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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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Their | There | They’re
- June 20, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, PTE, TOEFL
We at First Academy have the fortune of learning on the job. As teachers of English, we are naturally among the first to encounter the most common mistakes people make and encounter them on a regular basis. The one mistake that usually takes the cake is the difficulty most people face in understanding the difference
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Using Idioms – Quiz
- June 19, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, PTE, QUIZ, TOEFL
The only problem with my sister is that she is always splitting hairs. Does it mean that she’s a hair dresser? Or does her hair have split ends, and that she needs to visit a salon or a hairdresser? Not really. Expressions of this kind have become part of everyday English, and have naturally filtered
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20 Academic Expressions – Vocabulary Resource
- June 13, 2019
- Category: GRE, IELTS, PTE, TOEFL
Here are 20 Expressions and words that you need to know to ace you exam. Looking for that elusive 320 in GRE or that perfect 9 band in IELTS? Or just want that extra 20 points for immigration? Here are 20 expressions that will take you to your dream. There are a few words and
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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 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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Spelling is hard – IELTS Listening
- April 13, 2019
- Category: IELTS, PTE, QUIZ, TOEFL
IELTS listening is not just about listening to the tape and noting down the answer. It is essential that the spelling is correct. It does not matter whether the spelling is as per British English or the American version. For eg, in the USA, its color, but in the UK, it is colour. Both answers
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