
As you are interested in IELTS, please have a go in our “Win free IELTS textbooks” competition this month. You can win IELTS Speaking and IELTS Listening self-study textbooks from Harper Collins by answering 2 easy questions. This is an IELTS speaking test sample: it’s part 1 – the Introdcution and Interview. The student [...]
May 1st, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

Do you need to improve your IELTS band score? When studying for your IELTS Speaking test, it’s really important to improve your exam technique to be able to get the maximum out of every word you use in front of the examiner. Below we show you the way to prove to the examiner that you [...]
April 23rd, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

Getting to IELTS band 7+ is tough and most students never manage it but why? Well, people at that level are similar to native speakers because they know lots of language and have a very naturally way of using it. More importantly, they know lots of different ways to talk about or reference the same [...]
March 28th, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

Sport idioms & phrasal verbs used in IELTS speaking sample answer & sample question. Also IELTS tips on how to improve your band score.
March 6th, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

Sample questions and suggested answers for IELTS Speaking part 3, all about ‘books’
January 23rd, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

In part 2 of the IELTS speaking test you need to speak for 2 minutes about a given topic. You get 1 minute to prepare. During this time it’s a good idea to make short notes on the paper you are given. Here’s a sample question with some notes: Question Describe a friend that you [...]
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in IELTS by Phil Wade | Read More »

A killer sample answer in the Two Way Discussion from the IELTS Speaking test. Listen and learn!
October 5th, 2011 | Posted in IELTS by Bren Brennan | Read More »

Lots of help for IELTS Speaking: Two way discussion
September 30th, 2011 | Posted in IELTS by Bren Brennan | Read More »

Freshers week is the first week of university and Gavin helps you through it with some tips. Also, adverbs that you should include in your IELTS Writing tasks are used throughout
September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in IELTS by Gavin | Read More »

IELTS Part 2 of 3 blogs on the speaking section. Sample answer included!
September 20th, 2011 | Posted in IELTS by Bren Brennan | Read More »