Wrote TOEFL and my score was 112. TOEFL is slightly easier than IELTS.
Tips
Reading - search google with IELTS reading question types (paragraph heading/true false not given/matching features/matching information etc.). You will find tips on the official website(british council) as well as on Cambridge I guess. These tips are more than enough to see you through in the reading section.
Listening - not worth just take some mocks
Speaking - not worth just go through some sample answers on the net. Indians normally have a fast pitch, see if that's the case you'll have to slow it a bit.
Writing - for essays, you can follow this long one
4 C's:
Conciseness
Cohesion
Coherence
Composition
- Conciseness
Unlike other languages which prize long and very elaborate sentences, proper written English is language that says a lot in few words.
Writing longer sentences in your response is problematic for 2 reasons. The first is it heightens the chances of errors related to coherence. The second is it makes it more difficult for you to control the grammar of the sentence, leading to silly grammatical mistakes.
Typical Sentence Length: 8 to 15 words
2. Cohesion
These are some of words or phrases which can help us to relate phrases or small sentences. It helps to relate ideas.
Because of this, …
As this shows, …
As can clearly be seen from this example, …
It is clear that…
Thus, the idea that…
To illustrate this, …
After analyzing both points of view, …
To provide a summary, …
Without a doubt, this causes…
Our third C is
coherence, which is the notion that all ideas you present in your essay should be easily understood by your reader. As you can probably guess, using the cohesive phrases above correctly can really help to boost the coherence in your essay as they clarify your ideas. Coherence is also greatly improved by proper grammar, so make an effort to brush up on this prior to your examination.
Our final C,
composition, refers to employing a proper essay structure. This means including a thesis (in the case of an argument essay), at least 2 supporting ideas, real-life examples, proper discussion of those examples as well as some kind of summary and finally a reasoned conclusion.
Introduction paragraph
- A background sentence giving some background information on the essay topic.
- A more detailed sentence linking the background sentence to the thesis.
- A thesis that presents your point of view on your given topic.
- An outline sentence declaring the 2 points you are going to use to support your thesis.
Supporting paragraph 1
- A topic sentence illustrating the first point you will be presenting to support your thesis (this point taken from your outline sentence).
- A sentence showing a real-life example of this topic in action.
- A discussion sentence that shows how your example links or proves your topic sentence.
- A conclusion sentence that links this entire paragraph back to your thesis.
Supporting paragraph 2
- A topic sentence illustrating the second point you will be presenting to support your thesis (this point taken from your outline sentence).
- A sentence showing a real-life example of this topic in action.
- A discussion sentence that shows how your example links or proves your topic sentence.
- A conclusion sentence that links this entire paragraph back to your thesis.
Conclusion paragraph
- A summary sentence that briefly states the 2 points you discussed in your supporting paragraphs.
- A restatement of your thesis using different words.
- A prediction or recommendation based on the topic you have been given.
By employing a logical structure like this you fulfill your essay’s requirement for proper composition.
So, in a nutshell, the 4 Cs make up the essential elements in a successful essay.
Conciseness keeps sentences brief,
cohesion helps the sentences link together,
coherence maintains understanding in the essay and
composition links all parts of the essay together logically.
Hope that helps, good luck
@ito .
With due respect sir your sentence is grammatically incorrect too.
