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Simone Braverman

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and the author of several renowned IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer's Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005, Simone has been committed to making IELTS preparation accessible and effective through her books and online resources. Her work has helped 100,000's of students worldwide achieve their target scores and live their dream lives. When Simone isn't working on her next IELTS book, video lesson, or coaching, she enjoys playing the guitar or rollerblading.

Announcing our winners for March

Many of you have been patiently waiting for the winners of our IELTS result competition in March to be revealed. I have checked all the submitted results, picked the highest two…

And the winners are:

Deepali Mankad from India, Band 8.0 (Academic)

April Khin from Myanmar, Band 7.5 (General)

Congratulations ladies, you are right on top of our winners page!

There are special certificates on their way to your emails, so that your score could be remembered.

I invite everyone to join the competition and show off your IELTS victory. To become our next winner, click here.

IELTS exam in China – March 2009 (Academic Module)

Our Chinese friend is reporting about his Academic IELTS exam, thanks Z!

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (report)
We had a table on employment of the students who graduated from the UK in the first year. It showed rates of permanent employment, temporary employment, overseas employment and total employment. Countries of employment were England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Writing Task 2 (essay)
In some countries nowadays more people prefer to live alone than in the past. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

Speaking test

Interview
– What is your name?
– What kind of job do you have?
– How do you interact with your colleagues?

Cue card
Describe a garden you visited, you should say:
– Where it is
– What people do there
– Why it is important to visit gardens.

Discussion
Do you think people in your country like gardening?
Do you think people in your country prefer growing flowers or veggies in their gardens?

My friend had another cue card, here are his questions:
Talk about some news that you recently heard, you should say
– What was happening
– Why was it happening
– Why you found this news interesting

And there was a different topic for the discussion:
– Should health education be included in our kids education system?
– How Health education in this country is different from your country?
– Did you involve your friends in your fitness exercises?
– Role of Advertisements in keeping people healthy.