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Author Archives: Ebi Tahasoni

What is the difference between “although” and “while/whereas”?

Posted on 10th February 2022 by Ebi Tahasoni

Some of my students think that “although” can be used when paraphrasing a sentence that originally uses “while” or “whereas”. This is wrong in many cases. Both these linkers show

Posted in IELTS Grammar, IELTS Writing Academic Task 1, IELTS Writing Task 2

IELTS Essay Sample: should children go to extra classes or play after school?

Posted on 4th June 2016 by Ebi Tahasoni

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:

Posted in IELTS Writing Task 2

IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?

Posted on 31st May 2016 by Ebi Tahasoni

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 Continue reading IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?→

Posted in IELTS Writing Task 2

I’m back!

Posted on 20th May 2016 by Ebi Tahasoni

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 Continue reading I’m back!→

Posted in Miscellaneous

IELTS vocabulary: effects

Posted on 2nd August 2015 by Ebi Tahasoni

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’ Continue reading IELTS vocabulary: effects→

Posted in IELTS Vocabulary, IELTS Writing Task 2

IELTS Speaking: Is accent and pronunciation important?

Posted on 26th July 2015 by Ebi Tahasoni

I was recently asked by a colleague whether IELTS examiners care about the candidates’ accent and pronunciation. My answer is: Examiners do not care about accent Examiners do care about correct pronunciation Having a particular accent like British, Australian or Continue reading IELTS Speaking: Is accent and pronunciation important?→

Posted in IELTS Speaking

IELTS Essays: Personal Examples

Posted on 14th July 2015 by Ebi Tahasoni

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

Posted in IELTS Writing Task 2

Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample

Posted on 8th July 2015 by Ebi Tahasoni

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 Continue reading Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample→

Posted in IELTS Writing Task 2

IELTS Speaking: Part One Answers

Posted on 7th July 2015 by Ebi Tahasoni

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

Posted in IELTS Speaking

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