IELTS with Fiona: a comprehensive guide to IELTS

IELTS Reading: The Story of Silk 👘

Book 11 Academic Test 3 Section 1 - a chronological structure with gap fill and True False Not Given.

IELTS Listening: A social history of London 🌃

Listening Part 4. Book 6 Test 1. 🎄🎅🏽

IELTS Reading: Autumn Leaves 🍁

A tough Passage 2 from #ielts Book 10 Test 3, with matching statements, True/False/Not Given and Gapfill. Get the full Reading on my website https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/12/ielts-reading-autumn-leaves/ Also a 5-minute review of when and when not to sound the 'r' in words like 'leaRn', 'teacheR' and 'ManchesteR aiRpoRt' (see the Advent Adventure, December 18th 2018 for more information. Full course coming soon).

IELTS Reading: Beyond the blue horizon 🛶

Academic Reading Passage 3. Multiple choice, gap-fill and Yes/Not/Not Given. Full Reading now on my website https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/12/ielts-reading-beyond-blue-horizon/ Downloadable PDF with essential vocabulary in the Members Academy. www.members.ieltsetc.com/academy/

IELTS Listening: The Dolphin 🐬 Conservation Trust

#ielts Listening Section 2.

Listening Section 2: An open-air swimming 🏊🏾‍♀️ pool

Multiple choice tricks and synonyms. Key vocab and frequent words. Skip the LAST 5 minutes if you want! 😬

IELTS Listening: 3 types of distractors you need to know about

This Section 3 has examples of 3 different types of distractors that you need to listen for: ‘should have, could have, would have’ 🤔

IELTS GT Reading: The Iron Bridge 🛤

A special request from the Speaking Challenge WhatsApp group! Use the structure of a descriptive/factual/chronological text to help you find the answers quickly. I also mentioned 'How The Pyramids Were Built'. Sorry this isn't on the website yet but will be soon!

IELTS GT Reading Staff Benefits 🤑🤒🧖🏽‍♀️👩🏾‍🎓👴🏽

#ielts Cambridge Book 9 Test A Section 2 Part 2 JLP Retail: Staff Benefits plus useful vocab 😀 www.ieltsetc.com

IELTS GT Reading: Dress Codes 👔👖🧢💍👑

#ielts Cambridge Tests Book 9 Test A Section 2. Get the full reading on my website www.ieltsetc.com 😀

IELTS Listening: A public building - Taylor Concert Hall 🏛

Part 4 on the topic of architecture.

IELTS Reading: How did writing begin? 🏺🏺🏺

On a scale of 1 - 10 in terms of difficulty, this is a 10 sorry 😐!! So if you’re aiming for a 7/8 it’s worth a listen, but please don’t feel discouraged by it! Focus on the strategy rather than the answers in this example. The questions are perfectly divided according to the text structure (‘problem’/‘solutions’) (problem = no-one knows; solution = lots of theories).

IELTS November Speaking Challenge and Reading about a pay rise

It's the first week of the November Speaking Challenge and in this podcast I explain the benefits of taking part, speaking every day, recording yourself and joining the Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/321358865317293/ It's never too late to start the Challenge - get your Progress Log on my website or click on this link http://eepurl.com/dL6rPk As for the Reading, this week it's a tricky General Training, with lots of True/False/Not Given questions (it also gives a lot of useful r...

IELTS 🎃 Speaking Challenge

An explanation about the ‘pinky’ story, the importance of contractions and an introduction to the November 1 minute Speaking Challenge! #ielts1min 😄

IELTS Reading: Snake oil 🐍🐍🐍

This is a long one and a tough one but really worth spending time on. Matching Headings and True False Not Given. Full test coming soon on www.ieltsetc.com

IELTS Reading: Differences at work 👩🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍🏫

Find the full Reading here: https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/10/ielts-reading-women-management/

IELTS Reading: Tidal Power 🌊🌊

This reading gives you practice with matching statements, and it recycles key IELTS vocabulary related to renewable energy. Find the full test and explanations here: https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/10/ielts-reading-tidal-power/

IELTS Listening Part 2: A theatre 🎭

Learn how to avoid the traps of multiple choice. Get the floor plan on my website.

IELTS Listening: BABY COTS 👶🏻

Listening Section 2 about cots, with a little bit of pronunciation thrown in!

IELTS Listening: labelling a map 🗺

IELTS Labelling a diagram: worms! 🐛 🐛

IELTS Reading: Nature/Nurture Day 3 🤱🏻🤱🏻🤱🏻

IELTS Reading: Nature or nurture Day 2 🤱🏻🤱🏻

IELTS Reading: Nature or nurture? Day 1🤱🏻

IELTS GT Reading: Professional credentials 👩🏽‍🏫

IELTS GT Reading: Train information 🚂🚂

IELTS GT Reading - Young Person’s Railcard 🚂

IELTS Reading: T/F/NG The Mary Rose 🌹⚓️

IELTS Listening: Manham Port ⛴🚢⚓️

IELTS Reading Day 3: Water 💦