IELTS

The IELTS Academic test at a glanceAcademic Academic, General Training, UKVI and One Skill RetakeAcademic + General Training

IELTS Listening, the four partsAcademic + General Training Reading the question before the audioAcademic + General Training Spelling, plurals and numbers in ListeningAcademic + General Training Listening flow charts: follow the processAcademic + General Training Listening maps and plans: track the speakerAcademic + General Training Listening choices and matches: follow the final decisionAcademic + General Training

IELTS Academic Reading, three passagesAcademic True / False / Not Given — the decision treeAcademic + General Training Multiple choice — evidence before intuitionAcademic + General Training Matching and completion — finding a paragraph’s main contributionAcademic + General Training Diagram labels — follow the arrows and the word ruleAcademic + General Training Short answers — find the right fact, then countAcademic + General Training General Training Reading: conditions, exceptions and evidenceGeneral Training Inference — supported conclusion or plausible guess?Academic + General Training Matching information — locate the requested evidenceAcademic + General Training Matching features — preserve attribution and conditionsAcademic + General Training Matching sentence endings — grammar and meaning togetherAcademic + General Training Sentence completion — evidence, grammar and answer limitsAcademic + General Training Summary, notes, tables and flow charts — complete the right relationshipAcademic + General Training

IELTS Academic Writing, two tasksAcademic How Writing is marked — the four criteriaAcademic Task 1 — select, report, and write the overviewAcademic Task 1 — the language of changeAcademic Task 2 — answering the actual questionAcademic + General Training The template trap — make each phrase serve the argumentAcademic + General Training General Training Task 1: purpose, tone and complete lettersGeneral Training Vocabulary precision: meaning, patterns and evidenceAcademic + General Training Academic Task 1 processes — follow the arrows, then writeAcademic Academic Task 1 maps — compare place, change and proposalAcademic

IELTS Speaking, three parts with an examinerAcademic + General Training Speaking pronunciation: five self-checksAcademic + General Training Part 2 — develop a relevant long turnAcademic + General Training The three parts, and what each one is testingAcademic + General Training Speaking clarity lab: record, listen, adjustAcademic + General Training