Are you having an IELTS test soon and looking for some quick tips and insights? Read on for six handy tips that I have come up with through the years as an IELTS trainer. You have 60 minutes to answer 40 questions. That means 90 seconds per question, excluding...
Verbs Followed by Gerunds admit He admitted cheating on the test. advise The doctor generally advised drinking low-fat milk. allow Ireland doesn’t allow smoking in bars. anticipate I anticipated arriving late. appreciate I appreciated her helping me. avoid He...
Hidden history; the beetle’s secret cycle of life The deathwatch beetle is thought of as the devil’s pest in churches and old houses, but in natural habitats it infests a wide range of decaying hardwoods. It has been found in hornbeam, sweet chestnut, hawthorn,...
IELTS Collocation What is collocation? This refers to words (often two or three) that are commonly placed together. There may be grammatical reasons for this, but there may not be. It may be that through long-term usage, it just sounds correct. It is one of the most...
Common Idioms Learning common idioms first is the best way to begin building up your knowledge of these types of words and expressions. This page has been divided up into 5 tables of 10 words, so you have 50 of the most common phrases, and you can learn them as a set...
