Different teachers, books and websites will give you different advice, methods and techniques, and it's important to remember that there isn't a "best way" to approach the test. For example, it's possible to achieve a band 9 in writing using various different essay writing approaches.
It only becomes a problem when you start to get confused about which method is "right" or which person you should believe. If you get confused, here's the solution: choose one method, believe in it, and persist with it.
so which one do u advice ....
skim and scan or reading the whole passage...?
please help me i have already given my ielts and scored 5.5..
i worked hard but can u plz tell me the perfect way to get 7 band...
thank u
Posted by: abhilash | September 15, 2013 at 11:49
hi. sir
i'm going take an ielts exam on 20-9 .my weakness is reading skill . it's horrible ( only 6 ) ,while my listening skill is not bad ( around 7)after testing myself ...
@ can you please give any tip or advice to improve my reading band score quickly even half of a band score ?
@ and should i read much before the exam or just review the test i've done and identify the reason for my mistakes ?
thanks in advance
Posted by: dea | September 15, 2013 at 18:55
Sorry Simon if this sounds silly, I've chosen your method, I believe in your advice. Thank you for every thing.
Posted by: Zorilu | September 15, 2013 at 23:37
absolutely correct! so far, I was confused and i got very less marks. Now I hope, i will get more marks by chosing a writing structure.
Posted by: Delvy | September 16, 2013 at 01:24
Dear Simon,
After a long days I'm here.
It's always nice to read your advice.
You are absolutely right.
I truly believe in your method.
Have a great week.
Regard's
Suman
Posted by: Suman | September 16, 2013 at 02:06
Hi Simon,
I'm going to take an IELTS Exam on 21 st Sep.
please answer my question....
I make a lot of mistakes in listening part, specially in capital letters. most of the time I don't know when I should write words in capital...
help me please...
Thank you in advance...
Posted by: mah | September 16, 2013 at 07:49
I got 6.5 in writing test last month. I'll retake a test in 2 months. Can you give a some advice? My target is 7.0 in this skill. Thank you in advance!
Posted by: Isabella | September 16, 2013 at 10:46
Hi SIMON,
Request you to please tell me which one is correct from below two sentences:
1) One of my teammates
2) One of my teammate
Posted by: NARESH | September 16, 2013 at 12:09
Hi simon and everyone
I want to retake IELTS exam in order to get 7 in each skill, do you know any Iranian IELTS tutor in TEHARN to check my writing and speaking, someone whose method is compatible with simon's style.if you know please contact with me in:
mali_24165@yahoo.com
Posted by: MT | September 16, 2013 at 14:10
To Naresh,
I think the answer is 2
Posted by: Ali | September 17, 2013 at 00:27
Dear Naresh,
The correct way is number 1. Just think like this: you are talking about one person who belongs to a group. Here, you have at least 2 teammates and you are mentioning one particular teammate. So, "teammate" must be plural.
Posted by: Thang Trinh | September 17, 2013 at 10:02
Thanks alot
Posted by: Naresh | September 17, 2013 at 12:23
are the writing tasks in same date exam same for all world?
If it's true, the people in USA can do the same exam 16hous later that the australian do.
Posted by: Jay | September 18, 2013 at 08:36
I took IELTS test four times and every time my score was=6.5. I got speaking=8 and listening=7 but I can't increase my score for writing=6 and reading=6. I tried every method. I am totally disappointed and very sad. I don't know what to do.
Posted by: Mitra | September 27, 2013 at 21:13