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In our recent IELTS seminar on how to write a better essay for your IELTS test, I got asked about how to answer a particular type of IELTS writing task 2 question.
The type of question the candidate was uncertain about is the one that asks ‘To what extent do you agree or disagree?‘.
I get asked this question a lot, and so I’d like to answer it here by looking at an example from the official IELTS website.
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If you haven’t got your IELTS test today and you’re wondering what to do, here’s some recommended reading for you.
As I’ve said before, it’s useful to read articles related to topics that commonly occur in the IELTS test. The natural world (e.g. the conservation of animals and plants) is one such topic.
Here’s a link to an article about the problems of keeping marine mammals such as whales and dolphins in captivity.
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How many different ways of comparing things do you know?
I’m asking you this because in your IELTS speaking test there’s a good chance your examiner will ask you to make some comparisons and then listen to how you do it.
(I included some example IELTS speaking questions in a previous post).
If you use a variety of grammatical structures and/or linking words to make comparisons, you’ll have a better chance of getting the IELTS band score you need.
Here are some different ways of making comparisons (taken from a recording of two native speakers comparing the cost of living in various cities):
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After listening to some more of the recordings on the website that I recommended in the post ‘Listening to British, American and other accents‘, I realised that some of them are also examples of IELTS-type speaking.
There’s one recording, for example, where the speakers are making comparisons; this is something that you’ll probably be asked to do in your IELTS speaking test.
To give you some practice, here’s a selection of speaking questions from past IELTS tests that have been published. Read the full post »
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In the IELTS listening test, the recordings include a range of native-speaker English accents, e.g. British, American, Australian, Kiwi and Canadian.
To help you become more familiar with these different accents, I’d like to introduce you to a great website with a huge choice of audio recordings of speakers from many different countries.
