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3 min read · 22 Mar 2019

Tensing the Tense Tendons

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3 min read · 20 Mar 2019

Sentence Variety – 2

Be it for IELTS, GRE, OET, or any other test you wish to take, knowing words is only one very small part of the fight. I...

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3 min read · 19 Mar 2019

Writing Evaluation

Why is understanding evaluation so important? The difference between getting a 6.5 and a 7.0 can be huge. Our trainer...

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11 min read · 18 Mar 2019

Words, Speaking, Reading and More!

An opportunity for you to read and listen. This will allow you to understand accents and inflection better!

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4 min read · 17 Mar 2019

Reading Comprehension – Sample Questions

This quiz has 10 questions. The suggested completion time is 20 minutes. The quiz is NOT timed.

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3 min read · 19 Nov 2018

Request – Daari Choodu – Lyrics Translation – Telugu to English

The super-hit song from the movie Krishnaarjuna Yuddham (The fight between Krishna and Arjuna – two main protagonists in...

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3 min read · 01 Oct 2018

Sentence Variety – 1

In this series, we are going to explore one of themes that has been less explored than other aspects of language – sente...

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3 min read · 17 Sep 2018

MATCH THE HEADINGS

Unlike many other reading comprehension tests such as PTE and TOEFL, IELTS tests students with a variety of question typ...

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3 min read · 12 Sep 2018

Band 9 Speaking Sample – Cue Card

The IELTS Speaking Section 2 has everyone hyper-worried. Do we speak non-stop? Do we use sequipedalian words? Or do we...

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