Are you struggling to get a high score in IELTS?

Take a look through the website for free tips, advice, and lessons for the IELTS exam.

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, particularly writing task 1, writing task 2, and the speaking section of the exam. I also have a writing correction service and IELTS speaking sessions online.

There is so much bad advice online 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.

Take a look at the testimonials page to see what my students have said.

Recent free lessons and blog posts

How to write an IELTS opinion essay

IELTS opinion essay: structure, model answer, and analysis. Updated: February 2023 There are 5 types of essays in IELTS writing ...
Read More....

What’s the difference between ‘affect’ and ‘effect’?

Using vocabulary precisely in IELTS is very important for getting a high score in lexical resource. Affect and effect are ...
Read More....

IELTS Writing Task 1: Using prepositions correctly

How to use prepositions in IELTS writing task 1 academic. Updated: April 26th 2021 It is very important to get ...
Read More....

Word count for IELTS writing tasks

What is the ideal word count for IELTS writing? Updated July 2022. This is a common question many IELTS candidates ...
Read More....

True False Not Given: Useful technique

TFNG: Changing the statements into questions True False Not Given and Yes No Not Given questions are some of the ...
Read More....

What’s more important? grammatical range or accuracy?

Let's take a look at grammatical range and accuracy in IELTS writing. Many IELTS test takers think that they need ...
Read More....

IELTS Speaking part 2 Structure

Use a structure to help you talk for the full 2 minutes. In IELTS speaking part 2, you have to ...
Read More....

Writing examples in IELTS essays.

How to write examples in IELTS essay body paragraphs. Updated: January 2023 In IELTS writing task 2 it is very ...
Read More....

7 model answers: IELTS writing task 2

An IELTS essay is a ‘discursive essay’ where you may have to discuss an issue, give an opinion, explain the ...
Read More....

Are you struggling with your writing?

Then take a look at our writing correction service below. Click the banner to access the page.

IELTS speaking sessions online.

I offer 30-minute IELTS mock speaking sessions online covering part 1 to 3 of the speaking exam. Full feedback is given to help you find what is stopping you from getting a higher band score in your speaking. This is a one to one session on Skype or Zoom. Click here for more details.