Speaking Tips!! along with some cue cards

How to get band score 7.0 speaking and above

All these answers are easily band score 9.0 even though they do not contain much “clever” vocabulary.  You should note that to get a high score in IELTS you need to

structure your answer coherently (mostly follow the points on the cue card)

remember to link your speaking (e.g. “As I was saying“)

use simple but effective spoken phrases (e.g.” some time ago now“)

include interesting detail 

speak at a natural pace using natural spoken English

You will find highlighted phrases in the answers to help you with this.

Understanding the cue card

The cue card you will receive in the exam will contain

a main topic

3 suggestions for details to include

1 opinion question

You do not have to follow the cue card exactly or include all the suggested details. It is a good idea though to practise including these details as it will help you give a more fluent answer.

A sample cue card

A restaurant

Describe a restaurant you know.

You should say:

where this restaurant is

what type of food the restaurant serves

how often you go to this restaurant

and explain why you would recommend this restaurant.

The speaking topics

People

An older person: model answer with MP3

A good cook: model answer with MP3

An adventurous person:lesson with sample answer and helpful vocabulary

Places

A tourist attraction: 3 MP3 recordings with full notes and transcripts 

A house or apartment: see lesson for sample answer and helpful vocabulary

A room: model answer and MP3

A place to travel: model answer with MP3

A restaurant: Model answer with MP3

A hotel:  model answer with MP3

A garden:  model answer with MP3

Objects (and animals!)

An animal: model answer with MP3 and a lesson on how to make your answer personal.

A magazine: model answer with MP3

A photograph: model answer with MP3

A letter: model answer and MP3

Clothes:  model answer and MP3

Habits and likes/the present

Leisure time: model answer with MP3

A skill: model answer with MP3

A television programme part 1: Lesson with sample talk to listen to and help with vocabulary 

A television programme – part 2: Find a lesson with MP3, notes and transcript

A book: model answer with MP3

A film you did not enjoy:  model answer and Mp3

Plans/the future

A country you would like to visit: model answer and Mp3

Shopping:  model answer with MP3

Experiences/The past

A historical event: model answer with MP3

A happy experience: model answer with MP3r

A school rule: model answer and  MP3

A wedding:  sample answer with advice on how to extend your answer

A decision: model answer with MP3

A musical event: Listen to a sample answer and get help with vocabulary

A news story: A sample version and help with vocabaulary

A group: A model answer with a full lesson including MP3 and notes

Most writers of fiction do not earn enough money to live from their writing. Do you think the government should give them financial assistance to help encourage good literature? You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experience.

Fiction writing is among the many creative professions that can be hard to make a living on. Some people believe financial aid to writer can help improve quality of literature overall. However, in my view, it is not the government's duty to support individual writers and there are certainly more adequate measures to support good literature.
To begin the government should support cultural life but not necessarily individual writers. I would argue that spending tax money supporting an unknown writer is highly risky and may overall profit this writer more than the society.
Moreover, readers and market many be able to determine the quality of literature better than the government. The quality of an artwork can be rather subjective and it is likely that good writer will become successful on their own. Therefore, they may not need the government?s support. In many authoritarian societies chosen writers are promoted by the government for their support of ideological views. This kind of relationship between writers and governments is inadequate for a democratic system in my view.
Finally, I am convinced there are more effective measures to promote quality literature than direct financial aid. The government can set incentives, like contests or prizes for authors of quality writing. Then they can initiate mentoring and support networks as well as training for young writers. Another option is setting up events for talented writers to present their work to the public or publishers.
All in all, I consider direct financial aid for individual writers or any artist problematic. A government should neither judge the quality of literature nor promote individual writers with tax money. Nevertheless, there are plenty of good ways to help young writers and improve the quality of literature in a country.

Merry Christmas !!!

May this holiday season sparkle and shine. May all your wishes and dreams come true and may you feel this happiness all year round.

Saurav Scored Overall 7 bands !!

Here is his result !! Overall 7.0 with not less than 6.0 in any module ! Hope this result will galvanize you to take more bands students !! Work hard and keep determination towards your target

Listening tips for MCQs

IELTS Listening TIPS for MCQ: 
TIP 1: Sometimes in a multiple-choice question you have to complete half a sentence with one of the options. If you change the first half sentence into a question it's easier to choose the right answer.
TIP 2: Don't choose an option just because you hear a word from it. Think about the whole meaning of what is said.
TIP 3: You will hear some reference to all the options in the list, but some of them will not be an appropriate answer to the question.

Listen to everything the speaker says before you choose the answer, in order to be sure that you are selecting the correct options!

Reading Tips

Make the most of your Reading test:

• look out for the title, headings and any special features such as capital letters, underlining, italics, figures, graphs and tables
• make sure that you understand the questions and follow instructions carefully
• pay attention to timing; do not spend too long on one passage or question
• do not try and read every word; remember, you are reading for a purpose
• if you do not know the answer to a question, attempt it but do not waste time; move quickly onto the next one
• do not panic if you do not know anything about the subject of the text; all the answers can be found in the text
• the word(s) you use must be taken from the Reading text; you must not change the form of the word(s) in the text
• do not worry if there is a word that you do not understand – you may not need to use it
• check your spelling
• be careful to use singular and plural correctly
• focus precisely on what you are asked to do in ‘completion’ type questions
• if the question asks you to complete the note ‘in the…’ and the correct answer is ‘evening’, just use ‘evening’ as your answer; note that ‘in the evening’ would be incorrect
• pay attention to the word limit; for example, if you are asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, if the correct answer is ‘silk shirt’, the answer ‘shirt made of silk’ would be incorrect
• attempt all questions; there are no penalties for incorrect answers, so you have nothing to lose
• check your answers