IELTS Cheat sheet

IELTS-Cheat-sheet.md

IELTS Cheat sheet

• IELTS-Speaking
• IELTS-Essay
• IELTS-Graph
• IELTS-Conjugation
• IELTS-Map
• IELTS-Process

IELTS-Conjugation.md

IELTS conjugation

Tense to choose

Critical Irregular verbs

Infinitif	Prétérit	Participe passé	Français (infinitif)
begin	began	begun	commencer
catch	caught	caught	attraper
come	came	come	venir
dream	dreamt	dreamt	rêver
drive	drove	driven	conduire
eat	ate	eaten	manger
feel	felt	felt	se sentir / ressentir
forbid	forbade	forbidden	interdire
forgive	forgave	forgiven	pardonner
hide	hid	hidden	cacher
let	let	let	permettre / louer
make	made	made	fabriquer
put	put	put	mettre
read	read	read	lire
ring	rang	rung	sonner / téléphoner
rise	rose	risen	lever
sit	sat	sat	s'asseoir
speak	spoke	spoken	parler
spread	spread	spread	répandre
stand	stood	stood	être debout
steal	stole	stolen	voler / dérober
stick	stuck	stuck	coller
take	took	taken	prendre
think	thought	thought	penser
understand	understood	understood	comprendre
wake	woke	woken	réveiller
wear	wore	worn	porter (avoir sur soi)
win	won	won	gagner
write	wrote	written	écrire

IELTS-Essay.md

IELTS Essay

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Types of essay

1. Opinion essay
2. Discussion essay
3. Problems and solutions essay
4. Advantages & disadvantages essay
5. Two question essay

Identifying essay

• What is your opinion ? Do you agree or disagree ? => Opinion essay
• Discuss both sides of an argument and give your own opinion. => Discussion essay
• What are the negative impacts / what are the causes of this, and how can this problem be solved / minimized ? => Problem essay
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of….? => Advantages & disadvantages essay
• .... Do you think ...? What makes .... ? => Two question essay

Structures comparison

	For and against	Opinion	Solutions to a problem
Introduction (2 or 3 sentences)	- Rephrase topic - Give outline	- Rephrase topic - Give your opinion	- State the problem - Give outline
Body (2 to 3 paragraphs)	- Arguments for - Arguments against - Give reasons / examples to illustrate each point	- Arguments to support your opinion - Start a new paragraph for each point - Give reasons/examples to illustrate each point	- Give the different solutions and their results
Conclusion (2 sentences)	- Summarize main points - State your opinion	- Summarize main points - Restate your opinion	- Summarize main points - State your opinion

Old way

Introduction

• Opinion, Discussion
  • Paraphrase the question - Give your opinion - Describe two supporting reasons
• Problems and solutions
  • Paraphrase the question - Describe 1 key problem/cause and related solution
• Advantages & Disadvantages
  • Paraphrase the question - Describe the point(s) of view stated in the statement
• Two questions
  • Paraphrase the question - Describe your answer to both questions

Conclusion

• Opinion, Discussion, Problem
  • Summarize the key points - State your opinion
• Advantages & Disadvantages
  • Summarize the key points - State your opinion (if required)
• Two questions
  • Summarize both questions and answers

Vocabulary

Statement

Sum up the main idea in your paragraph.

• In my opinion...
• Arguably...
• Similarly...
• Firstly Secondly
• Both...
• In contrast...

Illustration

Provide evidence for the point you are making.

• For example...
• An example of this is...
• This is shown...
• This can be seen...
• This is demonstrated when...
• We know this because
• The evidence for this is...

Explanation

Why is the quotation significant?

• This shows
• This suggests...
• This implies.
• This is effective because...
• The writer has chosen this technique because
• This would make the reader feel...
• This has been used because...

Common mistakes

• Using inappropriate memorized language, phrases and clichés.
• Using surveys and research to support opinion.
  • => Make sure you present a clear position supported by examples from your own life experience. For example:  Country, Family, Job, Student experience

IELTS-Graph.md

IETLS - Graph

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Vocabulary

Type

• Pie chart
• Line chart
• Table
• Bar chart

Date

• In 1904,
• By
• In the year,
• Between ... and ...
• From ... to ...
• During / over
• Over the latter half
• Over the next / past

Statistics

• half, a quarter, a third
• 10 per cent -> one in ten / a tenth
• 20 per cent -> one in five / a fifth
• 25 per cent -> one in four / a quarter
• 50 per cent -> on in two / a half
• 33 per cent -> one in three / a third
• 75 per cent -> three out of four
• 90 per cent -> nine out of tent

Adverb

• rhythm :
  • constantly, steady, stable
  • steadily, regularly
• speed :
  • slowly, gradually
  • suddenly, rapidly, quickly

