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Dear Seafish http://i.imgur.com/zqGCFS6.jpg Always read the charts, titles, keys and so on very carefully. If you look, you'll see that the first chart shows the percentage of students in each of five age groups who chose to study out of interest or for their careers, while the second indicates the ...

Dear Durai State your position clearly in the introduction. For example: Over the last decade, the number of people who are becoming famous has significantly increased the world over. Celebrities such as sports people or film actors have positive and negative impacts on their lives, but I believe th...

Dear Paperheart

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Dear Paperheart Remember to read the legend on the graph and the prompt carefully. The graph shows the energy used from six different sources between 1980 and 2008 and the energy which was expected to be used from each source to 2030. Put your overall assessment at the end (like a conclusion). Think...

Dear Bea
There are lots of free resources out there to help with your speaking. You can practise with your friend and remember to think about the topics which come up all the time - a place, a person and so on.
Kind regards and good luck!
Teacher Jill

Hi Ryan
We have lots of free materials on our site, for Academic - listening, reading, writing and speaking. There's also a free exam, although new exams, (one a month) cost $5.
Kind regards
Jill

You're welcome. Keep practising!
Kind regards
Teacher Jill

Dear Shaoib, In your introduction, make your position clear from the start. Avoid generalisations or making statements which could be refuted. e.g. The inclusion of sports complexes in new residential complexes is evidence of a belief by some that they can improve public health. Others suggest alter...

Dear Gelever Both are acceptable, and your approach will depend on the essay question. If you have a couple of problems with discrete solutions, you may want to discuss one problem and one solution in a single paragraph. If you have a number of problems with common solutions, you would probably put ...

Dear Faty, Your introduction doesn’t tell the examiner either your position or your plan. The essay may look like a straightforward problem-solution type, but remember the marking rubric for Task 2 essays: it constantly refers to the writer’s position. Try to avoid stock sentences like ‘In this essa...

As-Salaam-Alaikum, Shoaib, Your introduction is rather too long for an IELTS essay. Try and condense it, so that you refer to the question , and include your position and two main points (impact on academic studies and effect on health) in a thesis statement, which tells the examiner what your essay...

This is a very poor example of marking. We've asked Cambridge for clarification.
TA could not be more than 5.

Dear Shoaibyounis You must answer the question to get good marks. The question is: do the advantages of learning foreign languages at primary outweigh the disadvantages? No matter you think (whether you think they do, or they don’t) you need to mention BOTH (advantages and disadvantages) because you...

Hi Neesh I've annotated it, but can't send an attachment on this forum. If you pm your email address I'll forward it. Overall, you need to look at lexical resource (incorrect or inappropriate use of words (or making up new ones!) will lose marks); use of articles; overuse of 'stock' phrases; essay s...

Dear Juaspema Providing you keep to the word limit (in this case, 3 words), no, you would not lose marks for including the article, especially where the speaker clearly says 'THE selection process'. If your book says 'selection process' is the answer, then the two key words are selection and process...

Hi Polina Try to make the introduction one sentence using paraphrases of the chart titles and question. The first bar graph demonstrates what UK graduate students, who did not start full-time work, did after study in 2008. The second bar graph illustrates the same information but for postgraduates i...

Dear Neesh Preparing for GRE at the same time could cause confusion with NOT GIVEN questions in Reading, and possibly with Writing. GRE is not a test of English competency, so it is trying to gauge different skills, such as analytical reasoning, critical thinking and so on. Kind regards Teacher Jill...

Hi Polina Be careful when you use 'former' and 'latter'. You have to mention at least two things before your can refer to them as former (first) and latter (last). In your introduction, just say 'first' and 'second'. Also, the emissions are caused by the energy use, not the other way round. Use 'com...

Dear Neesh
What raw scores are you getting on Reading/Listening practice exams?
Can you send me a sample of your writing?
What is the highest score you have achieved in Speaking?
Teacher Jill
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Dear Taffazul “The private motor vehicle has greatly improved individual freedom of movement. Moreover, the automobile has become a status symbol. Yet the use of private motor vehicles has contributed to some of today's most serious problems. How can the use of private motor vehicles be reduced?” Yo...

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Dear Alexandra Excellent essay, I would give 8.5. You have answered all parts of the question and clearly stated your position. Your structure is fully cohesive and logical. You have used a wide range of vocabulary, skillfully including some 'less common' lexical items, and you have demonstrated a v...

Dear Alexandra Excellent essay, I would give 8.5. You have answered all parts of the question and clearly stated your position. Your structure is fully cohesive and logical. You have used a wide range of vocabulary, skillfully including some 'less common' lexical items, and you have demonstrated a v...

Dear Ankushcoolz I would grade your essay 5.5. You have used a lot of standard phrases, which sound memorized, but the parts of the essay in your own words use limited vocabulary and structure, lack cohesion and are inadequately supported by examples. Your introduction is too long and your paragraph...

Dear Polina I haven't seen the exam question or the charts, but I'm not sure that you would talk about a correlation between the charts in the introduction. If you conclude that there is a correlation, put that at the end, but from your second body paragraph, it looks like there wasn’t one. In other...