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Self-study track

The IELTS track, one lesson at a time

17 lessons, about 143 minutes of reading in total — and every one ends with a drill you do straight away. Free, no sign-up to read.

Skill

Exam day

Academic or General Training — book the right one Two versions of the same exam. Two sections are identical, two are not, and universities want Academic. Foundation 7 min Exam day: how the day runs and what to take The format, the ID rule, the order of the papers, and the four mistakes that cost marks before anyone reads your English. Foundation 8 min

Skill

Listening

Read the questions before the audio starts The recording plays once. The preparation you do in the silence before it decides most of your score. Foundation 8 min Spelling and numbers cost more marks than difficulty does Most lost Listening marks are not misheard answers. They are right answers written wrong. Core 7 min The answer is almost never the word printed on the page The test rewards students who follow meaning. It punishes students who follow keywords. Advanced 9 min

Skill

Reading

Do not read the passage Sixty minutes, forty questions, three long passages. The arithmetic decides the method. Foundation 8 min True, False, Not Given — the rule that settles every one of them Not Given is not a "maybe". It is a statement about the passage, not about the world. Core 9 min Matching headings: ask what the paragraph is FOR A heading describes a paragraph's job in the argument, not the nouns that appear in it. Advanced 8 min

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Writing

Task 1 is a report, and it must have an overview Twenty minutes, 150 words, and one sentence that decides a band on its own. Foundation 9 min A Task 2 structure an examiner can mark quickly Forty minutes, 250 words, four paragraphs, and your position stated in the first one. Core 10 min Band 7 vocabulary is precise, not impressive The thesaurus is why good students plateau. Accuracy is what the descriptors actually reward. Advanced 8 min The same question at band 5 and band 7 Two answers to one question, both ours, with the differences named — because "write better" is not feedback. Advanced 11 min

Skill

Speaking

Part 1: answer in two sentences, never one word The opening four minutes are easy on purpose. One-word answers waste them. Foundation 7 min Part 2: use the minute to write four words, not sentences You get one minute to prepare and up to two minutes to talk. What you write in that minute decides whether you fill it. Core 8 min Recovering out loud beats being perfect Fluency and coherence is a quarter of your Speaking score. Self-correction handled well does not cost you. Advanced 8 min

Skill

Vocabulary

The words that do the work in Task 2 A short, precise list beats a long, impressive one. These are the phrases that carry an argument. Core 9 min

Skill

Grammar

Five structures that lift grammatical range Range is marked on what you actually use accurately. Five structures, used properly, cover most of it. Core 9 min

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