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Hey folks. This is a bit of a rant, so I apologise in advance. But it is honestly important and affects everyone in this group, so please do take a few minutes to read. I'm an IELTS tutor and I own a popular website, which has been providing IELTS materials for 4 years. I started it because I was re...

"congestion" is uncountable, and therefore you would say "traffic congestion has become..."

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We are currently living in the 21st century, so if this question really came from an IELTS exam, it would have to say "people ... had a better quality..."

I like your website. Lots of great IELTS practice materials.

Planning your IELTS writing task 2 essay can be hard, so you should figure out some typical structures in advance. Practice writing out an essay plan and get some feedback on your structure. Fortunately, there are only a limited number of question types and you can mostly answer them with a four par...

You are welcome. Good luck for your exam!

You're welcome. I think if you can work on some small but noticeable errors, you can raise your score significantly.

Look in particular at your use of uncountable nouns - traffic, workforce, staff. You pluralized each of these.

There are far too many basic errors (particularly in grammar) for it to attain a band 7. In other respects, it is quite good, such as structure. Perhaps it would get a 6.

A few corrections for the first paragraph: With the advancement of the computing technologies, the opportunity for online collaboration has increased tremendously. While there are mixed feelings on whether to have employees work from their homes or not, I am of the opinion that companies should moti...

I think you mean "recent" rather than "upcoming." "Upcoming" indicates you can predict the future.

Thanks for posting these. I was surprised about the jewelry questions. Very interesting!

This is overall a very good essay with a strong structure. However, two small corrections/suggestions: In the opening sentence, change to It has often been said... and later on change proponents of this belief often state these arguments to proponents of this belief often state the following argumen...

Her'es my edit of your introduction: Some people give little credit and value of studying history as it is unimportant and in their opinion does not have any importance in the modern society. Other people, on the contrary, reckon that the past has noticeable roles in understanding our modern life an...

There's a problem in your introduction. The second sentence begins with "whilst" which is a subordinating coordinator. This makes the clause the follows it a dependent clause. As it's not joined to any other clause (like an independent clause) it is now a sentence fragment. This is a commo...

Here's my suggestion: The pie chart explores the various factors responsible for the degradation of agricultural land throughout the world while the table explains how these affected North America, Europe, and Oceania, in terms of percent of land degraded. It is evident that Europe is the most affec...

That's right. It's very useful to watch other students going through the procedure to familiarize yourself with it.

Work on your nerves. I've known some amazing students who just fall to pieces during exam situations. In particular, here in rural China many students have never met a foreigner before and panic during the speaking exam! :o It seems strange, but all their practice just goes right out the window. So ...

This has a really good structure. The introduction is great, and each paragraph is well-developed.

Hi! I've corrected your opening paragraph: These days, it seems that there is a plethora of students opting to move to a different country to pursue higher education or further studies. However, there remains some disagreements as to whether the overall effects of this choices have been positive or ...

Here's my suggested changes for your introduction: It is said that children are the future of a nation, as such they should be brought up in a such a way that they turn out to be better citizens. For this reason, some believe that they should be introduced to a more competitive environment at a youn...

It seems to me that there is a wealth of material available free online... but the quality is not always very high. There are many high quality IELTS textbooks out there that are a worthwhile investment.