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IELTS PART 1. You should spend 20 minutes on this task.
IELTS PART 2. You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
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IELTS PART 1. You should spend 20 minutes on this task. IELTS PART 2. You should spend 40 minutes on this task. For free ielts practice tests see below: |
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learn english online |
ielts WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The charts below show what senior high school students in 3 different high schools (Beaufort,
Westmont and Whiiford) spent their money on in 2005.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant
You should write at least 150 words.
ielts WRITING TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Some people think high school graduates should travel or work for a period of
time instead of going directly to study at university.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. (250 words)
If you are at Beginner level, you have never studied English.
Your ability: You might know a few English words, like 'hello', 'taxi', and 'football'. After only a week's study at Beginner level, you will be able to say your name and nationality, ask basic questions and give basic answers. You will know the alphabet, and numbers to 100. You will be able to shop or travel with basic English and some help. You will know the fundamentals of English pronunciation.
Equivalent to:
If you are at Elementary level, you can communicate in a very basic way, mainly in the present and past simple. Your vocabulary covers everyday useful subject areas.
Your ability: By the end of Elementary level, you can make simple sentences and reply to questions on a range of personal and common subjects. You can talk about your likes and dislikes, family, and routines. You can order a meal in a restaurant or go shopping in English.
Equivalent to:
You can:
If you are at Pre-intermediate level, you have a good basic ability to communicate and understand, but you can make great improvement in all areas.
Your ability: You can talk about many subjects and give your opinion on them. You can talk with confidence in the present, past and future simple tenses. You can perform tasks such as shopping, booking a hotel room, travel, and making conversation in English. Your grammar includes an understanding of adjectives, adverbs, comparatives, articles, possessives, and basic prepositions.
Equivalent to:
You can:
If you are at Intermediate level, you understand and speak English with some confidence.
Your ability: You have the grammar and the vocabulary to talk and read about a wide number of subjects. You have some understanding of tone and style. You can assess and consciously improve your own pronunciation. You have studied all the main tenses and can confidently make sentences, question forms and clauses in all of them. You are beginning to look at phrasal and modal verbs.
Equivalent to:
You can:
If you are at Upper-Intermediate level, you have an effective, but not perfect, use of English.
Your ability: You can talk almost fluently and almost completely accurately. Everyday situations in an English-language environment do not worry you. You can take part in extended conversations or discussions and your vocabulary covers almost every circumstance. If you do not know a word you can almost always find a way of describing it. You have a knowledge of some idiomatic English, phrasal verbs, and colloquial expressions. You have studied all main areas of English grammar.
Equivalent to:
You can:
Advanced is the highest level most students attain without the total immersion of living in another country.
Your ability: Your spoken English is both fluent and accurate. Your vocabulary is wide and you have a good knowledge of collocation, phrasal verbs, colloquial expressions and idioms. All common areas of grammar are familiar to you.
Equivalent to:
You can:
Proficiency is the highest level we recognise.
Your ability: You are fluent and rarely encounter English which you do not understand. However, it is always possible to improve by increasing your understanding of the nuances of the English language and by developing your vocabulary further.
Equivalent to:
You can:
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