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Kate and Kris | IELTS tutors

Helping professionals & students achieve band 7+ in their IELTS test by improving writing & speaking 👩‍🏫

Former IELTS speaking & writing examiners

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My IELTS student messaged me in a panic."I've seen some of the IELTS Part 3 speaking questions in a 'question bank'" she...
29/07/2026

My IELTS student messaged me in a panic.

"I've seen some of the IELTS Part 3 speaking questions in a 'question bank'" she said.

"I don't know the answers to many of them! I can't do this test! I'm going to fail". 😟

What I told her changed the way she looked at IELTS 'question banks'.

If you aren't aware, many websites show/sell past and current IELTS speaking questions.

IELTS students use them to practice and prepare before their tests.

However, it is important to know what these question banks are, and are not.

✅They are lists of questions past IELTS candidates could remember after their test.

👉IELTS candidates are not all asked the same questions in the speaking test.

👉Even if they have the same topic, the questions are likely to be different.

✅The IELTS speaking examiner chooses questions that are suitable for the level of the candidate.

✅So if your level is B1/B2, you will be asked certain questions.
And if your level is C1/C2, these questions are likely to be different.

✅The IELTS speaking examiner also asks follow-up questions, based on what you say.

These will be different for each candidate, because you do not all give the same answers.

My student needed to get 6.5 for her university application. She was looking at questions from IELTS candidates who needed 7.5-8.0.

When I taught her IELTS Speaking Part 3, I was using questions that were suitable for her level.

While it is fine to practice IELTS speaking on your own, don't let questions you find online scare you. They may not be the questions for you.

If you want to prepare for IELTS speaking with people who understand how the test works, so you prepare for the type of questions you will be asked, then send us a DM and let's talk about how we can help you.




28/07/2026

Many IELTS candidates take the speaking test and get upset or angry when the IELTS speaking examiner interrupts them. 😡

They complain that the examiner was being rude 😡

They expect the examiner to sit and listen until they finish all their answers

This is not how the IELTS speaking test works

Your speaking examiner is pushing you in part 3, to give better answers

👉If your answers are vague and need better explanation, they will ask 'why?'.

👉They will ask you follow up questions to get you to justify your thoughts and opinions

👉To do this, they may interrupt you when you are speaking

If the examiner interrupts you in your IELTS speaking exam, don't get angry or worried

It is just part of the test.

Tell us, did the IELTS speaking examiner interrupts you during your test?





Happy birthday to Kris!Some would say the 'better' half of IELTS Kite.Thanks for all you do to help our students get the...
27/07/2026

Happy birthday to Kris!

Some would say the 'better' half of IELTS Kite.

Thanks for all you do to help our students get their IELTS scores.

Here's to many more.

25/07/2026

Increase your vocabulary range (lexical Resource) in IELTS academic task one graph descriptions by using more precise words.

In my previous three videos (you can see them on our profile - scroll until you see me wearing the same blue fleece) I told you how to use different words, different word forms and collocations to increase your language for describing trends.

My fourth tip is to use precise words

If it increased from 100 to 200, or 10 to 20, we can say it 'doubled'

If it decreased by 50%, we can say it 'halved'

When you write IELTS task 1:

👉use difference words to 'increase' and 'decrease'
👉use noun forms and verb forms
👉use collocations
👉use precise words

See your IELTS writing improve!

What would you like us to make us a series of videos about next?
Tell us in the comments





22/07/2026

Stop giving boring answers in IELTS speaking part 1!

✅ Vary your language and you will improve your vocabulary and grammatical range.

Some IELTS speaking part 1 questions ask

"How often...."

Answer them using phrases like:

💡every so often
💡now and again
💡from time to time
💡religiously

How would you use these phrases to answer this IELTS speaking part 1 question:

❓How often do you look at the sky?

Tell us in the comments





14/07/2026

How would a former IELTS writing examiner write an introductory sentence for an IELTS task 1 graph description.

Watch as I paraphrase the introductory sentence skillfully.

To get a good score in IELTS writing task 1, it is important that you learn how to write an introductory sentence

It is the IELTS writing examiner's first impression of your writing ability.

Make it a good one!

If you want to see how we write other parts of the IELTS tasks, make sure you are following us






Is someone with a PhD the best person to help you prepare for IELTS writing?An IELTS student commented in a social media...
11/07/2026

Is someone with a PhD the best person to help you prepare for IELTS writing?

An IELTS student commented in a social media group that she was studying IELTS writing with a teacher from the UK who had a PhD. She was very proud of this fact, and was paying a lot of money for her classes.

However, she posted her IELTS task 1 text in the social media group for other group members to comment on.

What we all saw was worrying.

😟She had no idea how to write the task.

😟Her answer had no overview.

😵‍💫It was a list of descriptive language about the changes in the graph.

😟She had then written a whole paragraph about why she thought these changes had happened.

When we asked her about it, she told us that her teacher had taught her to do this. She even showed us his 'model answers'.

Unfortunately, since she didn't write an overview and she interpreted the graph, she wouldn't score more than 5.0 for Task Achievement.

💡Having a teacher with a PhD does not mean they know anything at all about IELTS.

💡They may have written an excellent PhD thesis, and lots of academic papers, but this is not the same as an IELTS task 1.

✅What you need is someone who understands the requirements of the IELTS writing tasks properly and knows how to help you understand them too.

🎓By the way, we both have PhDs. We have also been teaching IELTS since 2008 (before some of you were born!) and have worked as IELTS examiners for the British Council and IDP.

We can tell you truthfully that having a PhD is not what makes us good IELTS writing teachers. It is that we fully understand the test.

What do you think? What is important for you in an IELTS writing teacher?



09/07/2026

Do you know how to write the introductory sentence for IELTS writing task 1 graph and chart descriptions?

I mean, do you really know?

As a former IELTS writing examiner, I have seen so many poorly written introductory sentences.

There is often one key reason why.

Candidates just look at the question text and paraphrase it exactly, by changing words for synonyms.

They ignore all the other useful information that they have been given:

✍️the key
✍️the axes
✍️the graph title

When you start your IELTS task 1 texts, look at the whole picture. Use all of it to work out the best way to construct your introductory sentence.

Try it and see your introductory sentences improve, and consequently, your overall score.





"I keep getting 5.5 in my IELTS essays because I make mistakes with articles"......a student told me in a Facebook group...
08/07/2026

"I keep getting 5.5 in my IELTS essays because I make mistakes with articles"...
...a student told me in a Facebook group this weekend.

"How can I understand them better?"🤔

My response was clear and simple.

This student was NOT getting 5.5 because they do not understand articles.

Proper use of 'a' 'an' and 'the' requires a high level of English grammatical understanding.

You can still get 7.0 in an IELTS essay if you make mistakes with articles.

When the student showed me his writing, the issue was clear.

🤓They did not understand how to write an essay properly

❌They were asking direct questions to the reader and answering them. It looked more like a conversation than an essay.

❌There was no proper flow and no proper structure

❌Two of the points were not directly connected to the question.

❌The points were not developed at all.

Yes, there were mistakes with articles, and other grammar mistakes.

However, these were NOT stopping them getting 6.5, or even 7.0.

Before you assume the reason for a low score in your IELTS essays, get proper feedback.

You may find that getting the score you need is far easier than learning all the rules for articles.



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