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by pumbaa_g
Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:28 pm
Forum: Post your success story
Topic: Job Done, IELTS Results as per requirements :)
Replies: 2
Views: 8750

Re: Job Done, IELTS Results as per requirements :)

Thanks Ryan for your kind words. The due date is sometime close to July last week :) I will be more then happy to share my experience of the process with you. We are still waiting for the WES results but I am hoping to put in my application in mid July (fingers crossed)
by pumbaa_g
Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:12 am
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: ielts score for 7th June exam
Replies: 18
Views: 6601

Re: ielts score for 7th June exam

One suggestion from my end is to go through the Collins Cobuild Key Words for IELTS. I was pretty confident regarding my vocabulary so I only purchased the Intermediate and Advanced editions of this book however, a beginner version is also available. I did go through the Intermediate book from end t...
by pumbaa_g
Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:07 am
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: ielts score for 7th June exam
Replies: 18
Views: 6601

Re: ielts score for 7th June exam

Its a common myth that only native English speakers can hope to achieve 8 or 9. I have come across a gentleman who is an editor for research papers and has 15 years of experience. He scored straight 9 in IELTS in 2011, Google Band 9 and you will find his inputs. On the contrary, sometime Native Engl...
by pumbaa_g
Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:53 pm
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: ielts score for 7th June exam
Replies: 18
Views: 6601

Re: ielts score for 7th June exam

IELTS British Council India GT

Overall Band 8.5
Listening 9.0
Reading 8.0
Writing 8.0
Speaking 8.0
My wife's score
Overall Band 7.5
Listening 7.5
Reading 6.5
Writing 7.0
Speaking 8.0
by pumbaa_g
Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014
Replies: 11
Views: 4867

Re: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014

I mixed it up, gave an opinion with some suggestions that can improve the situation :)
by pumbaa_g
Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:28 am
Forum: Post your success story
Topic: Job Done, IELTS Results as per requirements :)
Replies: 2
Views: 8750

Job Done, IELTS Results as per requirements :)

Hi All, I wanted to write in today to let everyone know that we crossed a major milestone in our journey to immigrate to Canada today. I can't say that it was effortless as we did put in some elbow grease in the months leading up to the exam and I personally believe that the results are satisfactory...
by pumbaa_g
Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014
Replies: 11
Views: 4867

Re: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014

As per above yes ;)
by pumbaa_g
Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:53 pm
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014
Replies: 11
Views: 4867

Re: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014

Hope everyone gets the score that they were looking for!
by pumbaa_g
Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:31 am
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014
Replies: 11
Views: 4867

Re: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014

In that question, the first one was it A John Student B Professor Brown or C Both? I guessed that one :P
by pumbaa_g
Sun Jun 08, 2014 5:16 am
Forum: Latest IELTS questions
Topic: IELTS GT on 7th June 2014
Replies: 11
Views: 4867

IELTS GT on 7th June 2014

Hi all, I gave the GT Exam in India yesterday and would like to share some details around it Reading was easy apart from the last section which was related to Ants in Australia. This is the only section which had True/False & Not Given Option. However, there was a new type of question in reading...
by pumbaa_g
Wed May 28, 2014 4:39 am
Forum: IELTS related discussion
Topic: MY IELTS exam of 7 June 2014
Replies: 6
Views: 1980

Re: MY IELTS exam of 7 June 2014

I will also be giving the General Module with my wife on 7th June in Bangalore. Anyone else giving the exam in Bangalore on 6th & 7th?
by pumbaa_g
Mon May 26, 2014 3:34 pm
Forum: IELTS related discussion
Topic: Hello from Bangalore, India
Replies: 2
Views: 781

Re: Hello from Bangalore, India

Please accept my apologies for the delayed response Ryan. I got caught up with work and didn't get a chance to respond. I did however manage to get in some practice in the last few weeks. I also attended a 2 day workshop conducted by British Council on IELTS strategies. So far the scores are Listeni...
by pumbaa_g
Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:09 pm
Forum: IELTS related discussion
Topic: Hello from Bangalore, India
Replies: 2
Views: 781

Hello from Bangalore, India

Hi All, I am preparing to take the IELTS General exam shortly. I have just started my preparation and I want to sit for this in the next 30-45 days. I am worried about my writing skills as its been 11 years since I actually wrote anything (Apart from writing emails on Outlook). I work in IT and Spel...