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2020

IELTS Results competition winners in September 2020

This year may have started off on the wrong foot, but all is not lost! With IELTS exams back and running, we are seeing more and more people achieve great results, such as the wonderful group of 10 we are about to announce.

They come from all over the world – Nigeria, Norway, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines – and the one thing they have in common is their invitation to a new life, in the form of IELTS certificate with an Overall Band 7.5, 8 or 8.5!

With great pleasure we present the winners of IELTS results competition in September 2020:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Victory Yinka-Banjo from Nigeria, Band 8.5
  • Magnus Salomonsen from Norway, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Nkechi Okwuosa from Nigeria, Band 8
  • Tara Chamki Sridhar from India, Band 8
  • Prisca Ngozi Umeobi from Nigeria, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Dinuka Kankanige from Sri Lanka, Band 7.5
  • Kamaldeep Sharma from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Khushbu Shah from India, Band 8
  • Samia Nikhat from India, Band 8

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Nielson Ng from the Philippines, Band 7.5

Congratulations on your success! To celebrate your achievements we are sending your special certificates to your emails. Winning IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so if you won, please feel free to show them off to your friends!

How did they score so well?

We smile as we see familiar names and faces among the winners – some of them are our students!

Prisca Ngozi Umeobi (Band 8) said:

“Hi Simone,

This is a special note to express my gratitude to you and your team for the preparation materials Target Band 7 book and the 30 IELTS practise tests.

I found out today I scored an Overall Band Score of 8.0 with a perfect 9 in Speaking.

Thank you. You really are a star! So, shine on…”

Nielson Ng (Band 7.5) said:

“I would like to thank IELTS-Blog.com for their fast response with essay checking and speaking feedback. It made me jump from 6.0 to 7.0 within 2 months span. I made sure to write one essay task 2 every day and have them corrected. I tried to cover all the topics, from academic to lifestyle. I highly recommend getting the essay correction services because they will give you the equivalent scores of your essay plus the recommend words that can boost your vocabulary list.

Speaking feedback was great for correcting pronunciations and giving a better idea of word choices. The first test was accurate and gave me ideas on how the speaking module works during the IELTS exam.”

We also know that other winners used our books and services: Magnus Salomonsen (Band 8.5) had his writing corrected by our team, and Nkechi Okwuosa (Band 8) prepared by the book ‘Target Band 7’ + used the writing correction service.

But what about the other winners?

We would love to hear from them! Their scores are a great inspiration, and their advice can help everyone achieve similar results. Any tips they wish to share, as soon as we get them, will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam.

P.S. IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.

10 expressions to help you get Band 7+ in IELTS (Lesson 4)

You may have already learnt the idioms from Lesson 3, and well done if you have! But even if you only joined us now, it’s all good – you can start from any lesson, as they are all useful, and catch up later on the lessons you missed.

Why use idiomatic expressions in IELTS Speaking or Writing? Because they help you get a higher score. In these vocabulary lessons we introduce some idioms you could use, and teach you how to use them appropriately.

In today’s lesson video Adam, an ex-IELTS examiner with 10 years of experience, gives you 10 more excellent idioms to use, to get a Band 7 or higher score in your IELTS Speaking or Writing test. Adam explains what every expression means and how to use it in a sentence.

Click here to start the lesson and do a quick quiz

In the lesson click “Watch” to watch the lesson and then click “Think” to answer 10 questions on it.
If you make a mistake, the lesson will take you to the correct answer in the video. Video hints work on desktop computers, on mobile devices you will just see the correct/incorrect answers.

IELTS Vocabulary Lesson 4

If you’d like to copy and save these useful expressions for later, here is a list, have a look at the idioms below and ask yourself two questions:

Question 1. Do you know what they mean?
Question 2. Can you use them in a sentence?

And then make a sentence about YOU and use one of those expressions. By doing that you are more likely to remember that idiom, because we tend to remember personal things better!

Go here to check YOUR own Speaking score.

10 expressions to help you get a Band 7 in IELTS

1. To be on the ball
2. To pull someone’s leg
3. To pull yourself together
4. So far so good
5. To be the last/final straw
6. The best of both worlds
7. Time flies when you’re having fun
8. To get bent out of shape
9. To make matters worse
10. To be under the weather