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Part 1 Speaking & Writing
1. Personal Introduction : No marks
2. Read Aloud
- Skim through the sentences before you start.
- Write down ‘Retell lecture’ and ‘Describer image’ templates on the notepad
- Don’t stress too many words.
- Keeping natural flow is very important.
- Try to pronounce R that comes at the end of words. (American
pronunciation)
- No fixing mistakes (e.g. “Oops, sorry”)
- Aim to get 90
3. Repeat sentence
- Do not try to remember or take down everything that you hear. Catch verbs
and prepositions and this will help you to catch the overall sentence flow
and remember the whole sentence.
- Keeping natural flow.
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- Try to pronounce R that comes at the end of words. (American
pronunciation)
- If you didn’t catch everything, repeat the same word maintaining the flow.
(e.g. Bulk billing means that the government pays doctors directly on
behalf of patients.
Bulk billing means that the government pays doctors bulk billing on
behalf of bulk billing.
- Aim to get 90
4. Describe image
- Use the template
This image provides the information about TOPIC .
We can clearly see that the highest number has been recorded as
_________, and the lowest number has been recorded as
____________.
There is a similarity in the number between _________ and
__________.
Overall, the image provides crucial information about TOPIC .
- Do not miss the important words (highest, lowest, and similarity)
- The content does not matter. You can say any part as the highest or lowest
because it does not check if it’s correct.
- If you have too much time left, say “I can also see Colours, Numbers, Any
CONTENT in the image”
- All about maintaining natural flow.
5. Re-tell lecture
- Use the template
The main focus of the lecture was __________.
In the beginning, the speaker explained about _______.
Furthermore, the speaker mentioned the importance of _________.
Additionally, the speaker also said _________.
Overall, the lecture provided crucial information about ________.
- Pick 3 parts and write them down. They do not have to be the most
important part. Any part is fine.
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- Maintaining natural flow is very important.
6. Answer short question
7. Summarise written text
- Pick 2-3 sentences from each paragraph and connect them using
conjunctions.
- Check the spelling mistakes, punctuation mistakes and etc.
- Don’t go over the limit.
8. Essay
- Use the template
One of the conspicuous trends of today’s world is a colossal upsurge in
the number of people who believe that NO . There is a
widespread worry that this will lead to a myriad of concerns in one’s life.
However, this essay does not entirely accept this, and the reasons will be
explained in the further paragraphs.
To embark on, there are a number of arguments in favour of my stance.
The most preponderant one is that YES , and there are
numerous other benefits in various fields. Moreover, thanks to the wide
range of advantages it offers, it has enhanced the productivity and the
quality of people’s lives with much ease, efficacy, and convenience.
Needless to say, all these merits stand one in good stead regarding
augmenting the chances of prosperity and excellence. For example,
EXAMPLE using the KEYWORD .
Another pivotal factor in the aforementioned proposition is that it will only
likely help one thrive and excel in varied areas. Besides, when people
follow such a system, they can broaden their horizons, thus learning
such attributes as dedication and perseverance. Hence, it is apparent
why many are in favour of KEYWORD .
In the views of the arguments outlined above, it can be concluded that
the benefits of KEYWORD are indeed too great to ignore.
- Grammar and spelling are very important
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- The content doesn’t matter. It doesn’t have to be relevant at all.
Part 2 Reading
1. Fill in the blanks with a text
2. Multiple choice
3. Re-order paragraphs
4. Fill in the blanks
5. Single answer
Part 3 Listening
1. Summarise spoken text
- Use the ‘Retell lecture template’
2. Multiple choice
- Skip
3. Fill in the blanks
4. Highlight correct summary
5. Multiple choice, single answer
6. Select missing word
7. Highlight incorrect words
8. Write from dictation
- Catch the verbs and prepositions
- Add all the possibly correct words before the full stop. The incorrect words
do not change the marks.
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e.g. The proposal was received without any dissent.
-> The proposal was received without any dissent proposals were
deceived with dissents their of to.
- VERY important.
- Aim to get 90.
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