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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...

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 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 - 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 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...