Introduction p5
IELTS Summary p7
IELTS Listening skills p13
1 Getting ready to listen p15
1 Understanding the context p15
2 Using the correct spelling p16
3 Writing numbers p17
2 Following a conversation p18
1 Identifying the speakers p18
2 Identifying function p19
3 Understanding categories p21
3 Recognising paraphrase p22
1 Identifying distractors p22
2 Recognising paraphrase p23
3 Selecting from a list p24
4 Places and directions p25
1 Describing a place p25
2 Following directions p27
3 Labelling a map p28
5 Listening for actions and processes p29
1 Understanding mechanical parts p29
2 Describing an action or process p31
3 Describing a process p32
6 Attitude and opinion p33
1 Identifying attitudes and opinions p33
2 Persuading and suggesting p34
3 Reaching a decision p35
7 Following a lecture or talk p36
1 Identifying main ideas p36
2 Understanding how ideas are connected p38
3 Understanding an explanation p38
8 Contrasting ideas p39
1 Signposting words p39
2 Comparing and contrasting ideas p40
3 Using notes to follow a talk p41
IELTS Reading skills p42
1 Reading strategies p44
1 Using the features of a Reading
passage p44
2 Skimming a passage and speed reading p46
3 Global understanding p47
2 Descriptive passages p48
1 Scanning for detail p48
2 Using words from the passage p49
3 Notes/flow-chart/diagram completion p50
3 Understanding the main ideas p55
1 Identifying the main idea p55
2 Understanding the main points p57
3 Identifying information in a passage p58
4 Locating and matching information p59
1 Identifying types of information p59
2 Locating and matching information p60
3 How ideas are connected p63
5 Discursive passages p64
1 Discursive passages p64
2 Identifying theories and opinions p66
3 Matching features p67
6 Multiple-choice questions p70
1 Understanding longer pieces of text p70
2 Different types of multiple choice p71
3 Identifying a writer’s purpose p72
7 Opinions and attitudes p73
1 Argumentative texts p73
2 Identifying the writer’s views/claims p75
3 Identifying grammatical features p76
8 General Training Reading p78
1 The General Training Reading paper p78
2 Dealing with multiple texts p83
3 Understanding work-related texts p84
IELTS Writing p91
1 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing a chart, table or graph p93
1 Understanding graphs, tables and charts p93
2 More complex charts p96
3 Improving your Task Achievement score p97
2 Academic Writing Task 1 – Comparing
and contrasting graphs and tables p100
1 Avoiding repetition p100
2 Comparing and contrasting data p102
3 Grammatical Accuracy – describing
numbers and figures accurately p104
3 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing diagrams p106
1 Understanding a diagram p106
2 Describing a process – coherence
and cohesion p107
3 Lexical Resource – being accurate p108
4 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing maps p110
1 Describing a map p110
2 Describing changes in a place p111
3 Grammatical Accuracy p112
5 General Training Writing Task 1 –
A letter p113
1 Understanding the task p113
2 Improving your score p115
3 Checking and correcting p117
6 Writing Task 2 – Getting ready to write p119
1 Understanding the task p119
2 Planning and organising your ideas p120
3 Getting started – writing an
introduction p122
7 Writing Task 2 – Expressing your
ideas clearly p124
1 Linking ideas – cohesion p124
2 Lexical Resource – avoiding repetition p125
3 Expressing a personal view p127
8 Writing Task 2 – Checking and
correcting p129
1 Developing your ideas clearly p129
2 Grammatical Accuracy p130
3 Assessing your language p132
IELTS Speaking p134
1 The Speaking Test – Part 1 p136
1 Getting ready to speak p136
2 Part 1 – talking about familiar topics p137
3 Using the right tense – Grammatical
Range and Accuracy p138
2 Part 2 – Giving a talk p140
1 Understanding the task p140
2 Improving Fluency and Coherence p142
3 Organising your notes and your talk p143
3 Part 3 – Talking about abstract topics p145
1 Talking about abstract topics p145
2 Agreeing and disagreeing p147
3 Improving your Lexical Resource score p148
4 Checking, correcting and assessing p149
1 Dealing with problems p149
2 Pronunciation, intonation and ‘chunking’ p150
3 Assessing yourself and improving
your score p153
Practice Tests
Practice Test 1 p154
Practice Test 2 p173
Practice Test 3 p190
Practice Test 4 p207
Practice Test 5 p226
Practice Test 6 p246
Practice Test 7 p266
General Training Test p286
Practice Test 8 p300
General Training Test p319
Recording Scripts p333
Answer Key p366
Sample Answer Sheets p397
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