What is the difference between “although” and “while/whereas”?
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
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IELTS Essay Sample: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
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 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 Continue reading IELTS Essays: should children go to extra classes or play after school?
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 Continue reading I’m back!
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’ Continue reading IELTS vocabulary: effects
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: 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?
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
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 Continue reading Writing Task 2-Full Opinion Essay Sample
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