How to write complex sentences: A complex sentence consists of one main clause (independent clause) and a subordinate clause (independent clause) joined together with the help of a subordinating conjunction such as a a relative pronoun. Example simple sentences: Jessie is 14 years old. She lives with her grandmother. As you can see we have … Read more
The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year 2000 there may be as many as 29 million vehicles on British roads. Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and international laws introduced to control car ownership and use. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Due to the rapidly increasing … Read more
IELTS writing task 1 academic reports band 9 model answer from Cambridge book 14. [book 15 model answers here] I will show you how to analyse the task, plan it, and write it to a band nine level. I’ll go into detail about the task achievement, cohesion and coherence, lexical resource, and grammar. The charts … Read more
FEEDBACK ON ERRORS WITH ESSAY WRITING AN ISSUE WITH TASK RESPONSE The topic is about making noise that impacts on others whereas this example is about noise that is controlled and not impacting on others – tangential to topic). Some people think that there should be some strict controls about noise. Others think that they … Read more
USEFUL ADVICE FOR THE SPEAKING TEST I gave the following advice to a student based on written versions of his answers to questions for part two of the IELTS speaking test. I will include a couple of examples to illustrate the points I made to the student. 1. USE COMPLEX SENTENCES to boost grammar Avoid short … Read more
Practice using the official IELTS writing test paper. This is the same paper that is used in your test. You can download these here:writing-answer-sheet-task1-new writing-answer-sheet-task2-new Reasons to use this paper: GET USED TO USING ITBy practising with this paper before your actual test you will be able to get used to the size of the … Read more
This video talks about the right speed for you to speak at. It covers speaking too fast and too slowly. This video is made by Mike Wattie, examiner and IELTS tutor I am available for 1 to 1 lessons to help you with your speaking test. IELTS Mock Speaking Test over the Internet
Deciding what to talk about in part 2 speaking How should you use your one minute’s thinking time in part 2 speaking? The best thing to do is to make sure that you just select the right thing to talk about and make effective notes. This can really help you get to two minutes. The key … Read more
About Mike
I’m Mike Wattie from Australia. I have been teaching IELTS for over 20 years in Asia and Australia.
I have written IELTS books and this enables me to be an effective tutor. This is because I understand the main problems that students have taking the test and also the ways to overcome them.
Maybe you would like me to teach you the necessary skills and strategies to pass your test.
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