Introduction   p5

IELTS Summary   p7

IELTS Listening

1 Getting ready to listen   p15

2 Following a conversation   p18

3 Recognising paraphrase   p22

4 Places and directions   p25

5 Listening for actions and processes   p29

6 Attitude and opinion   p33

7 Following a lecture or talk   p36

8 Contrasting ideas   p39

IELTS Reading

1 Reading strategies   p44

2 Descriptive passages   p48

3 Understanding the main ideas   p55

4 Locating and matching information   p59

5 Discursive passages   p64

6 Multiple-choice questions   p70

7 Opinions and attitudes   p73

8 General Training Reading   p78

IELTS Writing

1 Academic Writing Task 1 – Describing a chart, table or graph   p93

2 Academic Writing Task 1 – Comparing and contrasting graphs and tables   p100

3 Academic Writing Task 1 – Describing diagrams   p106

4 Academic Writing Task 1 – Describing maps   p110

5 General Training Writing Task 1 – A letter   p113

6 Writing Task 2 – Getting ready to write   p119

7 Writing Task 2 – Expressing your ideas clearly   p124

8 Writing Task 2 – Checking and correcting   p129

IELTS Speaking

1 The Speaking Test – Part 1   p136

2 Part 2 – Giving a talk   p140

3 Part 3 – Talking about abstract topics   p145

4 Checking, correcting and assessing   p149

Practice Tests

Test 1   p154

Test 2   p173

Test 3   p190

Test 4   p207

Test 5   p226

Test 6   p246

Test 7   p266

General Training Reading and Writing Test   p286

Test 8   p300

General Training Reading and Writing Test   p319

Recording Scripts   p333

Answer Key   p366

Sample Answer Sheets   p399