Approximately

• approximately, almost, nearly
  • approximately three out of four / nearly three quarter
• more than, (just) over,
• less than, fewer than, (just) under
• roughly the same

In general

• On the whole
• By and large
• For the most part
• In the main
• Overall

Variation

To increase	To decrease	To change	To remain the same
rise	fall	experience different changes in	stay
heighten	reduce	have/be very different	remain
rocket	collapse	fluctuate (widely)	maintain
surge	plunge	seesaw
peak	drop
jump

Prediction

• To predict
• To forecast
• To project
• To estimate
• To anticipate
• To expect

Structure

1. Introduction (4 lignes)
2. Premier paragraphe de développement sur un point clé (6-7 lignes)
3. Second paragraphe de développement sur un point clé (6-7 lignes)
4. Conclusion (3 lignes)

Introduction

First sentence

Start with the following :

• The graph illustrates the trends in…
• The graph reveals information about the changes in…
• The graph provides the differences between…
• The graph presents how X has changed over a period of…

Then add time dimension :

• between… and…
• from… to… (inclusive)
• in the year (1994)
• during/over the period….
• over the latter half of the year/century/decade/period…..
• over the next/past/previous….
• days/weeks/months/years/decades….
• by (1997)…..

One or two other sentences

• At the earliest date,... , but by the end... .
• Across this period of time,... . Overall,... .
• At the beginning of the period,... , but at the end... .
• It can be seen that there... , while.... .

Développement

Chacune des 2 parties de développement commence avec une phrase de résumé.

• The number of

Résumé

• To sum up, ..., especially .....
• To summarize,
• In summary,
• In a nuthsell

IELTS-Map.md

IELTS - Map

Structure

1. Introduction : 2 sentances = presentation + overall results
2. Main content : 1 paragraph by each map / dates
3. Conclusion not needed

Vocabulary

Adverbs and Prepositions

• North/South/East/West
• Upstairs/Downstairs
• Clockwise/Anticlockwise
• To the north/To the south/To the east/To the west
• Across the road
• Before you get to
• In the middle of = in the centre of
• Just beyond = a little beyond = just past
• Inside/Outside
• To the left of/ To the right of

Verbs

• Go up/Go down
• Start by
• Is located = is situated = lies = there is = is
• Run through = cross = pass through = go through
• Cross = pass over = cut across

Nouns

• Crossroad = intersection = junction
• Hosing area = residential area = sleeping area
• Entrance = doorway
• Path = way
• Roundabout
• Area = field = zone
• Site = place = location
• Edge = boundary = end = fringe

Describing change

Buildings or Roads

• demolished, knocked-down, removed
• flattened,
• replaced with, renovated, modernized
• built, constructed, reconstructed
• extended, expanded (to)
• relocated to, converted into,

Forest

• cleared, cut-down, chopped-down
• planted

Leisure Facilities

• developed, set up, opened

IELTS-Process.md

IETLS - Process

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Structure

1. Introduction : 2 sentences = presentation + overall results
2. Main content : 1 paragraph by each diagram or 1 paragraph for two half of the same diagram
3. Conclusion not needed

Vocabulary

• make, use, produce, manufacture
• process of making
• powder, grain, crumb
• liquid, gaseous, solid
• mass-produce

IELTS-Speaking.md

IELTS - Speaking

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Time

• 1 partie = 5 min
• Total : 3 parties = 15 min

Part 1 - One question

• Answer with 2 or 3 sentences => Ask you why at the end of answer
• Examiner will ask 2 or 3 questions

Part 2 - Describe your experience

• 1 min de préparation
• 1'30 à 2 min de discours

Methodology

Steps :

1. Read all the questions to be ensure you understand them well
2. Start by the harder one
3. Try to find synonym

Development :

• Where => town, suburbs, transport
• Why => other people, special event, news, environment,
• What => object

Vocabulary

• Enjoying the process
  • proud
  • give me pleasure, make me happy
  • delighted, satisfied, thrilled
  • excited, overjoyed
  • joyfull, greatfull, beautiful
  • superb, great, nice
  • sweet
• Not enjoying
  • bad, terrible, horrific
  • dreadful, frightful, awfull

Part 3 - Like an oral essay

Methodology

• Rephrase / Statement
  • => There are many things, one reason may be ...
  • => Reformulate the question to ensure the answer is the one expected
• Explain / Why ? => Indeed, they do not have to...
• Example / Me => For instance,..., For example, ...
• Explain two main points, in opposition or not for each answer => On the other, On both sides

Vocabulary

• First fact :
  • There are many things, one reason may be ...
• Second fact :
  • While / However -> which brings / leads me to my second reason
  • In addition
• Two facts
  • A possible reason / consequence could be
  • Another one would be