IELTS Tips

1. On the night before your IELTS test, make sure you get plenty of rest. You need to wake up feeling relaxed and fresh.
2. Reading - Answer each question as accurately and as quickly as possible. If a question proves to be too difficult, leave it and come back to it later.
3. Listening – In your free time listen to people speak English, who are of different nationalities. This will help prepare you for the IELTS test.
4. Writing Task1 – Make sure to analyse the chart carefully. The various sections of a Pie Chart always add up to 100 percent.
5. Writing Task2 – Make sure the introduction is short. That means 2 or 3 sentences.
6. Speaking – keep eye contact with the examiner. Smile and breathe evenly.

During the speaking part of the IELTS test, look at the examiner and project your voice.
Speak clearly and try to give extended answers.
For example: Examiner: What did you do last weekend?
Student : I went shopping.

This is not very good. The example below is much better.
Examiner: What did you do last weekend?
Student : Last weekend I went shopping for clothes with my best friend. We both bought some jeans and I also purchased a pair of black gloves.