hey aubrey how's it going i'm great how are you jessica i i am very excited because um
very recently i wrote a free ielts book for everyone out there um have you have you heard
heard about this aubry i have heard about it i'm so glad you did this jessica because
the ielts is constantly evolving right there are small changes all the time that could really throw
you off if you're not prepared on test day and you listeners we want to make sure that you're as
up to date as possible so i'm glad you did this to compile all of this in one place so that if
our students our listeners have this ebook they're ready they're all set with everything they need so
yeah what i did guys i um i spent a month or so talking to examiner contacts old friends you
know people i know who are still examiners from around the world and um i got the inside scoop on
how ielts has changed what this means for you on test day guys and what you can expect
in the near future guys ielts is i'm just going to tell you right now ielts is moving online
it's not going to be immediately because ielts is a behemoth of an organization
um so it'll take any change like that takes a while but guys it is happening so you need
this information guys if ielts is in your future at all so go to all ears english dot com slash
new ielts and you can get my free ebook it's 55 pages like it's substantial
yeah so much information that you guys need to know so jessica thank you on behalf of
our listeners i know you guys are grateful and make sure and go check that out guys this is so
such useful information free go to allerizing.com new ielts there you go all right aubrey so we are
actually talking about some grammar today but very specifically grammar on ielts listening um
this is tricky because guys if you if you uh break grammar rules if you have the wrong grammar and an
answer that whole answer is wrong you know like listening is not just a listening test it's also
a grammar test a spelling test um so if those things are wrong your answer's wrong
yeah and there's so much to know about test taking strategies specifically ielts test taking strategy
that if you're aware of it you won't fall for the pitfalls that some students do if they just
go in with very little information or expecting it to be like toefl or another test
right we are going to share with you today so that you have some of this inside strategy that
can help you make sure you get these answers right right so um these three tips today guys
um this these tips are for every single test ielts gives you forever and always okay these are things
that will never change these strategies on the ielts exam um so i want to assure you that you do
need to take notes today because these rules apply to every listening test you'll ever take for ielts
yes exactly and before we dive into that too much we want to give a shout out to one of our techies
students as in who got amazing scores he posted in our facebook group he was so excited and he
said he got listening nine amazing reading eight speaking 7.5 and writing seven oh my gosh i was
thrilled with my scores i had taken the test so many times getting a 6.5 in writing and speaking
then he took three keys out and got the scores he needed and said he's blissfully happy i love that
exactly yeah oh my gosh more power to this person that's amazing he made the choice to invest in
our system and he got higher scores than he actually needed raised every single score in
every category especially that sticky speaking and writing scores guys those are those are
really hard to raise on your own yes seriously so congratulations we're so excited for you
awesome really that's awesome give that shout out um all right so let's get into this uh topic today
aubry this is based on a um a youtube subscriber question actually um aubry can you read that
question please yes so it's from blessybehag says hello i love your video how about articles should
we include them for example and this is a video about listening so this is asking specifically
about the listening exam for example if the audio says garden only with no article before the noun
and the question is availability of blank is a garden correct or should i write garden only
i've seen this question before where students are like ooh do i include the article or not
yeah great question great question so um we're gonna go through three tips three rules guys
um that if you depend on these rules you will get many more correct answers than wrong answers okay
fall back on these strategies whenever you're in doubt especially about grammar all right so
rule number one guys and this is the this is this is the golden rule for listening on ielts
if you're ever in doubt about grammar just write exactly what you hear okay because that is more
often right than not it is so rare that ielts will expect you to add something that you don't
hear on the audio so rare seriously it almost never happens okay um so knowing that going in
right be just be very confident in this rule guys copy exactly what you hear so if this if this
if the audio says garden with no article write garden with no article exactly right
keep it simple listen closely so that you hear if they share an article or not
this is a vital that you're really writing word for word what you hear in the audio
so but that is but that's a good point to bring in for this rule number one guys because um
it does depend on you being able to to listen very well and understand everything you're hearing
right or else this rule doesn't work um if you don't know what you're hearing you can't copy it
so practice listening to as much native english as you can um go to alliersenglish.com follow
and listen to the all ears english podcast guys get your head out of ielts a little bit
get some culture get some vocab and most importantly improve your natural listening
skills so aliensenglish.com follow go to that link on your mobile phone right now guys and it'll take
you directly to the podcast hit follow four new episodes a week um so that's rule number one guys
copy exactly what the listener says but make sure you understand what the listener says all
right what's rule number two so rule number two is that when you check your answers you should check
the grammar and if it's a complete sentence you must have correct grammar like articles need to
be included they need to be correct right if the if it's note completion or maybe table completion
you don't need an article because it's not a complete sentence right they're needed when the
sentence needs to make sense the grammar needs to make sense but that's not always the case on ielts
listening exactly exactly so short answer note completion table completion diagram completion
guys any of these questions that do not have complete sentences as answers you don't you
don't need articles okay um so this is what this question would probably look like it would be a
note completion and it would probably be a speak listening uh section one listening part one a guy
talking to a real estate agent actually i think this isn't a cambridge book and i've seen this
exact one before um but what you'll see is you'll see availability of and then there will be a line
and under that will be two more key words because in the audio they will talk about the availability
of more than one thing right so it'll be like a blank line and then under that maybe it says pool
under that it says gym and there's no articles there it's a list right so you would just say
garden and that's correct that's fine yes exactly right you have to really be thinking about what
type of section is this in the listening exam and that is going to really help you determine whether
it's an article or not match what's already there if you have a list partially completed look notice
how they've been filling that out and match that exactly that's rule number three guys look around
the question look around that blank if it's a table right if you are completing a table
look at that column look at that row look at the word surrounding it and you are going to use a
parallel grammar in those blanks and it has to match the column or the row it has to match those
other answers okay um so take in everything around it and it'll show you what your answer should look
like and that will also show you what to listen for do i need a noun do i need a verb what is
around this question yes exactly that predicting is a skip is a step that so many students skip and
if you have a table partially completed it's going to give you a very good idea of what you need to
be listening for so take that time to be ready to be to open your brain so that you're ready for if
it's gonna be a noun an adjective a verb so that you know what to listen for then you can zero in
on the audio instead of missing anything that you hear yeah yeah completely um guys i hope
you can tell how golden and simple these rules are and how they would help your ielts score
um just like the student we mentioned at the beginning who got a listening nine most recently
this three key student listening nine so if you want a simple system of strategies guys
check out three keys aisles it's available online right now allersenglish.com k-e-y-s all right for
more article rules guys uh especially for writing and speaking check out ielts energy episode 871
aubry's on there with michelle and we don't often hear that pairing over on ielts i know that's
right so if you didn't hear that one guys don't miss it it was part of our when grammar matters
series so you know you've heard this from us that not you don't want to bog down in grammar but
there are things that are important to know and this was about articles on ielts everything you
need to know about it so check that one out for the rules you need to know and to hear uh michelle
and i because you're right that's a rare comment yeah oh and guys remember go to allysenglish.com
follow f-o-l-l-o-w so you can get more real english into your ears prepare for that exam guys
go to all ears english dot com follow and follow the all ears english podcast all right awesome
aubrey thanks for chatting today yes so fun i love a grammar episode me too all right see ya bye