Chinwag

19/09/2025

🚗🚌🚲 How Do People Travel? – IELTS Writing Task 1 Practice

In IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, you may need to describe a table of data. Today’s example shows the percentage of journeys made by car, bus, bicycle, walking, and train in City X from 2000 to 2020.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Describe a table using clear, formal language
✅ Compare figures across years (“car use rose steadily from 30% to 45%”)
✅ Highlight the most significant changes (cars increased, buses and bicycles declined)
✅ Use both verb and noun phrases (“bus use declined steadily” / “there was a steady decline in bus use”)
✅ Write strong overviews for a Band 7+ score

📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample answer + 10 practice exercises with answers.

👉 Read the complete lesson here: [insert blog link]

19/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-6-pig-and-pepper-alice-walked.html
🐷 What would you do if a baby turned into a pig in your arms?

🌟 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Chapter 6: Pig and Pepper 🌟

Alice visits the Duchess’s house, where pepper fills the air and a baby cries loudly. But when she carries the child outside, it turns into a pig and runs away! Soon after, Alice meets the mysterious Cheshire Cat, who tells her that everyone in Wonderland is mad—and advises her to visit the Mad Hatter or the March Hare. 🐱✨

📖 Full story (600+ words) with glossary, comprehension questions, answers, and illustration—perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level.

✨ Tomorrow: Chapter 7!

18/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/ielts-writing-task-1-topic-3-question.html
📈🌍 Population Growth Across Regions – IELTS Writing Task 1 Practice

How has the world’s population changed over time? Today’s IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 lesson looks at a line graph showing population growth in Asia, Europe, and Africa between 1960 and 2020.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Describe a line graph clearly and formally
✅ Use trend language (rose sharply, increased steadily, levelled off)
✅ Compare regions with phrases like “more than double” or “four times as high”
✅ Focus on significant features (Asia’s steep rise, Africa’s surge after 1990, Europe’s stability)
✅ Write both verb and noun phrases (“Africa’s population grew steadily” / “There was steady growth in Africa’s population”)
✅ Craft strong overviews for Band 7+

📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample answer + 10 practice exercises with answers.

👉 Read the full lesson here: [insert blog link]

18/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-5-advice-from-caterpillar-alice.html
🐛 What advice would you take from a smoking Caterpillar?

🌟 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar 🌟

Alice meets a blue Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom, calmly smoking a ho**ah. He asks her, “Who are you?”—a question Alice cannot easily answer. Before leaving, the Caterpillar tells her that one side of the mushroom will make her grow, and the other will make her shrink. 🍄

With this new discovery, Alice finally learns how to control her size.

📖 Full story (600+ words) with glossary, comprehension questions, answers, and illustration—perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level.

✨ Tomorrow: Chapter 6!

17/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/.../ielts-writing-task...
⚡🌍 Where Does Electricity Come From? – IELTS Writing Task 1 Practice
In IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, you may be asked to describe a pie chart showing proportions. Today’s chart shows how Country X generated its electricity in 2022.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Write clear comparisons (e.g. “Coal produced more than double the share of nuclear energy”)
✅ Use proportion phrases (accounted for, represented, made up)
✅ Focus on the most significant features (fossil fuels dominated, nuclear smallest)
✅ Vary your grammar with both verb and noun phrases (“Coal contributed 35%” / “Coal’s contribution was 35%”)
✅ Write a strong overview for a Band 7+ score
📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample answer + 10 practice activities with answers.
👉 Read the complete lesson here: [insert blog link]

17/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-4-white-rabbits-house-alice-was.html
🏠 What happens when Alice grows too big for a house?

🌟 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Chapter 4: The White Rabbit’s House 🌟

Mistaken for his servant, Alice follows the White Rabbit into his cottage. But after drinking from a bottle, she grows so large that her arm sticks out of the window and her leg presses up the chimney! 😲 The Rabbit and his friends try everything to get her out, until Alice eats a cake that makes her shrink again.

📖 Full story (600+ words) with glossary, comprehension questions, answers, and illustration—perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level.

✨ Tomorrow: Chapter 5!

