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Task 1 writing practice

Dominic Cole — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:26:13 +0000

Writing practice lesson showing you 4 different ways to avoid repetition when describing figures in task 1. This is a very common candidate error and needs careful practice if you are to get it right.

Counting in IELTS task 1 – dealing with numbers

Dominic Cole — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:58:20 +0000

This is a grammar/vocabulary lesson on a key piece of language needed to describe numbers in task 1. I give a short quiz to test your skills, show you some common mistakes and then give you a complete sample table where you have to fill in the correct number language.

Academic task 1 – describing numbers

Dominic Cole — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:16:21 +0000

Useful language to help you describe numbers in IELTS writing task 1

How to listen for numbers

Dominic Cole — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:30:29 +0000

Part 1 of the listening is supposed to be the easy part. You need to get as many of these right as possible as the questions get harder as you go along. In practice, however, many candidates lose marks here when they should not. This post looks at one way to avoid this. You will [...]