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4 Feb 2015

IELTS Reading tips

Manage your time Don’t try to understand the difficult words, their meanings are not asked Difficult words or terms are often the answers Read the questions first Answers are normally in the first and second lines of a paragraph Look for the keywords, you can even answer the question without reading the whole passage Practice the reading part a lot Try not to spend more than 15 minutes on each passage so that you have enough time to check...

IELTS Writing tips

Do some brainstorming Write complete sentences Proof read your work Don’t use complex words if you don’t know how to use them properly You are mostly asked to agree or disagree with a statement You have to write a persuasive essay You are advised to spend 40 minutes on the essay part You are advised to spend 20 minutes on the part 1 You will be required to describe a graph or process for the writing part 1 remember the words for the...

IELTS Speaking tips

Revise your 12 tenses Don’t concentrate on the accent Speak complete sentences Feel relaxed, they are not going to kill you even if you say the wrong answer Don’t memorize the speech Part 1 is very simple, it asks about you (name,family,education,job,home,) Part 2 is about something you like for example. Your favorite holiday destination Part 3 consists of follow-up questions You can ask the examiner to repeat the question if you do...

3 Feb 2015

Corruption

Corruption is a great evil that has spread its poison in almost every single country in the world. As expected, developing countries suffer more from corruption than developed countries. The governments of all these countries are corrupt in almost everything, ranging from policy issues to infrastructure and developmental issues. Prime examples of countries rich in corruption are Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, African countries etc. Corruption...

My Favorite Hero In History

History is riddled with figured who have gone to great lengths to do the things they believed in. However, there have been very few historical figures who have actually done what was beat for their nation and the world in general. Abraham Lincoln is one of those figures, and hence, my favorite figure in history. The first reason why I’ve chosen Lincoln is that he abolished the hated practice of slavery. For hundreds of years, Africans were...

My Best Friends

Close friendships are hard to come by these days. In an ever-changing world with people striving to achieve their interpretation of preordained success, it is hard to know who your true friends are. Fortunately, I found my best pal early at the tender age of seven. We were both enrolled at the same school and were at wits’ ends as we searched tirelessly for our designated classes. Samantha and I got acquainted as both of us were in the same...

Friend

This friend I have is special, whilst young, intelligent and righteous. He lives with me since he was born, a pleasure to have all these years.The strength to face each day can sometimes be drawn from knowing him. When I watch him dribble around with the ball at the street soccer court then knocking it into the goal leaving the opponent frustrated there is unspeakable pride and joy emitting from the core of my heart. How this fine young man...

2 Feb 2015

Pakistan Rich in Natural Resources But Poor in their Management

Pakistan is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources but also one of the poorest among them in their management. The country is abundant in the vital resources including that of energy, agriculture, minerals, population, and geography, but unlike the developed countries, these have not been properly exploited due to poor management. This dismayed situation is caused due to several, both chronic and acute, flaws...

Liberal Education

Education is the most important factor behind the progress man has achieved in this world. It has been the permanent character of human history and evolution of thought. However, in the past, it used to be prerogative of only a few privileged men and the pace of development was quite slow. Since it has been disseminated to common people, there has been rapid growth in every sphere of development: science, technology, sociology, politics, anthropology,...