PART I Getting Started
Chapter 1 Introducing IELTS
What is the IELTS exam?
What are the four parts of the test?
How is IELTS marked?
How should I prepare for IELTS?
Characteristics of different bands
PART II Building IELTS Skills
Chapter 2 IELTS Listening
Introduction to the Listening test
How is the Listening test marked?
How to fill out the Listening and Reading answer sheets
Listening strategies
Always listen for evidence
Strategies for each question type (i)
Strategies for each question type (ii)
The alphabet and numbers in the Listening, Speaking, and Writing tests
Listening Taster Test
Chapter 3 IELTS Reading
What happens in the Reading test?
How is the Reading test marked?
Academic Reading Taster Test
Reading strategies
Extra practice filling in a flowchart
Extra practice labelling a diagram
Special information about the General Training Reading test
GT Reading Taster Test
Chapter 4 IELTS Writing
What happens in the Academic Writing test?
What happens in the GT Writing test?
How is the Writing test marked?
Model answers to Academic Writing Task 1 questions
A single table in Task
Model answers to Writing Task 2 questions
Assessing candidates for Academic Writing Task
Assessing candidates for GT Writing Task
Assessing candidates for Academic and GT Writing Task
Understanding Task Fulfilment in Writing Task
Tone in Academic Writing Task 2 and GT Writing Task
The introduction in Writing Task
Writing the essay
Topic and supporting sentences in Writing Task
The conclusion in Writing Task
Understanding Coherence and Cohesion in Writing
Paragraph organisation in Writing Task
Linkers
Punctuation
Handwriting
Understanding Vocabulary for Writing
Describing graphs and charts in Academic Writing Task
Using approximate language in Task
Nominalisation
Understanding Grammar for Writing
Grammar and Vocabulary Test 1
Grammar and Vocabulary Test 2
Grammar and Vocabulary Test 3
GT Task 1 formal letters
Academic Writing Taster Test
GT Writing Taster Test
Writing - Putting it all together
Chapter 5 IELTS Speaking
What happens in the Speaking test?
How is the Speaking test marked?
Speaking Taster (Buzzer) Test
Fluency and Coherence
Spoken vocabulary and grammar
Pronunciation
Speaking - Putting it all together
Chapter 6 IELTS Spelling
Writing Task 1
Writing Task 2
Spelling and Pronunciation
Spelling and remembering what you see
Chapter 7 IELTS Vocabulary and Grammar
Introduction to Vocabulary
Word families
Reference and substitution
Vocabulary in Speaking Part 1 - Personal information and mini topics
Phrasal verbs
Thirty-three idioms which are safe to use in the Speaking test
Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 1
Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 2
Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 3
Sentence types (i)
Sentence types (ii)
PART III IELTS Practice Tests
Academic Practice Test 1
Academic Practice Test 2
Academic Practice Test 3
Academic Practice Test 4
General Training Practice Test
Answers to Parts I and II
Answers to Part III
Appendices
Answer sheet