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The Best Idioms to Learn for IELTS are Ones You Can Use Often

February 2, 2022Posted by Kate KeatingSpeaking

Learning idioms and phrases for the IELTS can be difficult. Yet, these types of phrases and expressions come up all of the time in the English language. Since they often …

IELTS teacher has hair done and answers questions on hairstyle

February 9, 2020Posted by Kate KeatingIELTS Band 8 Tips, Speaking

Recently people have been reporting IELTS questions on hair. Just before New Year, I had my hair done at my local salon. I wanted to write about it here to …

IELTS speaking band 8 – secrets of native speakers

November 26, 2018Posted by Kate KeatingIELTS Band 8 Tips, Speaking

This article will tell you two ways to go from a 7 band to an 8/9 band in IELTS speaking. It has some key secrets that native speakers know that you don’t. But if you read the article and do the exercises, you will have the secrets within the next 20 minutes.

February 18, 2017Posted by Kate KeatingIELTS Band 8 Tips, Speaking

Watch this video on how to speak about colours in English with some rarer and idiomatic vocabulary for a high vocabulary score.

February 18, 2017Posted by Kate KeatingSpeaking

Have you got a pen and paper ready so that you can give yourself one minute to prepare for the cue card? Here are the questions: Part 1 (Try to …

October 24, 2015Posted by Kate KeatingIELTS Band 8 Tips, Speaking

In IELTS part 2 you get 60 seconds to plan. What’s the best strategy? Q: What’s the best way to use those 60 seconds planning time in IELTS speaking part …

IELTS 8.0 Speaking: Not using contractions can sound angry.

September 17, 2015Posted by Kate KeatingIELTS Band 8 Tips, Speaking

Is having an accent such a bad thing? Many students never learn to pronounce English words properly. I’m not talking about the sounds you make when you mispronounce a vowel or …

collocations for IELTS - what is a collocation?

November 8, 2013Posted by Kate KeatingSpeaking, Writing

The importance of collocations for IELTS should not be forgotten or missed. Collocations are essential to speak and write naturally in English, and when learning collocations, Ozdic.com comes in handy. …

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