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2023-07-26 07:03:22 Can you solve these 1913 Cambridge University English test questions?

The University of Cambridge has released part of an English test first sat in 1913.

Only three students took the Certificate of Proficiency (C2) in English, which cost them £3 at the time, and took 12 hours to complete. Cambridge English exams are now taken by 6.1 million people every year.

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2023-07-24 13:46:38 Twitter changes its logo to 'X'

The tech billionaire, Elon Musk, replaced the company’s blue bird silhouette with “X,” a term for what he has described as an “everything app.”

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2023-07-21 10:45:43 Official IELTS Answer Sheets Open / Comment

2023-07-14 18:31:06 Vocabulary Booster | @IELTS_8


ADDRESS issue
matter
problem
question
subject

BOOST confidence
economy
income
performance
profit
value

COMBAT crime
crisis
disease
inflation
violence
drug

beyond plagiarism
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2023-07-11 07:39:58 IELTS Myth #2 | @IELTS_8

Reality
This is kind of true; you should write "complex sentences" but not complicated. Your essays shouldn't be complex to understand.

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2023-07-05 18:31:02 ​Everyday Idiom | @IELTS_8

Blow your own trumpet
[to talk a lot about your own achievements – used to show disapproval]

- Dave spent whole evening blowing his own trumpet at the family gathering.

- She doesn't usually like to blow her own trumpet; even when she got IELTS band 8, she didn't tell anyone.

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2023-07-04 18:44:20 Say "Interesting" like natives

"Cupatea"

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2023-06-30 07:01:02 IELTS Simon

Writing task 1 - Improving your task achievement score

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2023-06-23 09:25:12 Nowadays, experience is more valued in the workplace than knowledge in many countries. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? #essay

Experience and knowledge are both crucial in the modern work environment. However, I personally feel that the focus on the former is much more beneficial in the modem knowledge-based economy.

The importance of knowledge for workers cannot be underestimated. For example, employees need qualifications and knowledge of skills such as numeracy and literacy, as well as knowledge of how systems, such as computer systems, work. In order for professionals such as engineers, teachers or doctors to be successful, for example in their careers, they need knowledge as well as experience. While certain types of knowledge can be acquired during work experience, it is essential for a body of knowledge such as medical and engineering information to be acquired beforehand.

In today's world, however, where knowledge is effectively controlled by machines, it is essential for workers to focus on developing the skills to manipulate this knowledge, as it is so voluminous that it is now impossible to acquire. Knowledge, in effect, plays a secondary role to skills and experience.

There are, therefore, clear advantages to attaching greater value to experience compared to knowledge in the workplace. The modern world demands that companies and institutions have employees with very sophisticated skills not just in technology, but in dealing with modern systems. As a result, frequently workers' technical expertise often takes precedence over basic knowledge and without workers with the necessary experience, it is impossible for companies and organisations to flourish.

As we have seen, despite knowledge being very important in the modern workplace, it is clear that the advantages of a greater emphasis on experience outweighs any disadvantages.
- Macmillan
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2023-06-14 13:44:44 IELTS Simon : Speaking Part 2
How to practise at home

Differences between how you do at home and in the exam and tips to improve your part 2 performance at home

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