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Hi, I’m Ray and I own an English school in Japan (London Language Lounge). I have been teaching IELTS since 2009. I founded IELTS Focus to help my students get a high band score in the IELTS exam. This website contains free blog articles, tips, strategies and free lessons to help you on your IELTS journey. This site covers each part of the IELTS test, Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing task 1 and Writing task 2 essays.

There is a lot of bad advice out there regarding IELTS and many students are completely misinformed or simply confused. The aim of this website is to clear up confusion and show you clearly what you need to do to hit Band 7 or more. Bear in mind that it takes a lot of work and preparation to get a high score in IELTS. There are no shortcuts.

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IELTS academic writing: model answer for 2 diagrams

Model answer for 2 IELTS maps/diagrams Maps or diagrams often show up in the IELTS exam (writing task 1 academic) ...
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Writing an introduction without paraphrasing

Do you have to paraphrase the task question when writing an IELTS essay? This is a question I was recently ...
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Unusual IELTS speaking part 1 topics

Tricky or strange IELTS part 1 speaking topics. Part 1 of the IELTS speaking test is actually the easiest. The ...
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IELTS Writing task 1: 3 Diagrams with a model answer

IELTS Model answer for 3 diagrams/maps over 3 time periods. Here is a tricky looking task. It consists of 3 ...
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IELTS opinion essay about wealth

Model answer for an IELTS essay on the topic of wealth and helping others. Before writing anything we must always ...
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Paraphrasing in IELTS Speaking

The key to a higher score in IELTS speaking is paraphrasing. Updated: July 2021 You are probably aware that paraphrasing ...
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IELTS General Writing Task 1: Formal letter model answer

A letter to your boss asking for time off In the IELTS general training, you will need to write a ...
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IELTS Listening lesson: Maps

Labelling a Map in IELTS listening. Listening to directions for a map can be quite tricky for some people. In ...
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IELTS Grammar: Conditional sentences.

How to use zero, 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals (if sentences) There are four kinds of conditional sentences. The zero ...
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