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Pick a topic. See an example, try it yourself and understand the answer.
20 natural linking phrases for connecting your essay without sounding mechanical — each with an example sentence and a usage note, completely free.
Compare two answers to the same prompt across four criteria. The "Band 6/8" labels are illustrative teaching labels, not verified examiner scores.
Describing Task 1 graphs is not hard: first find the overall picture, then compare the numbers with reliable trend language — without opinion.
Learn to build a Task 2 opinion essay in four paragraphs: analysing the question, a clear thesis sentence and the two-sentence formula for the introduction.
Learn natural English fillers for moments when you need brief thinking time — manage pauses and ideas appropriately, and avoid mechanical repetition.
Practise developing ideas in Part 3 — PREP is a flexible method that can help you combine a reason and a concrete example in a logical answer.
Build a working note template for the cue card in 60 seconds and fill the two minutes without falling silent, using a five-beat story.
A realistic plan for fitting three long passages into 60 minutes: minutes per passage, the 90-second skip rule and answer-sheet discipline — all in this strategy material.
This strategy covers the skimming technique that catches the main idea without reading every paragraph word by word, where the topic sentence hides, and the traps that lead you away from the correct heading.
Learn once and for all what each of the three verdicts means, how to find the exact evidence sentence in the text, and how simple NOT GIVEN actually is.
Multiple choice options can mislead you: learn how distractors work, how to recognise paraphrase and how to check the number of answers required — with full transcript analysis.
Don't get lost on map questions: with direction vocabulary, landmark anchors and the follow-the-speaker method, you can handle map labelling questions with confidence.
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