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- Hi ALTH, most of the sentences are ok, but the meaning of some of them would depend on the context. Here are some comments: 1) "How do you usually cope with your difficulty?" - "your difficulty" in this sentence would mean "affliction", possibly "disability". Is this what you mean? If not, then it's better to say something like, "How do you cope with difficulties/problems in your life?". 2) "under the performance" is not a correct phrase, I guess you meant to say, "you have been underperforming". "Underperform" is a verb which means that someone works worse than usual or worse than others. 3) "Which city are you from?" - grammatically this question is correct, but you would only ask it if you knew that someone is definitely from a city, not a village or town. It's more natural to ask "Where are you from?" or "Whereabouts in (China/Vietnam/ etc) are you from?' 4) "Do you want to get something to drink?" - again, the grammar is correct but it's more natural to say "Shall we get something to drink?" if you are inviting someone out and both of you are going to have a drink; or "Do you want me to get you something to drink?" if you're offering to bring/make/buy a drink for someone. Hope this helps ))0 votedJune 27, 20170
- From a grammatical point of view, you can report it like this: The studio head asked the team what should be done to gain more viewers. 'Should" doesn't usually change in reported speech or reported questions. The word order of the question doesn't change because "What should be done?" is a subject question and it already has a direct word order. But it would be more natural to rephrase the whole situation, possibly like this: The studio head asked his team for ideas on how to gain more viewers. Hope this helps ))0 votedMay 3, 20172
- Я б порекомендувала послухати Квітку Цисик. Взагалі-то, вона народилася в Америці в сімї українських емігрантів і співає з ледь помітним акцентом, але вона дуже любила українські пісні і виконувала їх дуже душевно. Ось посилання на YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9BwheiQVnE&list=PLm0bhsLPlaHzvr-vuMUf8b8UGDi2u0sjI0 votedMay 3, 20170
Which part is more difficult? As you've mentioned, that totally depends on the student because every student will have their own stronger and weaker skills.
How to get a higher band score? - GET TO KNOW THE EXAM! I cannot stress enough how important it is to know what's expected of you. You can and you should use different websites for this, as was suggested by Kieran earlier. The information is plentiful and readily available but, unfortunately, it's easy to get lost in it so here are some tips on what you should primarily focus on:
LISTENING and READING: there are 6 main question types for each of these skills and you need to know how to deal with every question type. I'd recommend to read about them on the official IELTS website first and then search the Internet for a specific strategy you'd need to use for every question type.
SPEAKING and WRITING: study the band descriptors! You'll find them here:
Speaking: https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/IELTS_Speaking_band_descriptors.pdf
Writing task 1: https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/IELTS_task_1_Writing_band_descriptors.pdf
Writing task 2: https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/IELTS_task_1_Writing_band_descriptors.pdf
The band descriptors are your guide to what the examiners will be assessing and what you need to show in the exam language-wise to achieve a specific band score.
Hope this helps and good luck with your exam)).
If at any point your test preparation gets too overwhelming, you can book a lesson with me and I'll be happy to answer your questions or help you with practice)
0 votedMay 2, 20170- "Hands-on experience" means knowledge or skills you can get from doing something rather than just studying about it from books, so you're right to suggest that it's close in meaning to "practical", although "hands-on" doesn't always mean that you need to use your hands.That would depend on the context or the task.0 votedApril 25, 20170
- Generally, a gerund is a verb form that usually functions as a noun and not as a verb. Now, to your questions: 1) "Paying the bills" was an activity (gerund functions as a noun here) that the person did but forgot about it (didn't remember how he/she did it) and then he/she couldn't understand where the money had gone. "I forgot to pay the bills" would mean "I didn't pay the bills. I forgot to do that". 2 and 3) "Stop to do something" means to physically stop in order to perform an action. E.g. He stopped to tie his shoe laces (he was walking and then he stopped). "Stop doing something" means to never do something again/finish an action; it usually refers to habits. E.g. He stopped smoking (it was a habit and he doesn't have this habit any more). "We stopped to have a cup of coffee" means that we were walking (or going in a car) and then we stopped in order to have some coffee. "You should stop feeling sorry for yourself" means that someone should finish the action of feeling sorry for themselves/ should not feel sorry for themselves any more. Hope this helps ))0 votedApril 23, 20171
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