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Importance of variety
- June 26, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ, TOEFL
Understanding how sentences work is very important. For you to be able to do that, you will have to know how to construct them. This short quiz will present you with 8 different sentences. Try and reconstruct those sentences using the word in bold. You might have to use phrases and idiomatic expressions where necessary.
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Clauses
- June 25, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL
If you want to read better, you will absolutely need to understand how a sentence works. This will allow us to break a sentence down into easily understandable pieces. Each of these bite-sized pieces is called a clause. A clause is the basic unit of grammar. Usually, a main clause is made up of a
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The Understanding Series – Part 2 – Another vs. Other
- May 10, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
In the second part of the series, we will look at use of Another and Other, and along the way also take a look at use of Articles. Most of us already know that A and An are articles to indicate non specific nouns, while the is used for specific nouns. Extending from this, Another
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The Understanding Series – Part 1
- May 8, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL
You are here ins all probability because of two reasons. You are taking an English test, or you are looking to improve your English. If you are taking an English test, you will invariably have to deal with sentences. In this installment of the Understanding Series – we will look at how to figure a
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OET Writing – 6 Tips to Get an A
- May 2, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE, TOEFL
This article is details 6 pointers which will help you score high on the OET writing subtest. 1. Who are you writing to? ❔ The answer to this question has the potential to completely change the geography of the letter you are going to write. Are you writing to a doctor or a caretaker or
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Understanding Stuff Better – Interpreting Language
- May 2, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE
There are several seemingly simple words and expressions that test takers regularly encounter. Seemingly because these words have different meanings in different contexts. Understanding what these mean and when can mean the difference between selecting a right answer and being saddled with a lower than expected score. Take for instance the following expressions: take exception
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Understanding Reading Texts
- April 26, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ, TOEFL
Reading in the IELTS, GRE, PTE, OET, TOEFL tests is not about reading aloud but being able to understand the texts. Sometimes understanding texts can be difficult due to unfamiliar words or challenging sentence structure. There are various reasons for unfamiliar words. One of them could also be culture. For instance, an American may
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Paraphrase – Understanding – 🎧
- April 25, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ, TOEFL
Paraphrasing refers to the restructuring on language / sentences in such a way that the meaning remains the same while the form changes. This is an important language skill. In listening and reading, several questions test your ability to understand paraphrase. In the listening section of many tests the words you hear might be completely
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Life is Hard – So is Reading Comprehension
- April 16, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
Life and Reading Comprehension We get it. Life is hard. but then, the same could be said of reading comprhension. It does not matter which reading comprehension you are talking about. It could be PTE, IELTS, GRE, or even the French or the German exam that you are taking. There are more similarities between
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Listening Test – Challenging
- March 31, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE
Coaching is different from practice. In the Indian context, practice is mostly learning by roote. At First Academy, we do not believe in that. We believe that learning happens only by understanding. We do not undermine practice, but practice without understanding why you are doing something barely leads to anything worthwhile. That is why
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