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IELTS Writing Task 1 Letter: Asking for Assignment Extension (Band 7+ Sample Answer)
Your university lecturer gave you an assignment. You won’t be able to submit your assignment on time. Write to your lecturer asking for an extension. In the letter You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear …………….., I am writing to request an extension for the […]
IELTS General Writing Task 1 Letter: Friend Looking After Your House (Band 7+ Sample)
Dear Simran, I hope this letter finds you well! I’m so grateful that you’ve agreed to look after my house while I’m away this summer. I’ll be traveling to [destination, e.g., Italy] for a few weeks to explore its beautiful culture, history, and cuisine. I’m really excited about this trip but feel much more at […]
IELTS General Training Letter Writing | Neighbour’s Pet Problem – Sample Letter & Solutions
Your neighbour keeps a pet in the garden, which causes some problems for you. You have decided to write to this neighbour about the problems. Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter, Dear Mr. Johnson, My name is Sarah Miller, and I live next door at 45 Greenview Road. I am writing to […]
IELTS General Training Letter: Social Events Organizer Role | Band 7+ Sample Answer
You are going on a month training programme to the UK and know that the head of the course would like one of the participants to be the social events’ organizer. Write a letter to the Training Organizer. In your letter I am writing to express my interest in taking on the role of the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 28 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 The coming back of the “Extinct” Grass in Britain A) It’s Britain’s dodo, called interrupted brome because of its gappy seed-head, this unprepossessing grass was found nowhere else in the world. Sharp-eyed Victorian botanists were the first to notice it, and by the 1920s the odd-looking grass had been found across much of southern […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 27 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Going Bananas A) The world’s favourite fruit could disappear forever in 10 years time. The banana is among the world’s oldest crops. Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago. It has been at an evolutionary standstill ever since it was first propagated in the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 25 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Traditional Farming System in Africa A) By tradition land in Luapula is not owned by individuals, but as in many other parts of Africa is allocated by the headman or head woman of a village to people of either sex, according to need. Since land is generally prepared by hand, one ulupwa […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 24 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Museum Blockbuster A) Since the 1980s, the term “blockbuster” has become the fashionable word for the special spectacular museum, art gallery or science centre exhibitions. These exhibitions have the ability to attract large crowds and often large corporate sponsors. Here is one of some existing definitions of a blockbuster: Put by Elsen […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 20 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 What are you laughing at? A) We like to think that laughing is the height of human sophistication. Our big brains let us see the humour in a strategically positioned pun, an unexpected plot twist or a clever piece of wordplay. But while joking and wit are uniquely human inventions, laughter certainly […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 19 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 California’s age of Megafires A) There’s a reason fire squads now battling more than a dozen blazes in southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting fires fanned by the notorious Santa Ana winds. The wildfires themselves, experts say, generally are […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 15 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Dirty river but clean water Floods can occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 11 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Copy your neighbour A) THERE’S no animal that symbolises rainforest diversity quite as spectacularly as the tropical butterfly. Anyone lucky enough to see these creatures flitting between patches of sunlight cannot fail to be impressed by the variety of their patterns. But why do they display such colourful exuberance? Until recently, this […]
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