a question, suggesting that there will be a theory developed, with the opinions of expert. It will pose a problem and try to find a solution. This is uncommon for a Passage 1. Also the question types are: Matching information (rare for Task 1) Gapfill (normal for Task 1) Cambridge Book 15 Test 2. https://ieltsetc.com/courses/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
This podcast talks you through a fortnight of daily tips, with an accompanying YouTube video. https://youtu.be/byb9_Dg2UP8 Get the daily tips here on my website. https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en In this episode we cover: Pronunciation features - weak sounds e.g Fishnchips How to spot a terrible "Model answer" Free Flashcards for common IELTS topics (Quizlet - Marine Ecosystems) How to use the LABELS in IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing Synonyms for 'houses' in Task 1 A model Task 1 about the construction of houses Banned expressions e.g. "No worries" When to use the ampersand (&) Do you use 'a' or 'an' before abbreviations like "MA" or "FAQ"? Collocations: raise awareness Is it ok to use "and so forth"? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
In this IELTS GT Part 3 Reading lesson we'll practise Matching Headings, Multiple Choice and Gapfill summary on the topic of plastic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
In today's podcast you'll review my daily tips from my annual advent challenge which you can find on my website under "What's New" and https://ieltsetc.com/ielts-advent-adventure/ Day 9: "It's not worth + ing" Day 10: Pronunciation - Juncture e.g. Ice-cream/I scream, That stuff/That's tough Day 11: Factor vs reason vs cause Day 12: Linking devices - the present participle Day 13: Modals of deduction (must) Day 14: Not only but also Day 15: Mustn't vs Don't have to Day 16: Academic Phrasal Verbs Day 17: The grammar of very polite questions Day 18: rise vs raise Day 19: suggest + ing Day 20: Tense review Day 21: damage vs damages Day 22: as well as Day 23: whereby Day 24: a free gift for you --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message
In this episode I catch up with the daily tips that you can find on my website under "What's new". This episode covers: Pronunciation of phrasal nouns vs phrasal verbs (to give someone the go-ahead) The meaning of 'a shambles = shambolic' The real meaning of 'actually' The use of 'tripling' (reduce, reuse, recycle) Inversion (Never have I ever...) 'comfortable' gapfill in the Listening test "You do the math" (UK = maths) can vs be able to despite due to The closer you get, the slower I go (car sticker) Even if Few people vs a few people Good at/in Hyphens --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message