Many people say that cooking and eating at home is better for the Individual and the family than eating out in restaurants. Do you agree or disagree? Comments about the task: Opinion essay You are not required to say how much you agree but it is still a good idea to do this Consider the … Read more
It is widely believed that increasing levels of shopping is good for the well-being of a country. However others feel that increasing levels of shopping has unacceptable social consequences on a society. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Plan: Advantages Companies make higher profits and less unemployment lower prices and better products. … Read more
Title: The Internet has transformed the way information is shared and consumed, but it has also created problems that did not exist before. What are the most serious problems associated with the Internet and what solutions can you suggest? Comments about the task: It is unlikely with this task that the problems can be 100% … Read more
In order to achieve success in the speaking test I suggest the following: 1. Understand the four grading criteria of the test: https://www.ieltsanswers.com/speaking-grading.html 2. Make sure you understand what is required in each part of the speaking test, by looking at sample questions: https://www.ieltsanswers.com/speaking-part-2-questions.html https://www.ieltsanswers.com/speaking-part-3-common-topics.html https://www.ieltsanswers.com/speaking-part-1-sample-questions.html 3. Build strategies to give extended answers https://www.ieltsanswers.com/speaking-strategies.html … Read more
See how experts write IELTS essays so that you can see how it is done and improve your own writing. The following essays were written by IELTS examiner Mike Wattie. They cover the three main kinds of essays. Opinion essays https://www.ieltsanswers.com/model%20totally%20agree%20IELTS%20essay.pdf https://www.ieltsanswers.com/model%20somewhat%20agree%20IELTS%20essay.pdf Both sides and opinion essay https://www.ieltsanswers.com/model%20both%20sides%20essays.pdf Two question essay https://www.ieltsanswers.com/model%20two%20question%20essay.pdf
The purpose of this post is to illustrate a off topic response. As English is now the world language and an essential skill in business, English language instruction should begin in kindergarten. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In this Modern era, successive growth in any country will be achieved by understandable language … Read more
I have graded thousands of papers for the IELTS exam. The purpose of this article is to tell you the three major mistakes that candidates keep making in order that you may avoid them. The first problem is poor time management. About 30% of my students who write IELTS exams under timed conditions fail to complete … Read more
Step One: Identify the Different Tasks For task two of the IELTS writing exam the two key elements are the TOPIC and the TASK. In theory, the topic could be almost anything. Although many topics are on the following subjects: education, crime, society, media, transportation, environment, and technology. In addition, many of the past topics … 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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