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Quiz • Jun 2019

This quiz offers you the sentence structures that can give you a great score in English exams. Go take a look at the 8 high scoring sentence structures.

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Quiz • Jun 2019

The only problem with my sister is that she is always splitting hairs.

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Quiz • Apr 2019

Reading in the IELTS, GRE, PTE, OET, TOEFL tests is not about reading aloud but being able to understand the texts. Sometimes understanding texts can be difficult due to unfamiliar words or challenging sentence structure.

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Quiz • Apr 2019

We get it. Life is hard. but then, the same could be said of reading comprhension. It does not matter which reading comprehension you are talking about. It could be PTE, IELTS, GRE, or even the French or the German exam that you are taking.

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Quiz • Apr 2019

Spelling mistakes are penalised in every language test. And English makes it particularly difficult for us to know spelling. Here is the true litmus test.

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Quiz • Apr 2019

All of us want to be (not always openly) Sashi Tharoor. He is has become the god of all memes language. This post is dedicated to all those who want to dazzle the examiner using big words.

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Quiz • Mar 2019

Yet another challenging test to take you higher in your overall score by hitting a full score in listening!

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Quiz • Mar 2019

Be it for IELTS, GRE, OET, or any other test you wish to take, knowing words is only one very small part of the fight. If you want to be better than most, you need to be able to both understand and construct a variety of sentences. This quiz looks at your ability to use words in different contexts (GRE) and your ability to construct different sentences with the same meaning (IELTS). Take this quiz and see how you score!

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Quiz • Mar 2019

This quiz has 10 questions. The suggested completion time is 20 minutes. The quiz is NOT timed.

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Quiz • Oct 2018

In this series, we are going to explore one of themes that has been less explored than other aspects of language – sentence variety. No matter which exam you are taking, understanding sentence variety becomes very important.

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Quiz • Sep 2018

Unlike many other reading comprehension tests such as PTE and TOEFL, IELTS tests students with a variety of question types. One of them is Match the Headings.

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Quiz • Sep 2018

Most language, and aptitude tests look at your ability to read and write well. Here are 20 sentences that will test and expand the limits of your language.

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Quiz • Jul 2018

Coherence and Cohesion is one of the parameters of evaluation for writing. Since the name sounds good, most are swept up by the name and do not bother to figure out what it means and how it can affect their score.

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Quiz • Jul 2018

Here is a sample test of GRE Critical Reasoning questions. Critical Reasoning questions contain a short to medium length paragraph. This paragraph is called the argument (Yes, it similar to those you see in the argument task!). The argument is followed by a question and five answer choices.

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Quiz • Jun 2018

From understanding inference, to identifying a flaw, to figuring out the intricacies of a situation, critical reasoning questions in the GRE can test you on several skills. The test here looks at a set of questions that test you on lines similar to those that you are tested on in the actual GRE test.

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Quiz • May 2018

10 Difficult Questions in GRE. From vocabulary to inferences, this tests looks at a few difficult questions that will help you get ready for GRE.

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Quiz • Mar 2018

Active to passive conversions (or vice versa) are more than a grammar exercise that we do in school. While we are never taught the purpose of these conversions, knowing how to convert a sentence from active to passive and back is essential for being able to score well on the ‘Grammatical Range’ parameter of tests like PTE, IELTS, OET, and TOEFL.

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Quiz • Feb 2018

It is easy to learn words, but incredibly difficult to use them correctly. Take a look at the easy quiz and check your usage skills.

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Quiz • Feb 2018

All things being constant, what is the difference between Band 7, Band 8, and Band 9? One of the answers is 'Parallel Structure'. Using parallel structures appropriately and accurately can have a dramatic effect on your score.

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Quiz • Jan 2018

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Quiz • Dec 2017

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Quiz • Dec 2017

For those of you who are wondering: The image is courtesy Microsoft Spotlight – The location is the Katsura River in Japan – on that soothing note, may you do well in the test!

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Quiz • Dec 2017

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Quiz • Nov 2017

Here is a reading test that will help you get better for every test.

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Quiz • Nov 2017

Wondering about what the right phrase would be in the context? This quiz is for you.

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Quiz • Nov 2017

This week’s session was about the Critical Reasoning component of the GRE. The GRE Critical Reasoning questions are an extension of the Argument task in the Analytical Writing Assessment section of GRE. These questions test your ability to assess a situation that has been presented to you.

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Quiz • Nov 2017

So you have attended the reading comprehension session at First Academy, now is the time to go further.

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Quiz • Aug 2017

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