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Ruth at English Test Help
Oct 8, 2021
Improve your Task 1 writing score in 4 minutes
Do you know how to describe the data from 2 pie charts in under 20 minutes? Watch this free video lesson and speak WITH me to 'feel' the...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Oct 6, 2021
An easy way to get a higher writing score in IELTS
Task 2 essay - avoiding SAY / THINK / PEOPLE Did you know that there are much better words to use? Watch the video to learn how? And here...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Oct 4, 2021
Learn how to write a Task 1 report to describe a line graph AND a bar chart in 5 minutes
Watch this free 5 minute video to improve your writing for the IELTS Task 1 writing test. I want you to do two things. Speak the writing...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Oct 3, 2021
Do you know how to use "rise" in IELTS Task 1 Writing?
Here is a great little lesson from BBC Learning English to help you. And here are some examples from IELTS Task 1 Writing reports....
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Ruth at English Test Help
Oct 1, 2021
2 ways to answer Part 2 - IELTS Speaking - describe something beautiful
Here are two model answers to this card. ONE - a beautiful painting - how would you fill in the missing parts? Today ______________ a...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 27, 2021
Do you know when to speak or write "There is" OR "It is" ?
English can be difficult to learn. All the little things are hard to learn - like THERE or IT at the beginning of a sentence. There are...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 24, 2021
Do you know how to use MINE, MY OWN, ON MY OWN/BY MYSELF?
Look Mum! I can sit here on my own. Which two sentences are correct? That lady over there is a friend of my own. I share a bathroom and...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 21, 2021
Can you ask questions politely in English?
Watch my video first to learn how. What's the time? Would you mind telling me the time? Which one is polite? Yes, it's the second one. ...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 20, 2021
10 English sentence mistakes that lower your score!
Fix these common English word order mistakes and improve your English test score. Get your word order correct. Think in English! 1. it...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 13, 2021
10 ways to increase your chance of passing the test
IELTS | PET | OET | any English language test Get your highest score IF you aim high and work hard. 1. SPEAKING - Practise conversation...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 9, 2021
R U OK?
r u ok? time 4 a cuppa lol be4 c u l8r Do you know what these mean? Are you ok? It's time for a cup of tea/coffee. Laugh out loud Before...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 7, 2021
ATTENTION: IELTS Task 1 writers
Can you write correctly with these phrases? The number of ... A number of ... Half The minority of people who ... One third All of ......
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 6, 2021
Here's how to answer the speaking examiner when they ask you to tell a little story.
Get your best speaking score yet. Sometimes in an exam like IELTS, the examiner will ask you questions like ... Tell me about a time when...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 4, 2021
Here's how to impress your English test examiner or lecturer.
You need to match your grammar. Look at this academic paragraph. It appears to me from my many years of teaching that the students who...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 2, 2021
What have you been doing lately? How to use PERFECT verb tenses
I've been so busy lately. I've been painting the house. I've been studying hard to take my IELTS in June. Oh no! I've left my bank card...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 2, 2021
3 easy ways to join ideas in your sentences
As your English gets better, you need to mix your simple sentences and your longer sentences by joining ideas together. You can do this...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Sep 1, 2021
5 QUICK and EASY ways to study vocabulary for IELTS
1. learn common topic areas Do you know the most common topics in IELTS speaking and writing? health education science and technology...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Aug 31, 2021
Do you know how to use the words in the essay question ... without copying?
Here are two video lessons - totally FREE - to teach you how to understand the essay question and use the ideas. But you cannot copy too...
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Ruth at English Test Help
Aug 27, 2021
ATTENTION: IELTS takers - how your score is worked out!
https://www.ielts.org/ielts-for-organisations/ielts-scoring-in-detail Pay attention to the IELTS website for how your score is calculated....
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Ruth at English Test Help
Aug 27, 2021
How to use 'Even if' and 'Even though'
EVEN IF and EVEN THOUGH are not the same To get a good score in IELTS writing and speaking, you need to show that you can use complex...
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