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Hesitating and repeating yourself in a natural way

June 8, 2016 By Nestor 1 Comment

In speaking, it is natural to hesitate and repeat yourself sometimes in your own language. Native speakers of English do this too, of course. So don't be afraid of doing it in the IELTS Speaking test. In fact, it often sounds better to repeat yourself and hesitate in a natural way than to remain silent. And this will help you get a good score for fluency and coherence.

Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 7-9

Simple Collocations for IELTS Speaking

June 1, 2016 By Nestor 1 Comment

In the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner may ask you about your everyday life. You will often hear these kinds of questions in Part 1 but sometimes in Parts 2 and 3. When talking about everyday activities, candidates often make make mistakes with collocations (words that naturally go together).

Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 6.5 Tagged With: Vocabulary tips

I don’t know what to say

November 17, 2015 By Nestor 2 Comments

Not knowing what to say in the IELTS Speaking test is one of the most typical worries that candidates have before the test. In this post, we're going to look at what you can say if you understand the question but you have no ideas or opinions on the topic.

Filed Under: General tips, IELTS Speaking Tips Tagged With: IELTS speaking test strategies

Use synonyms to get a high band

September 20, 2015 By Nestor Leave a Comment

If you want to get a high band in the IELTS Speaking test, you should already know that using less common synonyms of common words will help you get a higher score for Lexical resource. So in this post, I'm going to talk about synonyms in more detail.

Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 7-9 Tagged With: Vocabulary tips

How to use natural English in the IELTS test

August 6, 2015 By Nestor Leave a Comment

When you are asked questions in the IELTS Speaking test, try to respond in a natural way. Many candidates try to repeat the examiner's words in their answers, and sometimes this doesn't sound very natural. Study this example.

Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 7-9 Tagged With: Grammar tips, Vocabulary tips

IELTS Speaking Part 2 — Being late

July 9, 2015 By Nestor Leave a Comment

In Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner will give you a topic card and ask you to talk about it for 1-2 minutes. In this model answer, the candidate talks about a situation when she was late.

Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 7-9 Tagged With: Sample answers, Speaking test Part 2

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