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Here's my roundup of daily tips from February. Watch the video version on YouTube with this link:

https://youtu.be/zZ0TLDv0qxc

In the podcast we'll review:  


- Idioms for IELTS Speaking ('food for thought' 'peckish' 'flagging') 
- Formal language ('a high risk of failure') 
- How to use inversion (Rarely I have? Or Rarely have I?) 
- Tech tools to help you practise Speaking 
- Collocations with sports (do, go, play or practise?) 
- Can or Should? - Task 1 Graphs: "Temperature AVERAGED 25 degrees") 
- Portmanteau terms: breakfast + lunch = ? 
- 20 WRONG ways to say 'Although' - Pass a test? Take a test? Sit a test?  
- What are 'Mustakes'? - Tuesday, Toosday or Chewsday? 
- "It's not everyone's cup of tea" 
- IELTS Vocabulary: Physical Health

Read the new blog about vocabulary lists for IELTS here:

https://ieltsetc.com/2022/05/ielts-vocabulary-lists/

Get all the daily tips here:

https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en


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Here's my round-up of the weekly tips that you can find on my website (ieltsetc.com). 

This podcast is also on YouTube/fionawattam:

https://youtu.be/TNcyL63yWbI

https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en 

In this episode we look at my daily tips from January 19th: 

- when to use the contraction 's' instead of 'is' (Pronunciation)  

- how to start a letter and why you shouldn't use 'maam' (GT Letter Writing) 

- 'claptrap' advice: "elucidate" (Academic Task 1) 

- when to use "Having said that" (Academic Task 2) - when to use 'triple' or 'treble' (Academic Task 1)

- feedback or feedbacks? (Grammar) 

- useful collocations with 'effect' (Vocabulary)

- phrasal verb: "I suppose I'll have to make do with it" (Vocabulary) 

- Spoonerisms (Collocations)



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This is a particularly challenging Reading Passage 1, which follows the structure of a Passage 3 'discursive' argument rather than the usual Passage 1 'factual' description.

The title gives us a warning of this academic style - it starts with a question, suggesting that there will be a theory developed, with the opinions of expert. It will pose a problem and try to find a solution.

This is uncommon for a Passage 1. Also the question types are:


Matching information (rare for Task 1)
Gapfill (normal for Task 1)

Cambridge Book 15 Test 2.

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This podcast talks you through a fortnight of daily tips, with an accompanying YouTube video.
https://youtu.be/byb9_Dg2UP8
Get the daily tips here on my website.
https://app.getbeamer.com/ieltswithfiona/en
In this episode we cover:

Pronunciation features - weak sounds e.g Fishnchips
How to spot a terrible "Model answer"
Free Flashcards for common IELTS topics (Quizlet - Marine Ecosystems)
How to use the LABELS in IELTS Task 1 Academic Writing
Synonyms for 'houses' in Task 1
A model Task 1 about the construction of houses
Banned expressions e.g. "No worries"
When to use the ampersand (&)
Do you use 'a' or 'an' before abbreviations like "MA" or "FAQ"?
Collocations: raise awareness
Is it ok to use "and so forth"?


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In this IELTS GT Part 3 Reading lesson we'll practise Matching Headings, Multiple Choice and Gapfill summary on the topic of plastic.


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In today's podcast you'll review my daily tips from my annual advent challenge which you can find on my website under "What's New" and https://ieltsetc.com/ielts-advent-adventure/


Day 9: "It's not worth + ing"
Day 10: Pronunciation - Juncture e.g. Ice-cream/I scream, That stuff/That's tough
Day 11: Factor vs reason vs cause
Day 12: Linking devices - the present participle
Day 13: Modals of deduction (must)
Day 14: Not only but also
Day 15: Mustn't vs Don't have to 
Day 16: Academic Phrasal Verbs
Day 17: The grammar of very polite questions
Day 18: rise vs raise
Day 19: suggest + ing
Day 20: Tense review
Day 21: damage vs damages
Day 22: as well as
Day 23: whereby
Day 24: a free gift for you




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