To improve your writing score, you should study samples written by others. This includes both well-written essays and less-well-written ones too. Studying samples that are not perfect allows you to discover mistakes that you may also be making. The following IELTS Task 2 sample essay focuses on advertising. First, read the sample and guess its
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Expanding your English vocabulary range does not have to be complicated. You can do it immediately by simply modifying the words you already know, and keep building as you learn new words. One way to modify words is to add prefixes and suffixes to them. Prefixes are those little parts that come before a word.
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The IELTS (academic) is a standardized test measuring non-native English users’ language proficiency primarily for admittance to institutions of higher learning. This means the test structure is constant, repeating from test to test regardless of time or place administered. As such, it is a test of set-skills and preparation, meaning these skills can be learned,
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The following is a writing sample of a TOEFL essay written by a student. The essay is edited and then rewritten in both a TOEFL and an IELTS format. The topic is playing computer games. TOEFL Essay Topic: Computer games Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing computer games is a waste
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Some people believe that our personalities are predetermined as a result of our genes before we are born and there is nothing that can be done to alter our character traits. To what extent do you agree or disagree? ▪ Original Essay Many people hold that our character traits are predefined by hereditary before birth,
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In the past, people trusted what they saw in photographs. Nowadays, because of technology, it is hard to trust the reality seen in photos. Do you think this is a negative or positive development? ▪ Version 1 People used to say “the camera does not lie.” However, the advent of a technology that can alter
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