IELTS Reading: How tennis rackets have changed 🎾

In this lesson we cover more words from The List (my 100 Most Common Listening Gap Fill Answers). Pay special attention to the second half, where the speaker describes how maple syrup is produced. This is really useful for Academic Writing Task 1. Get my guide to IELTS Reading Book 17 (Course) in the Members Academy with all the other workbooks, guides, planners and lists. Get individual printable PDF guides in my shop: https://payhip.com/ieltswithfiona Thank you for supporting my small business.

27 Juli 202229min

This is an Academic Test Passage 2 Reading from Book 17 and the podcast covers 3 types of questions: matching information, matching people, and gapfill. In the podcast I discuss how you can understand more of the text if you learn my basic vocabulary lists - you can buy my 3 IELTS vocabulary workbooks and guides on my website shop: - A complete guide to IELTS Word Formation and Spelling - A complete guide to IELTS Vocabulary - A complete guide to the most common IELTS Listening gapfill answers. https://payhip.com/ieltswithfiona If you're trying to improve your Academic Reading Skills, I have 2 Reading courses on my website too: https://ieltsetc.com/courses. Thank you for supporting small, teacher-owned businesses.

18 Juli 202233min

Book 17 Test 1 Part 4 I chose this Listening just because it's from the most recent Cambridge Practice Test book, and I was pleased to see that all of the gapfill answers conformed to my theories about common IELTS gapfill answers e.g. uncountable nouns, irregular word forms, "made from ____" etc. I put all of my research together in a handy little booklet which you can get in my shop: https://payhip.com/b/vQlet I also mentioned the previous Listening Podcast I did a couple of weeks ago, which also refers to these patterns (The History of Cleaning): https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en/ielts-listening-made-of-uncountable-noun Thank you for supporting small, teacher-run businesses. Best wishes Fiona

9 Juli 202227min

This is a Section 4 IELTS Listening Test Gapfill Summary based on a lecture about the history of keeping clean. Get more listening practice on my website or follow my 28-day Listening Course in the Members Academy. https://ieltsetc.com/courses

25 Juni 202223min

Here's my roundup of daily tips from February. Watch the video version on YouTube with this link: https://youtu.be/zZ0TLDv0qxc In the podcast we'll review: - Idioms for IELTS Speaking ('food for thought' 'peckish' 'flagging') - Formal language ('a high risk of failure') - How to use inversion (Rarely I have? Or Rarely have I?) - Tech tools to help you practise Speaking - Collocations with sports (do, go, play or practise?) - Can or Should? - Task 1 Graphs: "Temperature AVERAGED 25 degrees") - Portmanteau terms: breakfast + lunch = ? - 20 WRONG ways to say 'Although' - Pass a test? Take a test? Sit a test? - What are 'Mustakes'? - Tuesday, Toosday or Chewsday? - "It's not everyone's cup of tea" - IELTS Vocabulary: Physical Health Read the new blog about vocabulary lists for IELTS here: https://ieltsetc.com/2022/05/ielts-vocabulary-lists/ Get all the daily tips here: https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en

9 Maj 202229min

Here's my round-up of the weekly tips that you can find on my website (ieltsetc.com). This podcast is also on YouTube/fionawattam: https://youtu.be/TNcyL63yWbI https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en In this episode we look at my daily tips from January 19th: - when to use the contraction 's' instead of 'is' (Pronunciation) - how to start a letter and why you shouldn't use 'maam' (GT Letter Writing) - 'claptrap' advice: "elucidate" (Academic Task 1) - when to use "Having said that" (Academic Task 2) - when to use 'triple' or 'treble' (Academic Task 1) - feedback or feedbacks? (Grammar) - useful collocations with 'effect' (Vocabulary) - phrasal verb: "I suppose I'll have to make do with it" (Vocabulary) - Spoonerisms (Collocations) #ielts #ieltstips #ieltspreparation

17 Apr 202221min

This is a particularly challenging Reading Passage 1, which follows the structure of a Passage 3 'discursive' argument rather than the usual Passage 1 'factual' description. The title gives us a warning of this academic style - it starts with a question, suggesting that there will be a theory developed, with the opinions of expert. It will pose a problem and try to find a solution. This is uncommon for a Passage 1. Also the question types are: Matching information (rare for Task 1) Gapfill (normal for Task 1) Cambridge Book 15 Test 2. https://ieltsetc.com/courses/

6 Apr 202226min

This podcast talks you through a fortnight of daily tips, with an accompanying YouTube video. https://youtu.be/byb9_Dg2UP8 Get the daily tips here on my website. https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en In this episode we cover: Pronunciation features - weak sounds e.g Fishnchips How to spot a terrible "Model answer" Free Flashcards for common IELTS topics (Quizlet - Marine Ecosystems) How to use the LABELS in IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing Synonyms for 'houses' in Task 1 A model Task 1 about the construction of houses Banned expressions e.g. "No worries" When to use the ampersand (&) Do you use 'a' or 'an' before abbreviations like "MA" or "FAQ"? Collocations: raise awareness Is it ok to use "and so forth"?

19 Mars 202220min