IELTS TEST - BASIC HINTS

BEFORE THE TEST 

CHOOSE A REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE GOAL 

To obtain a satisfactory IELTS Band Score, it is necessary to be realistic. If the goal is to reach a

certain level of English proficiency, success can only be achieved with much practice. It is important

to know what an IELTS score in any of the Sub-tests means before you set yourself a goal. An outline

of the Overall Band Scale levels is given below:

Writing Skills Pretest

Before you start your study of grammar and writing skills, you may want to get an idea of how much you already know and how much you need to learn. If that's the case, take the pretest that follows.

Five simple rules 10

46. Watch an old black and white romantic movie and share a bowl of popcorn.

47. Reenact your first date.

48. Surprise your partner with tickets to a special event.

49. An unexpected hug can brighten any day.

50. Buy a silly, impromptu gift.

Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns p3

I know what I want," Ma­ri­am sa­id to Jalil.

  It was the spring of 1974, the ye­ar Ma­ri­am tur­ned fif­te­en. The three of them we­re sit­ting out­si­de thekol­ba, in a patch of sha­de thrown by the wil­lows, on fol­ding cha­irs ar­ran­ged in a tri­ang­le.

  "For my birth­day…I know what I want."

  "You do?" sa­id Jalil, smi­ling en­co­ura­gingly.