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11/04/2017

This is our most recent post on using the verbs 'rise' and 'raise' http://www.doctorexam.com.au/general-advice-the-difference-between-rise-and-raise/

03/04/2017

http://www.doctorexam.com.au/ielts-task-1-academic-and-pte-describe-image-doubletriplequadruplehalf/

When talking about data in PTE or IELTS, it’s vital to mention obvious relationships between numbers, so we commonly use words like ‘double’ and ‘triple’.

01/03/2017

Check out our latest post on Describe Image from PTE Academic
http://www.doctorexam.com.au/pte-speaking-talking-about-lots-of-data-in-describe-image/

While some graphs give many categories and numbers, sometimes 10, 15, or even 20 of them, it is crucial to avoid trying to describe them all.

21/02/2017

For information about all our March IELTS Writing and Speaking courses, please check out our website!
http://www.doctorielts.com/ielts/

Our approach to IELTS writing focuses on eliminating your errors, teaching you only natural English, and providing you with effective methods to write quickly and accurately so you succeed as soon as possible.

16/02/2017

http://www.doctorielts.com/pte-writing-how-to-write-a-pte-essay/

Writing a PTE essay presents unique challenges. Firstly, you only have 20 minutes so you must plan your arguments and write quickly. Secondly, you are being assessed by a computer and therefore, you must ensure you include easy to see written discourse features it will recognise. To do these thin...

08/02/2017

We're having an IELTS and PTE Essay Planning Day next Friday, February 17. If you're interested, please enquire via the link below: http://www.doctorielts.com/seminars/

Every month we hold seminar days that focus on areas of PTE Academic and IELTS writing and speaking that are particularly difficult and continually cause problems for candidates. We cover a range of important areas from creating essay ideas and common grammar errors to intensive practice sessions on...

06/02/2017

http://www.doctorielts.com/speaking-pte-speaking-too-quickly-in-read-aloud/

Many candidates have been told speak as fast as possible in the PTE test, especially in Read Aloud. This is terrible advice.

02/02/2017

http://www.doctorielts.com/general-advice-task-1-academic-its-or-the-lowesthighest/

02 Feb General Advice: Task 1 Academic – ‘its’ or ‘the’ lowest/highest Posted at 16:24h in All Posts, General Advice by admin 0 Comments 0 Likes Share It’s common to get graphs or tables that show movement over time, and for comparisons we always emphasise the lowest or highest numbers. If there is…

02/02/2017

http://www.doctorielts.com/common-error-34-using-experience-as-a-noun/

27 Jan Common Error 34: using ‘experience’ as a noun Posted at 15:15h in All Posts, Common Errors by admin 0 Comments 0 Likes Share Chinese speakers often have problems with the countable and uncountable forms of ‘experience’. For example: I have a lot of work experiences in accounting and retail s...

17/06/2015

http://www.doctorielts.com/task-1-academic-organising-paragraphs/

June 10, 2015 admin All Posts, Task 1 Academic 0 Comment Previous Here’s a recent question from one of our workshops: How would you organise this task? How would you divide the two body paragraphs? Many of our students put three reasons in one paragraph and three in another. We, however, divided by…

17/06/2015

http://www.doctorielts.com/common-errors-6-uncountable-nouns/

May 20, 2015 admin All Posts, Common Errors 0 Comment PreviousNext There are many nouns that are very useful for the IELTS Test which are uncountable, meaning we cannot count them with numbers. They are very often concepts, abstract ideas or qualities. They usually do not have a plural form so we…