Tips/Strategies
How should you use the title/subtitles of a group of questions in the reading section?
Use it to find the area of the reading you need to look at!
Children aged 8-12 had a significant decrease in the amount of pizza eaten over the 10 years. However, the amount of pizza eaten by children in the aged group 12-15 remained steady.
aged group --> age group
Fill in the blank with an article (a/an/the/0):
The internet is revolutionary because it gives us ____ information about the world.
Zero article (general idea word)
Su Lin often goes for walks in the forest because she likes to be close to ______________. (one word)
nature
What type of word does the suffix "less" make? What does it mean?
adjective... it means "without"
What is different about Section 4 of the Listening section (compared to the other 3 sections)?
You will answer all the questions at the same time (1 continuous lecture)
In 1997, there were few buildings in the town, but by 2007 that number had increased dramatically to 67 buildings.
few --> a few
What's the difference between "I have a few friends" and "I have few friends?|
I have a few friends = a small amount (but this is fine)
I have few friends = I have almost none... not enough and I want more
A _____________ is a one-on-one meeting with someone who helps students with their work.
tutorial
Give me 3 quantifiers (word/phrases) that we can use before ONLY uncountable nouns
much
a little/little
a great deal of
a considerable amount of
What is "hedging language" and when should we use it?
Words/phrases we use to show we aren't 100% sure, like "tend to," "in general" etc.
While using a smartphone is more convenient than going to the library some things can't be found on the internet. Furthermore, smartphones can damage your eyes.
COMMA after "library" (subordinating clause)
Verb tenses:
For the all of human civilization, teaching ______________ (do) by humans, but it's possible that in the future, some subjects _____________ (teach) by robots!
has been done
will be taught
Diet is a crucial ____________ in determining how often someone gets sick.
factor
What is the difference between "know something" and "find out something?"
Know: already have the information
Tell me 3 things you can guess about what goes in this blank space:
Both ___________ were the first creatures to pollinate the world's plants.
1.) 3 words (________ and ________ )
2.) plurals
3.) 2 names of animals
The festival is a big event whereby people dance and sell food in the street. For example, there is a lot of cake and candy sold on the 42nd street across from my house.
the 42nd street (no "the")
Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns:
Yangon is a place ____________ has been very important throughout Myanmar's history.
Su Lin is the one ____________ Su Lay asked that question to.
Christmas is a holiday ____________ Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus.
that/which
whom
whereby
If a piece of art doesn't show anything specific, or anything from real life, it is called _____________ art.
abstract
Pronounce both of these words, and then tell me the meaning of them:
Contract (noun)
Contract (verb)
Noun (first syllable stress): a written agreement about something (job, apartment, etc.)
Verb (second syllable stress): make something smaller (opposite of expand)
Tell me the 10 NATIVE ENGLISH accents you could hear on the listening section of the IELTS!
Northern USA
Southern USA
Northern England
Southern England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Wales
Scotland
If I was to design my own home, I would create a roller coaster inside of it whereby people could hop on and off to enter into and out of my house. Eventually, my house would be famous all around the neighborhood.
If I was --> If I were
Verb Tenses:
Oak _____________ (cook) a turkey when Nan _____________ (knock) on his door. However, Oak ______________ (cooked) the vegetables already by the time she arrived.
was cooking
knocked
had cooked
Changing the things that are planted in the soil (on a farm) is called ____________________ (2 words)
crop rotation
The number of people increased ______ 100 students from 1998 _______ 2010 to a peak of 1000. However, during the period ________ 2010 and 2015, there was a decline _______ the number of students.
by
to
between
in