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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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Set the Tone Right -IELTS, PTE and OET
- March 29, 2019
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE
What is tone? Tone is the pitch of the speaker. It could be low or high depending on what the speaker intends to communicate. Tone is also a cue to the person’s attitude. The tone we take with a friend is certainly different from what we take with a teacher. Is tone important? Yes! It
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Whose line is it anyway?
- March 26, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
There is a saying which says the difference between good and great is 5%. Being able to write good sentences is something that some effort and some grammar books can help you do. That will get you a good score. Quite often, in life, being good is well just that, being good enough. And quite
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Few vs. A Few
- March 25, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
Small things often make a big difference when it comes to the score you are going to get. One such element, and an element which invariably makes an appearance in all English tests from GRE to PTE, to OET, to IELTS is the test takers ability to understand the difference between a few and few.
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Understanding Referents
- March 25, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
A referent is a word that refers to something. When we say refer, we are looking at it from the perspective of a doctor referring you to another doctor. A referent sends you to another word to complete its meaning. In IELTS and PTE, knowing how referents are used is an important skill that
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Tensing the Tense Tendons
- March 21, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ
Pro-tip The title is an example of an alliteration. Alliteration is when the first letters or sounds of a multiple wordsare repeated. In some cases, use of alliteration can make your speech,or language interesting. Just do not over do it! 😉 Now, over to the quiz! No matter the test you are taking, what
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So, you think you can connect with me?
- July 20, 2018
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE
Coherence and Cohesion is one of the parameters of evaluation for writing. Since the name sounds good, most are swept up in the charm of the name and hence do not bother to figure out what it means and how it can affect their score. Coherence is about the logical flow of information. It is
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Subject Verb Agreement Test 1
- December 27, 2017
- Category: IELTS, OET, PTE, QUIZ, SSC CGL
The quiz is here, but before that, some trivia about the beautiful image. The animal in the picture is called the Gemsbok (Pronunciation: गेम्सबाक ; గెమ్సబాక్). It is is found in the arid (dry) regions of Africa, primarily in the Kalahari Desert. The main predator of the gemsbok is the cheetah. Now, for the quiz.
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