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Saying the same thing a different way was how you hacked the score 🐧

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Paraphrasing Matters

What I felt while studying for IELTS was that paraphrasing is really important.

Hacking The Score

Saying the same thing with a different expression was really important for hacking the score.

A whiteboard titled Vocabulary for Accuracy with three columns of English phrases for under, over and about
🔄 The board in class. Under, over, about — one idea, many ways
ONE IDEA, MANY WAYS
aboutaroundapproximatelyroughly
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Memorising Phrases

I worked hard at memorising several similar expressions. By now I have forgotten almost all of them.

Easier In Exams

Remembering them makes the exam easier. Not using the same English word a second time if you can help it is also part of how they score you. So I had memorised all kinds of phrases.

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