Tips to Excel in Ielts

 I secured an overall band score of 7.5, I want to share few tips to excel in Ielts.

1) Do not over burden yourself with reading of unnecessary notes and locally published books.

2) Always study quality material publishers like Barron's, Cambridge, Oxford and Kaplan are some of the greatest producers of quality material.

3) Focus on your weak points, for example if you are weak in vocab and grammar solve some basic books to reach an intermediary level.

4)To improve your reading, buy some English novels and do a careful reading to understand the meaning and motive of the passages.

5)Do not waste your time in reading the entire passages during exam, it can be hectic and a worthless task, read the questions first and look for the key words.

6)Solving at least 5 Cambridge books is necessary before taking the exam, it will boost your confidence.

7)At least write a papragraph daily on diverse topics to improve your expression and academic style.

8)Be concise and meaningful, avoid unnecessary words while you are writing for any task.

9)Practice with someone regularly to improve your speaking skills.

10)For listening practice audio tests and if you are struggling to understand words and pronunciation then you should start watching movies without subtitles, the practice will slowly improve your listening skills.