General Topic Information Technology has provided society with many new tools. Like all tools, the value of technological tools depends largely on how they are used and whether they make tasks faster or simpler. Technology can lead to problems such as devices that are unnecessarily complicated, that people may use technology inappropriately, safety issues (people […]
General Topic Information Questions of law provide challenging problems as the role of the legal system is viewed differently in different cultures and this topic also has very complex vocabulary. An important distinction between Western countries and developing countries is that in the power structure of Western countries, the law is above the government. For
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General Topic Information Occasionally IELTS questions focus on women and their role in society. These questions often challenge students because Western views on the role of women are often different to those in more traditional cultures. The focus of all gender-based questions should be equality. It is culturally unacceptable to describe women as inferior, or
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GENERAL TOPIC INFORMATION The media plays an important role in Western society as it makes individuals and governments more accountable for their actions. The media plays a very different role in some countries compared to those in the Western world and these differences must be understood by students in order to write high quality essays.
For many students, particularly those from developing countries, education is a means to an end – usually a good job. Students will often fail to consider that education is more than what is learned at school or a certificate and different people will have different definitions of what educations consists of. For this reason, a
General Topic Information When considering questions around governments, there are two very important considerations that should not be overlooked. The first is that governments have restrictions placed on them by the amount of money that they have – they must make choices about how they spend money and cannot fund every program that they would
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1. In some countries levels of health and fitness are decreasing and average weights are increasing. What do you think are the causes of these problems and what are some possible solutions? 2. In many countries schools have severe problems with students’ behaviour. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can
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Using prepositions properly is a hallmark of professionalism in both speech and writing, but learning which preposition to use in which circumstance requires memorization. Certain words must be followed by certain prepositions in order to achieve clarity. Learning these combinations will help you conform to professional standards in business writing. The following list of common
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1. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic. If the subject on which you are writing is of slight extent, or if you intend to treat it very briefly, there may be no need of subdividing it into topics. Thus, a brief description, a brief summary of a literary work,
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The stadium planning meeting will be held at 2.00 pm on 4 November 1997. The venue is the client’s conference suite, where coffee will be served from 1.30 pm. I suggest we meet there at 1.45 pm. This will give us a few minutes to discuss crucial points. Please call to confirm this arrangement. This
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money talks When it comes to keeping high-performance employees, money talks; the best way to reward them is with bonuses. make a bomb Speculators made a bomb as the price of rubber increased by more than 200%. cost a bomb An advertising campaign like that is out of the question for a small firm like
ABANDON: To give up completely – abandoned the sinking ship. Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake ACADEMIC: Pertaining to school; theoretical academic interests; an academic discussion, with no practical implications. Synonym: scholastic ACCELERATE: – To quicken, speed tip – took an accelerated course in order to graduate early. Synonym: expedite (adj. expeditious) Antonym: retard ADVERSITY: Misfortune –
PART 1 Time: 4-5 minutes Now, in this first part of the test I’m going to ask you some questions about yourself. Lets talk about your hometown. 1. What kind of place is your hometown? 2. What do young people do for entertainment in your hometown? 3. What is the worst thing about living in
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In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. Pliny the Elder 1. Ways of saying that you are certain about something certain adjective if you are certain about something, you are absolutely sure that it is true. If a fact is certain, it is definitely true, or it will definitely happen:
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READING 1 Before you read the passage, read the statements and think about what you’re going to read. Underline key words and ideas in each statement. 2 Remember that the questions follow the order of information in the passage. When you read the passage, you may see some words or ideas from the statements. These
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1. Ways of saying what the aim or purpose of something is aim to do something to try to achieve something: • This paper aims to show how science and technology have influenced the work of artists. • The research aims to answer two questions. First, what causes the disease? Second, is it possible to
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1. To decrease 2. To make something decrease 3. A decrease 4. When something stops decreasing 1. To decrease decrease verb [intransitive] to become less in number or amount: • The average rainfall has decreased by around 30 percent. • The total number of people who are unemployed has decreased slightly. • After radiotherapy, the
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1. To increase 2. To make something increase 3. An increase 4. When something does not increase, or stops increasing 1. To increase increase verb [intransitive] to become larger in number, amount, price, or value: • Last year, the number of burglaries increased by 15 percent. • The percentage of households with a computer increased
Strategy 1: Using synonyms The word synonym is frequently misunderstood. Synonym does not mean ‘having exactly the same meaning’ but ‘having a similar meaning’. This difference is extremely important. You cannot simply delete one word from your text and insert another and think they have an identical meaning. Although words may have the same denotation
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Academic writing • is more objective • is more complex • has a more formal structure Academic writing is more objective Phrases such as I think, I believe and In my opinion should not be used in academic writing. Examiners are not looking for what you think or believe – they want to see what
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