Simon’s Advice on Speaking Part 1

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CORRECTIONS FROM SIMON:
1. After graduating from high school, my classmates and I all wanted to study at university. 

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- graduating from 
- my classmates and I all wanted 
- at university 
2. I studied at university for 6 years. In the first year I chose my major, and it was all a bit daunting. 
- past simple 
- at university 
- new sentence when starting a new idea 
- "it was daunting" rather than "I was frightened" 
3. I didn’t contact any friends, I logged off all social networks, I devoted all my time to revision, and I 
hardly even talked to my parents. 
- Add "I" to the start of every item in the list (otherwise, each item follows the negative "I didn't") 
- I logged off 
- I devoted all my time 
- revision 
- I hardly even talked to 
4. It was very challenging because the exam was very difficult, and almost all of the answers in the 
multiple choice section were similar. 
- delete "given" 
- , and 
- almost all of the answers 
- multiple choice section 
- were similar 
Posted by: Simon | 
Sunday, October 04, 2015 at 23:24
 
 
Friday, October 09, 2015 
IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'mathematics' topic 
Here are some recent exam questions that somebody shared here on the blog. As usual, my part 1 
sample answers are short, direct and simple. 
1) At what age did you start studying mathematics?
I can't exactly remember, but it was probably in my first year at primary school when I was 5 years 
old. I probably learnt simple addition at that age. 
2) Do you like mathematics? Why / why not?
I don't dislike maths, but I wouldn't say that I've ever really liked the subject either. I'm happy to do 
simple calculations, but my brain can't cope with the complex stuff!