Earlier this week, I wrote about a new essay topic presented to candidates by Irsafam Test Centre in Iran. Here’s my answer to that task:
IELTS Essay Sample: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
Author: Ebi Tahasoni
WELCOME TO IELTS PRIME
Hi, and welcome to my blog at IELTS Prime. This is where I will be writing about IELTS, covering anything from techniques to language to samples to exercises.
I have been publishing my preparation materials on my personal website at www.tahasoni.com for quite some time, and now I think I am both ready and eager to share ideas and tips with students from around the world in a more direct way.
My goal is to post regularly at least once a week, but as a very very busy teacher, director of studies and senior partner at the Language Academy (www.myLA.ir), I might fail to do so from time to time. I hope you will all forgive me for that 🙂
Good luck to all of you on the road to IELTS!
IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
Recently, IRSAFAM IELTS test centre in Iran sent candidates a sample essay topic to practice IELTS writing task 2:
Some people believe that children should go to extra classes after school. Others, however, think that children should spend that time playing instead.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
I often spend a minute or two reading the task and understanding Continue reading
I’m back!
I think I owe everyone an apology. Although I started this blog with passion, a bigger passion took over late last September, my newborn son Ryan! I have been spending as much time as I can with the little guy and he’s all strong and happy now 🙂
I think I’m quite ready to kick things off again here at IELTS Prime, and hope the new round of posts will benefit IELTS candidates a lot! Keep the feedback coming and really appreciate your comments.
Cheers,
Ebi Tahasoni
IELTS vocabulary: effects
Today I am writing about the difference between the words that you can use in your essays to discuss the effects of an issue. A lot of IELTS candidates think that they can use the following words to replace the word ‘effect’ anywhere in their writing and in any given context:
consequence, repercussion, influence, impact, result, outcome
Although some of these words can be used instead of ‘effect’, others have specific meaning:Continue reading
IELTS Speaking: Is accent and pronunciation important?
I was recently asked by a colleague whether IELTS examiners care about the candidates’ accent and pronunciation. My answer is:
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Examiners do not care about accent
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Examiners do care about correct pronunciation
Having a particular accent like British, Australian or AmericanContinue reading
IELTS Essays: Personal Examples
IELTS essay tasks explicitly ask you to provide examples, and define acceptable examples as those “from your own knowledge or experience”. Therefore, it is important to Continue reading
Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample
A couple of days ago in my previous post on writing task 2, I promised to post my complete answer to the following IELTS essay task:
Some people think governments should spend less money on arts and invest more in education.
How far do you agree or disagree?
So, here’s my band-9 essayContinue reading
IELTS Speaking: Part One Answers
A common problem that IELTS candidates have in the first part of the speaking test is coherence. They need to formulate their answers in such a way that the information they provide is in a proper order. They also Continue reading