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IELTS Speaking Tip no.12: Examiner would be friendly Examiner would be constantly smiling and the examiner is going to encourage you to speak well, so stop getting afraid of the examiner and relax. The examiner would be friendlier than the teacher or instructor from whom you got tuition.

IELTS Speaking Tip no.11: Complete sentences Avoid giving answers in YES or NO. The exam requires from you to speak complete sentences. To keep it simple I would say that whenever a question is asked from you, you have to combine 5 WHY’s.

IELTS Speaking Tip no.10: Lie as much as you can There would be many topics in the exam regarding which you would know nothing, so you will have to make stuff up. You can never say no for an answer so whatever they examiner asks you, you will have to make stuff up and speak.

IELTS Speaking Tip no.9: Confidence does not exist I see people talking about confidence and hesitation all the time, but has anyone ever understood the real meaning of confidence. There is no such thing as confidence. Having no confidence does not mean you would not be able speak English, you will only not be able…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.8: Everyone takes a pause The fact is that everyone takes a pause. We are not machines. It is normal to take a pause but it is normal to stop. We should avoid stopping as when a person stops it is difficult to start again and it often leads to confusion and…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.7: Speak in front of people If your teacher is going to make you speak in front of people that is actually a good thing, you should not take it negatively. If you are a reasonable person you would get motivated from this process and try to speak better in order to…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.6: Think in English If you cannot find people with whom you can speak at home just think in English. Everything you think, everything you see just describes it in English. This is a machinery which converts Urdu in to English and you have to make that machine work fast in order…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.5: Improve your response time The only way to improve your response time is to speak. You will have to speak for at least 100 hours. There is no point of joining an institute to improve your speaking skills as you would only be speaking for 10 minutes and you would be…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.4: Lexical ability Your lexical ability deals with your ability to use different words in your speech. If you ever record your speech you would notice that you would be using the same words again and again, but this is not permissible in the IELTS exam. You should be using different words…

IELTS Speaking Tip no.3: Drop the fake accent Just because you watch English movies and you see actors acting in the movies does not mean that you have to act while speaking English. When I teach students I observe that more than 70% of the students adopt a fake accent as they do not know…