Way #3 to Enhance Your #IELTS Band Score

The Way #3 of the 7 Ways to achieve IELTS Excellence involves the Reading Section.

In the previous post, you got advice to help you avoid losing points in the IELTS Listening Section. 

Check out my other article about IELTS Listening on the sisterblog, businessenglishace.com.

Are you a good English reader?

Fluent English reading skills (get practice here) are essential for success on the exam, but the way you convey information to test authorities also counts.

Before we move on to the tip for today, get my IELTS Cheat Sheet  for simple direct advice to sharpen both your English and IELTS skills for a high Band Score.

Way #3 - Be Aware of the IELTS Reading Section

One aspect of the IELTS Reading Section that lowers your Band Score is not reading the instructions.

On the reading section, you are required to answer with a specific number of words.

If you state your answers outside these parameters, you will lose points.

Here’s an example:

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Above all, establish a habit of reading. 

A newspaper is a great resource. Read the frontpage, movie reviews, and the sports section to test your English vocabulary.

Now you have a treasure trove of tips and resources to boost your IELTS Reading score.

Conclusion

Stay tuned for more IELTS tips to fuel your higher Band Score.

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Up Next: Way # 4: Your Writing Skills.

Power Up with Extra #IELTS #Skills - Day 4

Use these Extra IELTS tips to help you notch a high Band Score on the exam.

Whether a General or Academic candidate, you can take advantage of the IELTS lessons presented on this blog and the sister blog, businessenglishace.com.

On Tuesday and Thursday, enjoy Extra IELTS tips to improve your chances for a for achieving IELTS Excellence on test day.

You can review the previous Extra IELTS tips post. Remember, you can also download my IELTS Cheat Sheet for 11 tips to help study better for a high score on exam day.

IELTS Vocabulary

As you probably know, building a strong vocabulary is one of the best moves you can make for the IELTS.

Indeed, your word wealth is a predictor of lifetime success.

Can you use today's IELTS vocabulary word correctly in your English sentences?

Fluctuate is a powerful verb to describe trends in a chart, graph, or process in Academic Task 1.

Definition: Verb -  to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount 

Example:
The number of graduates from Groucester College fluctuated between 2,000 and 3,500 from 2010 to 2015.

Check out my eBook - Grow Your Vocabulary: 301 Useful Vocabulary Terms - if you  need to reinforce your skills.

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IELTS Grammar

Do you know how to use Bare and Bear correctly in your sentences?

Answer:

Ravi broke the lamp in the store and had to bear its cost.    

But...Janie bared her soul to the judge in an attempt to get less punishment for stealing the Corvette.

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Use bear for "to endure or to yield."

Ex: Jaime must bear the responsibility for failing his exam - he never studied.

Use bare for "to uncover or to expose."

The struggling actress was poorly paid to bare her breasts in her small movie role.

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Brush up on your grammar for success on the IELTS exam.

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Conclusion

Continue to study for that high Band Score you deserve on the exam.

Study #IELTS Extra Tips - Day 2

Are you studying for the IELTS exam?

Whether a General or Academic candidate, you can take advantage of the IELTS lessons presented on this blog and the sister blog, businessenglishace.com.

On Tuesday and Thursday, enjoy Extra IELTS tips to improve your chances for a high Band Score.

Make sure to download my IELTS Cheat Sheet just in case!

IELTS Vocabulary

As you probably know, building a strong vocabulary is one of the best moves you can make for the IELTS.

For IELTS Academic Task 1, you need to analyze a chart, graph or process.

Marginally is a great word you can use to talk about change. 

Example:

The production of widgets fell marginally between 1989 and 1999. 

Thus, there was only a slight or negligible change. 

Check out my eBook - Grow Your Vocabulary: 301 Useful Vocabulary Terms - if you  need to reinforce your skills.

For more tips, download my FREE IELTS Cheat Sheet. 

IELTS Grammar

Do you know how to use Fewer and Less correctly in your sentences?

Answer:

We wear less clothing in hot weather. 

But...We wear fewer clothes in hot weather.

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Use fewer if you’re referring to people or things in the plural (e.g. houses, newspapers, dogs, students, children).

Use less when you’re referring to something that can’t be counted or doesn’t have a plural (e.g. money, air, time, music, rain). 

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Even though grammar is not explicitly graded on the exam, be sure to devote part of your IELTS preparation to studying your weak points of grammar.

Check out my eBook - 21 Essential English Grammar Lessons - if you  need to reinforce your skills.

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Conclusion

Study for the IELTS!

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#IELTS Tips Kick-Off - Increase Your Test and #English Skills

Soon I am launching the e-Course, Wham Media's 42 Ways to Achieve IELTS Excellence for both General and Academic candidates.

The IELTS is the rival to the TOEFL iBT, the grand papa of English proficiency tests.

If you are currently studying or planning to present the IELTS this year, you will want to stay alert of the posts on this blog and businessenglishace.com in the coming three weeks.

IELTS Tips Series

Today, the IELTS Tips series kicks off. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on businessenglishace.com - my home base blog - you can improve your English skills in general and IELTS skills in particular.

