IELTS Exam (AT & GT) Sep-Dec 2014 Predictions

IELTS Exam (AT & GT) Sep-Dec 2014 Predictions (Updated: Sep 6 2014)

July 21, 2014 at 10:58pm

---- Important Note: PLEASE READ FIRST ----

To students:
If you like this document and want to help make it better, please submit http://goo.gl/an6fS4your questions after the exam. However, during the exam, PLEASE DO NOT spend time memorizing the questions. Please focus, because;

1. You need to do your best.
2. You are not a teacher who is getting $$$ to remember questions and answers.
3. If you concentrate during the exams, you will naturally remember more things.

I’m doing this to help you to find a direction for self study and practice. When you practice enough, and hopefully have someone to help you check your writing, you WILL improve your writing skills.

This means, you SHOULD NOT rely on the content of this file to help you get lucky.

To other teachers and/or website posters:
The data here were sourced from IELTS365, IELTS Simon, XDF, ielts51, IELTS Network, and GEDU. I have spent a lot of time organizing this, so if you’re going to give other people this information, at least tell them you got it from Jimmy’s IELTS. I don’t want to use big ugly watermarks, as it’ll only defeat my original purpose.

---- Recent Prediction's Successes and Misses ----

• Aug 16

APAC Academic WT1 - [Partial Success]
MEI/EU Academic WT1 - [Partial Success]
AM Academic WT1 - [Partial Success]

APAC Academic WT2 - [Missed], 2014.08.02's General exam had similar question
MEI/EU Academic WT2 - [Success], pg.9 education Q3
AM Academic WT2 - [Partial Success]. similar to pg.4 Q13

• Aug 9

APAC Academic WT1 - [Missed]
MEI/EU Academic WT1 - [Success]
AM Academic WT1 - no info (please let me know if you have information about this test)

APAC Academic WT2 - [Missed], 2014.08.02's General exam had similar question
MEI/EU Academic WT2 - [Missed], old question from 2009.10.10
AM Academic WT2 - no info (please let me know if you have information about this test)

• Aug 2

APAC Academic WT1 - [Success]
MEI/EU Academic WT1 - [Missed]
AM Academic WT1 - no info (please let me know if you have information about this test)

APAC Academic WT2 - [Success] pg.4 Q28
MEI/EU Academic WT2 - [Partial Success] pg.4 Q22 and Q28, pg.10 Crime Q1
AM Academic WT2 - no info (please let me know if you have information about this test)

---- Missing WT1 data ----
To make things more accurate and reliable, we need data!

If you know the question of what was tested on the following dates, please let me know

MEI/EU: All Jan, Feb 1, Feb 13, Mar 13, May 15
AM: All of Jan & Feb, Mar 13, Apr 24, May 15 & 17, June 19, Jul 10, Aug 2 & 9

---- Academic/General T2 Prediction Download ----
http://goo.gl/6Lt2K1
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PHÂN BIỆT SAY, SPEAK, TALK, TELL

[‪#‎Vocabulary‬] PHÂN BIỆT SAY, SPEAK, TALK, TELL

Nhiều người trong số chúng ta khi sử dụng những động từ như ‘say’, ‘speak’, ‘talk’, 'tell' đôi khi vẫn còn cảm thấy bối rồi khi đặt vào ngữ cảnh. Một số chi tiết nhỏ như nên dùng ‘to’ hay không, giới từ đi kèm là gì, hay đại khái thế, thường khiến nhiều bạn không thoải mái.
Dù mang nét nghĩa hao hao nhau, cách dùng những động từ dưới đây chứa nhiều chi tiết khá khác nhau.

► ‘Say’ dùng trong một số trường hợp sau:
1. Say something (to somebody) -- [conveying info] -- ‘Orlando Bloom said (to me) that he enjoyed punching Bieber.’
2. Say to someone -- [convey info to a person] -- ‘Doraemon said to me that I need to bring him more rats.’
3. Say (something) in (a language) -- [expressing in a language] -- ‘How would you say that in English?’

► ‘Speak’ thể hiện tính trang trọng cao, có thể dùng trong một số trường hợp như dưới đây:
1. Speak (to someone) -- [act aiming to the receiver of info] -- ‘Taylor hasn’t spoken to me since.’
2. Speak about something -- [discuss] -- ‘They speak about butterflies for hours.’
3. Speak (a language) -- [ability] -- ‘Do you speak Swahili?’
4. Speak of something -- [regarding something] -- ‘I love Saturday Night Live. Speaking of SNL, have you seen the newest one?’
5. IDM: speak ill of (someone) -- ‘Never speak ill of the dead.’

► ‘Talk’ có một số cách dùng thông dụng, bao gồm:
1. Talk (to/with someone) about something – [express things in words] -- ‘They keep talking about birds and bees.’
2. Talk of something -- [debate as a possibility] -- They have been talking of divorce.
3. Talk (a language) -- [to use a language] -- ‘They talk French to practice.’
4. IDM: talk back [to reply rudely] vs. Talk bad behind one’s back [speak ill of]

► ‘Tell’
1. Tell (someone) something -- [revealing info] -- ‘He never told me that.’
2. Tell someone to do something -- [requesting an action] -- ‘They told me to shut up.’
3. Tell (someone) about something -- [giving an account] -- ‘Tell me about your new girlfriend.’
4. Tell -- [determining something] -- ‘Who can tell what killed her.’

***Một số lưu ý:

► Chúng ta dùng ‘Tell the truth’, ‘speak the truth’, ‘say the truth’ (mỗi cách dùng đều có nét nghĩa khác nhau) nhưng không dùng ‘talk the truth’.

► Ta cũng dùng ‘tell lies / a lie’ nhưng không nói ‘speak lie’, ‘talk lie’ hay ‘say lie’.

► Chúng ta có thể nói ‘Tell a lie’ nhưng phải luôn là tell ‘the truth’.
[ ST from VIC]

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