16/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/ielts-writing-task-1-practice-example-1.html
🚰💧 Water Use Around the World – IELTS Writing Task 1 Practice

Do people everywhere use the same amount of water each day? The answer is surprising! This IELTS Writing Task 1 lesson looks at average daily water consumption per person in three countries.

In this practice you’ll learn how to:
✅ Describe a bar chart in clear academic English
✅ Compare figures using phrases like “twice as much as” and “more than double”
✅ Focus on the most significant features (highest, lowest, key differences)
✅ Use both verb and noun phrases (“consumed 400 litres” / “a consumption of 400 litres”)
✅ Write strong overviews for a higher band score

📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample answer + 10 practice exercises with answers.

👉 Read the full lesson here: [insert blog link]

16/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-3-pool-of-tears-alice-swam.html
🏁 A race with no rules and prizes for everyone—welcome to Wonderland!

🌟 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Chapter 3: The Pool of Tears 🌟

After crying so much that her tears form a giant pool, Alice meets a Mouse, a Duck, a Dodo, and other animals. To dry off, they hold a very silly Caucus Race where everyone wins and everyone gets a prize. 🎉 But when Alice laughs at the Mouse’s “tale,” the creatures grow angry and leave her alone again. 🐭

📖 Full story (600+ words) with glossary, comprehension questions, answers, and illustration—perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level.

✨ Tomorrow: Chapter 4!

12/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/ielts-writing-task-2-question-some_1.html
💻🏢 Remote Working vs. Office Work – IELTS Writing Task 2

Technology has changed how we work — but which is better for employees and society?
➡️ Remote working: more flexibility, better work–life balance, less traffic 🚗
➡️ Office work: teamwork, creativity, effective supervision, stronger company culture 🤝

This is a trending IELTS Writing Task 2 topic! In our latest lesson, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Plan your essay in 5 minutes
✅ Write clear topic sentences and examples
✅ Use linking words for contrast and cause/effect
✅ Develop a balanced opinion (e.g. hybrid model)
✅ Conclude effectively without adding new topics

📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample essay, vocabulary list, and guidelines.

👉 Read the full guide here: [insert blog link]

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-to-boost-your-ielts-score-without.html

12/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-2-hall-of-doors-alice-stood-in.html
🍰 Would you drink or eat something marked “Drink Me” or “Eat Me”?

🌟 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Chapter 2: The Hall of Doors 🌟

Alice discovers a little bottle that makes her shrink small enough to enter the garden—but she forgets the key on the table above her! Later, a cake makes her grow so tall that her head hits the ceiling. Frustrated, she cries until her tears form a giant pool. 🐇💧

📖 Full story (600+ words) with glossary, comprehension questions, answers, and illustration—perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level.

✨ Tomorrow: Chapter 3!

11/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/ielts-writing-task-2-question-some_11.html
🍎💉 Prevention vs. Treatment – IELTS Writing Task 2

Should governments spend more on promoting healthy lifestyles 🏃‍♀️🥗 to stop illness before it starts, or should they prioritise the treatment of sick people 🏥?

This is a common and important IELTS Writing Task 2 question. In our latest lesson, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Plan your essay with clear arguments for both sides
✅ Write strong topic sentences and supporting examples
✅ Use linking words to balance contrast and cause-effect
✅ Develop a clear and balanced opinion
✅ Conclude effectively without adding new topics

📝 Includes a full Band 8–9 sample essay, vocabulary, and writing tips.

11/09/2025

https://expertathome.blogspot.com/2025/09/chapter-1-down-rabbit-hole-alice-was.html
🌟 A New Adventure Begins! 🌟

🐇 Follow us into the magical world of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll! Written in 1865, this classic tale has been loved for over 150 years. It tells the story of Alice, a curious young girl who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a land full of strange characters, puzzles, and adventures.

✨ This series is perfect for English learners at B1–B2 level. Each chapter will include:
✅ A 600+ word learner-friendly story
✅ A glossary of new words
✅ 10 comprehension questions + answers
✅ A beautiful illustration

💬 Themes in this book include curiosity, imagination, growing up, and the search for identity.

📖 Join Alice as she meets the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts—and discovers that Wonderland is not like the world above at all!

➡️ Tomorrow we begin with Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole. Don’t miss it!