Most IELTS Reading videos on YouTube use an Academic test as the example. The strategies overlap with General Training, but not entirely.
So you end up doing extra work to figure out which bits actually apply to your test.
So I made a full walkthrough using one of the latest official GT Reading tests from Cambridge English. Every question type, a clear strategy for each, and we practise together as we go.
Watch it on my new GT channel π https://www.youtube.com/@FasTrackIELTSGT?sub_confirmation=1
So you end up doing extra work to figure out which bits actually apply to your test.
So I made a full walkthrough using one of the latest official GT Reading tests from Cambridge English. Every question type, a clear strategy for each, and we practise together as we go.
Watch it on my new GT channel π https://www.youtube.com/@FasTrackIELTSGT?sub_confirmation=1
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One of the things that makes GT Writing Task 1 trickier than students expect is getting the tone right.
Formal, semi-formal, or informal? I've noticed that students often struggle to pick the right one for the task, and then to maintain it consistently throughout the letter.
One of the things that makes GT Writing Task 1 trickier than students expect is getting the tone right.
Formal, semi-formal, or informal? I've noticed that students often struggle to pick the right one for the task, and then to maintain it consistently throughout the letter.
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In my new video, I walk through three letters side by side, one in each style. I promise, once you see the three of them next to each other, you'll know exactly what to do on the day. π€
Watch the video on my new GT channel: https://youtu.be/IlwEaaBXKRo
Watch the video on my new GT channel: https://youtu.be/IlwEaaBXKRo
Shall we practise a little? π©π»βπ« I will post several sentences below. Please, invert them. Ready?π
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People didnβt understand the effects of global warming until recently.
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I will publish the answers tomorrow β
To wrap up our practice session, please write your own inverted sentence in the comments βοΈ
To wrap up our practice session, please write your own inverted sentence in the comments βοΈ
Here are the answers to the inversion exercise π
Never have people been more the masters of their environment.
Not until recently did people understand the effects of global warming.
Little did we know about what 2022 had in store.
Never have people been more the masters of their environment.
Not until recently did people understand the effects of global warming.
Little did we know about what 2022 had in store.
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Hope youβve learned a new complex grammatical structure for IELTS Writing π€
Please note that using it once in your Task 2 essay is enough ππ»
Please note that using it once in your Task 2 essay is enough ππ»
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If youβd like to find a more in-depth explanation of inversion and learn about other kinds of inversion, hereβre two amazing lessons by BBC Learning English:
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Hi guys, I'm preparing a new video about IELTS speaking and I wonder what you are finding more challenging. Would you mind answering the two poll questions below? It will help me a lot.