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IELTS Speaking, 02-07-2025

IELTS  Speaking  Part 1. 1. Could you please tell me your full name? 2. Can I see your ID? 3. Where do you come from? 4. Are you a student or do you work? 5. How do you save money? 6. What do you think about e-payment? 7. How often do you use credit cards? 8. What's better, using credit cards or paying by cash? 9. Do you think cash will still be popular in the future? Part 2 Cue Card Describe an imported item you use. You should say: * what it is  * what it is used for * where did you get it from * and explain how useful it is Part 3 Discussion 1. What kinds of products are usually imported into your country? 2. In your opinion, why do some people buy imported products? 3. What are some famous local products in your country? 4. Do you think a country should make everything it needs or import some thing? 5. What are the disadvantages of a country producing everything it needs? 6. Do you think globalisation of industries and commerce is good?    Part 3 Discussion ...

IELTS Speaking 28-062025

IELTS Speaking Part 1 1.Could you please tell me your name? 2.Can I see your ID? 3. Are you a student or do you work? 4. Why did you choose the job/study? 5. What's your hobby? 6. What was your hobby when you were a child? 7. When do you find time to do your hobby? 8. What is better, indoor activities or outdoor? Why? 9. What hobbies the people of your country usually have? 10 . If you had an opportunity to pick up a new hobby, what it would be? 11. What type of hobbies will the future generation have? 12. Do you think technology has helped people to improvise their hobby? Part 2  Cue card Talk about some clothes that someone gave you? You should say: * What clothes they give you * When it happened * Why did they give you the clothes * And explain how you felt about it Part 3 Discussion 1. Have you ever given clothes as a gift to anyone? 2. What is the difference between uniform and normal clothes? 3. Do you think wearing uniform has more advantages than disadvantages? 4. What is/a...

OET: Contrary Conjunctions

Contrary Conjunctions They are used to connect two dissimilar ideas, opposite ideas. Example:  Mumbai is a beautiful city.   (1) Mumbai is  slightly polluted . (2) Here you have contrary (dissimilar) ideas; use  BUT  to connect such sentences. Mumbai is a beautiful city , but  it is slightly polluted. Note: i. Do not begin a sentence with  BUT.            ii. Use a comma before the word (preceding)  BUT.            iii. The final  't'  of  'but'  is silent .   Synonyms of  BUT: However, Although , Despite, While, Whereas, Yet, Or . 3. Use of  'However': 'However' can be used in two different ways: See the two contrary ideas: He worked hard. He did not get the required score. i. He worked hard.  However,   he did not get the required score. ii. He worked hard ; however,   he did not get the required score.   3. Use of  'Although'...

IELTS Essay - Advantages

                                      IELTS Writing Task 2                               Advantages and Disadvantages __________________________________________________ Task 2 You have 40 minutes for this task. Write at least 250 words. Nowadays, many  offices   employ open-space designs   instead of   separate rooms  for work. Do the  advantages of this outweighs  the disadvantages?   Include reasons and relevant examples from your knowledge or experience. ___________________________________________________ Keywords: 1. Offices 2. Employ open space designs 3. Instead of 4. Separate rooms. 5. What is more, advantages or disadvantages? Paragraph 1. Introduction                                  ...

OET Reading : How to do Part -A

  OET Reading - Part A The OET Reading sub-test Part A is a critical component of the OET exam, focusing on the skills of skimming and scanning through texts to find specific information quickly.  Duration:  15 minutes Number of questions:  20 Content:  Part A consists of four short Texts (Text- A,B, C, D) related to a single healthcare topic. They can be patient notes, consent forms, medication labels, disease conditions, e-mails,  or similar documents. Question Types:  You will encounter  20  questions which may include Matching the Texts (1-7), Sentence completion (8-14), and S hort answer questions (15-20). Strategy:  Preparation:  2 minutes  (30 seconds for each text) * Quickly identify the  Title , *  Section Heading *  Sub-heading  of each text - A,B,C& D.  Look for the sign post keywords or phrases, which include: 1. Topic sentence of each text 2. Abbreviations 3. Names  4. Contrary...

IELTS Letter, C- 19, T-2

IELTS General - Letter- C-19, T2. ___________________________________________________   You are a member of an International Students' club. The club is organising an event to celebrate popular food from around the world. Write a letter to the event organiser, Luis. In your letter * offer to make a popular dish from your country  * describe what this dish is * explain why it should be included in the event Write at least 150 words. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Luis, _____________________________________________________ Dear Luis, I hope this message finds well. I am writing to express my enthusiasm for the upcoming event celebrating popular food from around the world. As a proud representative of my country, I would like to contribute by preparing a dish that is both cherished and iconic in our culture. The dish that I propose to make is biriyani. It is a flavorful and aromatic rice dish that combines basmati rice, tender meat (or vegetables for a vegetarian version), an...