IELTS writing revision

Tick the synonym(s) for "increase significantly"

• experience a marked rise

• climb slowly

• register a substantial drop

• decline gradually

• rocket to a value

Tick the synonym(s) for "reduce slightly"

• display an upward trend

• record a marginal drop

• dip

• plummet

• drop substantially

Choose the best option(s) to describe the picture

• hover between two values

• experience a linear rise

• experience fluctuations

• record a continuous drop

• fluctuate

Tick the benefits of playing with toys

• stimulate brain development

• spoil a child' character

• improve hand eye coordination

• enhance color recognition

• reduce concentration

Tick the drawbacks of playing with toys

• speed the acquisition of the alphabet and numbers

• reduce attention span

• make children targets of envy from peers

• contain harmful chemicals

• provide a pure joy of playing

Education is being reduced to a production line. What does this mean?

• the focus is more on targets than on learning

• students get to be creative

• students are allowed to choose their subjects

• Students do not get to make their own timetable

out of school activities help children develop because they can learn subjects that are not in the curriculum. What could be examples for this?

• Doing the laundry

• Revising for tests at school

• Taking up an instrument like the guitar

• Making friends

An example is given:

"For example, visiting old castles and traditional villages allows children to submerge themselves in historical spaces".

What could be the point-explanation?

• Travel helps to broaden the minds of children because it helps to form new friendships

• Travelling is beneficial for children because they get to relax.

• Travel helps to broaden the minds of children because it helps to bring to life the things they read in class

• Travelling benefits children because they can learn and practice a new language

Bill Gates’ experience can inspire passion and creativity in young computer engineers.

This example is suitable for which point - explanation?

• Entrepreneurs and sports stars should teach at universities as they could serve as role models

• Entrepreneurs and sports satrs should teach at universities as they can recruit new talents

• Entrepreneurs and sports stars should teach at universities as they can offer in-depth knowledge about their fields

• Entrepreneurs and sports stars should teach at universities as they can offer in-depth knowledge about their fields

The word "submerge" in the sentence

"trips to botanical gardens and forests allows children to submerge themselves in a world of plants and flowers."

could be understood as

• become part of

• see with their own eyes

• smell with their own nose

• take photos of the plants