Get some IELTS practice by answering the informal General Writing Task 1 question below. Our model answer follows the following template... Salutation – following an informal style 1st paragraph – answering the first bullet point 2nd paragraph – answering the second...
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Mock IELTS Task 2 Essay: An Ageing Population
This week's model essay is a simple positive or negative style question on the topic of an ageing population. This type of question could be written using the 5-paragraph model, which answers with only positive or negative ideas. However, we have chosen to write a...
OET & IELTS News: May 2022
This month, there’s lots of positive news for test-takers - migrant workers and students alike. Both Australia and New Zealand are in urgent need of English-speaking professionals to fill a wide range of skilled job vacancies. The UK, meanwhile, is looking to attract...
School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From April 2022
Catch up on all the latest happenings at With an Expert below... Where We’ve Been As always, April has been a busy month at With an Expert. We have welcomed new members to our support team and expanded our outreach. Only yesterday, we gave the second in a new series...
Spotlight Vocabulary, April 2022
Welcome to the April 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. In this series, we introduce you to high-level articles covering the kind of topics you are likely to encounter in tests like IELTS and OET. For more evergreen articles, visit our LinkedIn and Twitter...
Learn IELTS Vocabulary: A Business
Describing a business you know is a Part 2 topic you might receive on test day. With only 60 seconds to prepare, it would be a good idea to consider now which business you would talk about. The below will give you some ideas about what you could say and some...
IELTS & OET News: April 2022
As seems to have been the case throughout the last two years, April brings news of some doors closing to English-speaking workers and students - and others standing wide open for you. Canada, in particular, looks to be full of opportunities both to work and to study -...
Model IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: A Table about Sports
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: Percentage of people interested in certain sports Tables make a frequent appearance in the IELTS test. It is essential to mention every category mentioned in your essay – if you don't, you will have omitted some key information, thus...
School’s Out: IELTS and OET Teaching Stories From March 2022
This has been another busy month! Where We’ve Been Our Writing Task 2 book is with the publisher, and we expect it to be released in April. We started a new webinar series on March 25th. There were over a hundred registrants and good participation from those who...
Spotlight Vocabulary, March 2022
Welcome to the March 2022 edition of Spotlight Vocabulary. Here you will find a number of articles specially chosen to help you learn new vocabulary and ideas for topics covered in the IELTS test. If you visit our LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, you will find hundreds...