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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.

IELTS Results competition winners in August 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, who sadly is no longer with us, famously said, “When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.”

We couldn’t think of a better description for the 5 people we are about to celebrate today. Look what they have achieved by refusing to give up:

IELTS results competition winners of August 2022

Academic Module

  • 1st place – Roshni Haye from Pakistan, Band 8.5
  • 2nd place – Nor from Malaysia, Band 8
  • 3rd place – Sandra Ifeoma Anyanwu from Nigeria, Band 7.5

General Training Module

  • 1st place – Rayan Zeineddine from Lebanon, Band 9
  • 2nd place – Mohit Kumar from Canada, Band 7.5

Well done, Roshni, Nor, Sandra and Mohit! What an amazing score, Rayan, a Band 9?! To mark this happy occasion we are sending certificates of achievement to your email addresses. We are also adding the winning IELTS results to the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so please feel free to show them off to your friends!

How did they score so well?

It feels SO good to see our student win! Rayan from Lebanon used our book ‘Ace the IELTS’ and credited his success to it. In his own words, “Ace the IELTS is the book that came to me at the right time. I had one month to prepare and I wanted straightforward, guaranteed tips and tricks to achieve the results I need. I ended up scoring a 9 overall! Thank you Simone for the time and effort you put into this book. There’s a reason why this book is a best-seller!”

As for the other winners – we would love to hear from you, because when you share your stories and tell us how you studied, you are helping thousands of test takers, preparing for their exams right now. Any useful tips will be posted on IELTS-Blog.com, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam this month.

Did you know? IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.

IELTS Report, topic: Double line graph of lengths of hospital stay (from IELTS High Scorer’s Choice series, Academic Set 4)

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 4 Academic book, Practice Test 17

Writing Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the average length of stay last year (in days) for serious injuries for different age groups in private and public hospitals in Queensland, Australia.

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

You should write at least 150 words.

Last Year’s Average Length of Stay at Private and Public Hospitals for Serious Injuries – Queensland, Australia
Double line graph of lengths of hospital stay (from IELTS High Scorer's Choice series, Academic Set 4 book)

Sample Band 9 Report

The graph provides two sets of statistics regarding the differing lengths of stays last year for patients with serious injuries in private and public hospitals in Queensland, Australia. The information is given for age groups for every four years of age.

Overall, it is clear that last year public hospitals stays were longer than stays at private hospitals across all age groups, with only one exception. The average lengths of stay were, however, very similar in trend in terms of how the stays rose and dropped.

The figures for public hospitals begin for the age group zero to four years. The lengths of stay go up very sharply and steadily from this age group, starting at around four days up to just under sixty days for the age group twenty-five to twenty-nine. There is then a sharp and steady drop to just over forty days to the age group thirty-five to thirty-nine. There is a more sharp increase to approximately fifty-seven days for the next age group and then there is a decrease in the length of hospital stays. This drop is sharp to start with, but slows down from the age group fifty to fifty-four years (around twenty-seven days) to eighty-five years plus (around eighteen days).

The figures for private hospitals follow a similar trend. The figures begin with the age group fifteen to nineteen years. They show a rise to a peak at the age group twenty-five to twenty-nine, the same peak age group for public hospitals. There is then a mostly steady drop in the length of hospital stay until the eighty-five years age group, where the length of stay is the same as the stay at public hospitals (around eighteen days). This is the only average length of stay that is the same for the public and private hospitals. The average length of stay is always larger in the age groups at public hospitals.

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