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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 February 2022

A question for you: what do Nepal, Japan, Ethiopia and Uzbekistan have in common? This may sound like a beginning of a joke, but it’s not 🙂

And the answer is… hardworking people, who spared no effort to prepare and get the scores they need in IELTS! Today we are celebrating 4 IELTS test takers who sacrificed sleep for study and achieved IELTS Band 7+ as a result.

Let’s all give a round of applause to…

IELTS results competition winners of February 2022

Academic Module

  • 1st place – Shiva Prasad Nepal from Nepal, Band 7.5
  • 1st place – Chihiro N. from Japan, Band 7.5
  • 1st place – Shamis Madar Ahmed from Ethiopia, Band 7.5
  • 2nd place – Iroda Xaytbaeva from Uzbekistan, Band 7

Congratulations, everyone! To mark this happy occasion we are sending certificates of achievement to the winners’ email addresses. Winning IELTS results will also 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’re always trying to find out from the winners how they did it. It’s nice to see our students among the winners – Shiva Prasad (Band 7.5) used our writing correction service, and Chihiro N. was subscribed to our daily IELTS tips and questions. Being able to contribute to their success feels great!

As for the other winners – we would love to hear from you! Please be kind to the test takers who are still preparing for their IELTS exams. Do share your stories and tell us how you studied, and what helped you do so well in IELTS. Any useful tips will be shared 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 Speaking test in Brazil – March 2022

Our kind friend L.V. took the IELTS test in Brazil a few days ago and shared her Speaking questions. She said, “I practiced the questions on hometown because they were in your emails! Thank you to all the IELTS-Blog.com team.”

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Can you tell me about your hometown?
– What do you like to do when you get together with friends?
– Do you enjoy shopping for shoes?
– When you are shopping for shoes, do you prefer comfortable or fashionable shoes?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a time when you had to get up early. Please say

– when you had to get up
– why you had to get up early
– what you did after getting up
– and explain how you felt about it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you usually arrive early for appointments?
– Is it good to be early for an appointment?
– Describe a situation where you would prefer to arrive late.
– What are the disadvantages of arriving early?
– Some people don’t care about arriving late for appointments. What do you think is the reason?