IELTS with Fiona: a comprehensive guide to IELTS

In this lesson, you'll learn how to use the words you DON'T KNOW to get the right answers!

It's a difficult Academic Reading Part 3, which contains several scientific terms that might cause confusion.

But I will show you how IELTS uses these words for gapfills, and you'll learn the 6 'triggers' that indicate the answer.

Get the full video lesson in the Bronze Membership on my website, and in the full Members Ac...

This month, we've been exploring the huge topic of MONEY in the Members Academy.

It comes up in ALL parts of the test, so in this lesson, we examine two very similar General Training Texts in order to learn more about the topic of government benefit systems and the allowances that you might be entitled to.

Each country's benefit system is different, so it's really worth a listen as you'll learn valuable information ...

This is a lovely reading about forced rhubarb: its history and how it is grown and harvested.

There are 3 question sets:

• Matching Headings
• Multiple Choice
• Gapfill

In this lesson you'll learn more about the general topic of FOOD and how this topic is tested in all parts of the IELTS test.

Get the full lesson in the Bronze Academy on my website.

https://ieltsetc.com/2024/12/ielts-vocabulary-of-food-cooking-and-eating/

Always check the title of a pie chart to make sure you're providing an accurate summary of the data. Pie charts show percentage and proportion, not numbers. Here's an example of a mistake that is very easy to make when you're under pressure. So practise plenty of pie charts before the test and get ready to use the language related to pie charts - listen till the end to find the 'marc' verbs that will help you. Get the full lesso...

In this lesson, we'll analyse a Part 1 Reading text with the purpose of improving our understanding and use of prepositions.

First, we go through the True, False and Not Given questions, followed by the Gapfill questions and then we go back to the first paragraph to analyse the prepositions.

This is something that I recommend you do regularly - spend 5-10 minutes 'noticing' language from real contexts like the Reading and Listening...

Did you know that uou can use "a/an + adjective" before a statistic to express your reaction to the number?

This technique adds emphasis and helps the listener or reader understand your perspective on the data.

Examples:

• A staggering 95% of teenagers spend over 4 hours daily on social media.
• An alarming 62% of young adults report experiencing significant anxiety.
• A heartening 78% of volunteers say they feel more connected ...

If you really want to make a difference to your test score, stop practising grammar with useless examples that you'll never use in the IELTS test!

In this grammar review we look at how to use few, a few, little and a little SPECIFICALLY FOR the IELTS test.

You'll learn useful expressions that you can use in the Writing and Speaking Tests, and you'll find out how to avoid common mistakes with these quantifiers in the Re...

In this lesson, you'll practise 3 reading question types while learning essential IELTS animal-related vocabulary items such as 'hibernation' and 'migration'.

I also discuss differences between two summaries, which will help you use more formal language in the writing test e.g. to maintain fitness vs to stay fit.

For example:

(Advanced Summary)

The article explores how animals maintain fitness differently from h...

In this lesson we look at direct and indirect ways of asking for help.

You will learn fixed expressions that you can use in any letter of request letter, and you'll also learn how to demonstrate flexibility with a variety of tenses when you 'give details of your musical activities'.

Find the full lesson with models and interactive practice on my website (Bronze Academy).

⁠https://ieltsetc.com/2024/09/ielts-general-train...

In this lesson, we look at how you can use Listening Test maps to improve the way you describe maps and plans in the Writing Test.

In this lesson we'll cover

• How to talk about FUTURE changes
• How to avoid over-using 'going to'
• How to use the passive tense
• How to use the vocabulary of change related to maps

We also review map prepositions, and we look at a model answer. The lesson ends with a list of map ex...

This is a talk-through of a General Training Reading Passage 3.

The text tells the story of the 'Fosbury Flop', which is a high-jump technique developed by a 21 year-old university student from the USA called Dick Fosbury in the late 1960s.

In this lesson, you'll practise Matching Information, Multiple Choice and gapfill questions.

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In this Listening Section 2 about tips for runners, you'll learn how to spot distractors in different question types such as matching people and multiple choice.

Get the full lesson with 180+ more lessons in the Bronze Academy

https://ieltsetc.com/2024/07/ielts-listening-matching-people-distractors/

Get the list of phrasal verbs to talk about hobbies (Free)

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In this lesson, you'll see why so many model essays are NOT model essays.

For each of the points I mention, you'll learn a better alternative so that you can make changes to your own writing.

Here's the question:

Some people believe that charities should help people in need no matter where those people are in the world. Others feel that these organizations should only serve the people living in the country where they ar...