Here is the agenda for your first IELTS class over there:

Remember, the exam is half English and half IELTS skills.

So, each day of IELTS Tips gives you a mix of both. 

IELTS Grammar Question

How good is your English grammar?

Check out the IELTS Grammar Question - do you know the correct answer?

Read the article to verify your best guess!

So, as you can see, even if you're not presenting the IELTS, you can improve your English by following the series.

Conclusion

So, check out Day 1 of IELTS Tips.

Get your IELTS Cheat Sheet for 11 tips to better prepare for the exam. Just sign up for a FREE 7-Day IELTS e-Course.

Stay tuned for more lessons to enhance your English fluency even for non-exam candioon

Enjoy the IELTS Tip series and good luck on the exam!

Powerful Paraphrasing - Improve your IELTS Writing, Speaking Scores

Do you need to improve your IELTS writing and speaking scores?

Then, learn how to unleash your paraphrasing power. Read on!

Today, in our continuing series on extra skills you need to maximize your IELTS score, you are going to take away how paraphrasing can help you on the IELTS exam.

In the two previous articles, you learned about how to summarize and how to take notes.

Paraphrasing, simply put, is restating an author’s text in your own words...

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Boost Your English Fluency with Business English Ace Radio Episode 27!

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In today’s lesson, you learn about the following:

• Erroneous English Question of the Week - There is-There are
• Vocabulary Word of the Week - Subordinate
• Business Idiom – Back to the Salt Mines
• Business English (Writing) Skill - Business Letters - Appearance, Format
• Twisted English Phrase of the Week – Out of a Jam

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Listen to Business English Ace Radio Episode 26 - Improve your English

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Sharpen your career skills with #Business #English Ace #Radio Episode 25!

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Just look what you get in Episode 25:

• Erroneous English Question of the Week - Sentence Punctuation - Run-On Sentence
• Business Vocabulary Word of the Week - Legal Tender
• Business Writing - Intro to US-style Business letters
• Business Collocation - Go Bankrupt
• Twisted English Series - Find (Your) Legs :)

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Check out this Triple Play #Video of #Business #English #Idioms

While an informal part of the language, no doubt English idioms help you broaden your knowledge to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.

Check out the playlist of three (3) videos about Business English idoms now.

Do you already know some of these idioms? Take notes on the ones you need to remember.



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Listen to Business English Ace Radio Episode 23 to improve your English!

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Just look what you get in Episode 23:

• Erroneous English Question of the Week - Another-Other
• Business Vocabulary Word of the Week - Tax Abatement
• Using Numbers, Titles in documents
• Phrasal Verb - Back Up
• Twisted English Series - On Tap

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English Expressions at a Restaurant - #video

When you eat out at your favorite restaurant the next time, practice your English!

Can you order from a menu in English?

Do you know how to talk to a server in English?

Watch the English video today for helpful expressions at the restaurant!

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View Preview Video to Episode 8 of Business English Ace Radio Podcast

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Improve your English - Get a preview of Episode 7 of Business English Ace Radio!

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Business English Ace - Confusing Word Pair - Penultimate vs. Ultimate

Business English Ace - Confusing Word Pair - Penultimate vs. Ultimate

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7 Movies for Business Mavens

Movies are entertainment, but also can yield insights into their subject matter.

The business world is a popular topic in Hollywood productions where big deals, envy, power lunches, and strategy and tactics are an everyday affair.

The following seven movies include gripping drama, irreverent comedy and thought-provoking films that can inspire and motivate business professionals.

7 Movies for Business Mavens

1. The Godfather

Respect is paramount in business and so is following proper etiquette as the scene from The Godfather illustrates. The iconic Marlon Brando (The Godfather ) schools an uncouth acquaintance on these virtues.

2. Glengary Glenn Ross

Blake (Alec Baldwin) in Glengarry Glen Ross gives a lesson in marketing and the principle of “incentive.” If you don’t produce sales, you are out of a job. That is usually a strong reward to excite the sales staff.

3. Wall Street

Wall Street has its cast of strong-willed characters. From wolves of Wall Street to Gordon Gekko, Hollywood loves to perpetuate the stereotypical Alpha male spirit in the cradle of capitalism. Gordon’s immortal “greed is good speech” is a classic in cinema.

4. Disclosure

Office politics gets the best of  Meredith (Demi Moore) in Michael Crichton‘s  Disclosure. Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas) is sexually-harrassed by her. Oh, but she still has a plan to get ahead in the rough-and-tumble corporate world as the above scene shows.

5. Risky Business

Joel (Tom Cruise) learns the Risky Business  of an entrepreneur along with the economics of supply and demand all in a weekend when his parents go out of town. He learns fast and the real world education gets him into Princeton.

6. Jerry McGuire

The all important mission statement is where most businesses begin as we see sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) typing his own. Sports and business are so intertwined in many cases – the personalities, contracts, performance issues, and the winners and losers.

7. Trading Places

Trading Places  combines class warfare, greed, commodity exchange chicanery, and double dealing into a comedic romp with an all-star cast including Dan Akyroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameci, and Ralph Bellamy.

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7 Movies for Business Mavens