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Happy New Year 2021!

Happy New Year 2021!

Hello everyone!

This is Simone – I created IELTS-Blog.com way back in 2005 and have been running it ever since.

How did I know that IELTS-Blog.com was needed? Because so many people have big dreams and ambitious goals, and IELTS is one obstacle that stands in their way. If only I could help them pass, they would reach their goals faster and start making the world a better place for all of us.

2020 showed us what isolation is like, and how hard it is to achieve anything in isolation. Winning takes a team, and IELTS-Blog.com is exactly that – it’s your team, that exists to give you the tools and support to win the battle with IELTS. And in the last 15 years the number of winners with amazing IELTS scores exceeded my wildest dreams!

2020 was tough, but it wasn’t all bad. It was the year we celebrated 5,000 subscribers on YouTube and 26,000 subscribers on Twitter, got active on Instagram and we are finishing the year with over 425,000 followers on Facebook. It feels great to be in touch with so many of you!

Everyone has a purpose in life. Mine is to help you. I’m here to show you how to tackle IELTS and get your target score. How to prepare and take the exam without stress and with confidence. How to get through IELTS faster, so that you can start living your dream life sooner.

On this day exactly one year ago, I wished for a life-changing year… and it was, just not the way I intended 🙂 Instead of progress, most of us experienced setbacks. Instead of thriving, we were busy surviving. So today I hope 2021 will make up for it!

Dear test takers, I wish you the IELTS score of your dreams in the New Year. Dear teachers and IELTS trainers – I hope that your students do you proud! You can count on our help in 2021, just like in the past 15 years. There will be new books, new practice tests and new IELTS services. Keep coming back – we’ll make it worth your while.

Thank you for sticking with us in 2020. Thank you for your friendship and kindness, for your feedback and ideas, for sharing your knowledge and for spreading the word about IELTS-Blog.com.

May 2021 be YOUR year.

Love,
Simone and the IELTS-Blog.com team.

IELTS Report, topic: Bar chart of average rainfall by month (from IELTS High Scorer’s Choice series, Academic Set 1)

This is a model response to a Writing Task 1 topic from High Scorer’s Choice IELTS Practice Tests book series (reprinted with permission). This answer is close to IELTS Band 9.

Set 1 Academic book, Practice Test 1

Writing Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar chart below shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for last year. The line shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for the last 40 years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.

Bar chart of average rainfall for Australia by month for last year (from IELTS High Scorer's Choice series, Academic Set 1 book)

Sample Band 9 Report

This report will describe a bar chart showing the average rainfall for Australia last year by month and the average rainfall in Australia for the past forty years.

Overall, it can be seen that the average rainfall for Australia last year was a little lower than average rainfall in Australia for the past forty years, but generally followed the same pattern.

The average rainfall of the last forty years in Australia decreased from a peak at the beginning of the year to lows in the months in the middle of the year. Towards the end of the year rainfall rose again. Rainfall data for last year generally followed the same trend as the last forty years’ average.

Although the general pattern of the two sets of data is similar, there are some differences. The line representing the accumulation of the average rainfall from the past forty years begins at around eighty millimetres in January and then drops sharply to around thirty millimetres in April. Rainfall then drops slowly to around thirteen millimetres in September and then again rises steadily to just under sixty millimetres in December. Average rainfall for the last year was a little lower than the forty-year average for most months, excepting March, May, June and November when the rainfall was a little heavier. August and October were particularly dry when compared with the forty-year average, at around five millimetres each compared with about fifteen and twenty millimetres each respectively for the forty-year average.

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