December 8, 2015

Grammar Help for IELTS Wrting Task 1

25% of your mark for writing Task 1 is for grammar. You are assessed on two things:
  1. Your ability to produce grammatically accurate sentences
  2. Your ability to use a wide range of grammar structures.

Here is a link to information to help you with grammar, including which tense you should use, which verbs, adverbs, adjectives etc.  Please check it out.
December 7, 2015

Optional Homework Answers

Writing: Comparing data to show change p. 44

1. D
2.B
3. C
4.A

#2
1. Supports C
2. Supports A
3. Supports C
4. Supports C


Comparing two sets of data p. 45

1. C
2. B
3. however, in contrast, whereas

Two that go at the beginning of sentences: however, in contrast


Reading   pp. 62- 64
1. C 
2. S
3. C
4. S
5. E

6. No
7. No
8. Yes
9. Not Given
10. Yes

11. D
12. B


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November 30, 2015

Writing Task 1:  Tips for describing a diagram - Click here

Step-by-step advice on writing about Line Graphs - Click here
November 23, 2015

Writing Homework Answers:
ielts_week_8_homework.pptx
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November 16, 2015

Writing Task 1: How to Structure your answer
ielts_writing_task_1_structure.pptx
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November 9, 2015

Writing about Percentages
percentages.pptx
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November 2, 2015

Making Comparisons
410_ielts_comparisons.pptx
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​IELTS Reading Exam: True or False?
ielts_reading_intro_t_or_f.pptx
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Optional Homework Answers (Reading Hand-out)
Ex. 1 Vocabulary: Problem or Trouble?
  1. problems
  2. problem
  3. affect
  4. effect

Ex. 2 ​
  1. (effected) -affected
  2. correct
  3. (affect) - effect
  4. (effect) - affect
  5. (affect) - effect
  6. ​(troubles) - problems
October 26, 2015

Writing Task 1 Homework
Here is the outline for Q. 11: 
ielts_writing_task_1_outline.pptx
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October 5, 2015

Welcome to your Elective IELTS 410! Here are the slides from our 1st lesson. 
ielts_410_day_1.pptx
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Here are the links to online dictionaries we talked about in class:

Oxford:  http://oxforddictionaries.com 
Longman:  http://ldoceonline.com
Thesaurus:  ​http://thesaurus.com


Recording vocabulary:  Here are two tools to help you record and study new words:
             


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​IELTS Resources

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Test Taking Tips. Click here.
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FREE!!! A good, free online site to help you prepare for IELTS. Click here.


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     FREE IELTS Practice Tests and Answers. Click here.

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Click here for The Road to IELTS Test Drive: 10 hours of free IELTS practice from the British Council.

ielts writing

IELTS WRITING TASK 1:  Compare and Contrast - Language for Graphs. Click here. Go to the end of the lesson and you can practice.

ielts listening

IELTS Listening Practice:  Click on the video below to practise listening for numbers, dates and times.
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IELTS Listening Practice 
For practice listening to numbers (phone numbers, money, etc.), click here.