Correct The Spellings In My Essay
Oh no! I’ve made lots of spelling mistakes in my IELTS essay. In fact, I’ve made so many spelling mistakes, my band score for Lexical […]
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IELTS Practice Activities
On this page you can find practice activities to help you prepare for the IELTS Test.
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Learn Phrasal Verbs: Activities
Are you having problems with phrasal verbs? You are not alone! Here are some exercises to help you learn and use some common phrasal verbs. […]
IELTS Vocabulary: Obligations and Choices
You often have to describe obligations and choices / options in IELTS Writing Task 2 or in IELTS Writing Task 1 letters (in the General […]
Word Formation Errors: Find and Correct The Mistakes
Many words in English need to change their form depending on whether they are being used as verbs, nouns, adjectives or adverbs. e.g. verbs change […]
IELTS Writing Task 1 Map Question: Location Vocabulary
One of the most common tasks in IELTS Writing Task 1 is to describe a map. It’s important to know how to use vocabulary to describe […]
150 Most Common IELTS Spelling Mistakes
If you are aiming for Band 7 or higher in IELTS Writing, you must make sure your spelling is very good. The band descriptors for […]
Vocabulary Activity: How It Works
In this vocabulary activity, you need to complete some short paragraphs which describe how different devices work. These texts are similar to those you might […]
Vocabulary Activity: Focusing Adverbs
When writing, we often want to focus our reader’s attention on an idea. To do this, you can use a variety of adverbs called focusing […]
IELTS Vocabulary: Comparing And Contrasting
In both IELTS Writing Task 1 and IELTS Writing Task 2, you often have to contrast and make comparisons between different things. For example, in […]
Curfews Essay Sorting Activity
Here is another essay sorting activity. Try to put the chunks of text into the correct order. If you find this difficult, read my full […]
IELTS Essay (Movies): Fill In The Blanks
Here is a fill in the blanks activity based on one of my IELTS Model Essays, which responds to this task: Some people say that […]
IELTS Essay (Sharing Information): Fill In The Blanks
Complete my essay by dragging the missing words and phrases into the blank spaces. This will help you to recognise common collocations, an important skill […]
IELTS Vocabulary: Confusing Words
One common IELTS vocabulary problem is confusing one word with another word. This may be for several reasons. For example: the words look almost the […]
IELTS Essay (Sharing Information): Sort The Sentences
It is important to write an IELTS essay that has a logical sequence. This means that sentences are in a particular order, so they gradually […]
IELTS Vocabulary: Positive and Negative Qualities
It’s important to grow your IELTS Vocabulary. This will help you in all 4 parts of the IELTS Test When you write essays for the […]
IELTS Spelling Practice
It’s very easy to make spelling mistakes! When you write, you have to think about explaining your ideas clearly, as well as how to link […]
Cohesion Activity
To get a high band score in IELTS Writing and IELTS Speaking, it’s important to use cohesive devices appropriately and correctly. In this activity, you […]
IELTS Coherence and Cohesion Practice Activity
In order to get a band score of 8 or above for Coherence and Cohesion, you need to sequence your ideas and information logically. This means […]
TED IELTS Listening Practice #2
Here’s another IELTS listening practice activity, this time based around a TED-Ed animated video. This video describes the effect of the collision between the North and […]
TED IELTS: IELTS Listening Practice #1
I’m going to make a series of IELTS listening activities based around popular TED Talks. TED Talks are short talks (around 15 minutes long) based […]
