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Spelling practice for IELTS Listening

Hear a sentence, type the missing word and see straight away if you spelled it right. 1,000 words that IELTS Listening tests again and again.

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IELTS Speaking simulator

Practise all three parts of the Speaking test with an on-screen examiner, timed exactly like the real exam.

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Cambridge IELTS Reading tests (Books 10–21)

Full Academic Reading papers marked the moment you submit, with your band score and every answer explained.

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Cambridge IELTS Listening tests (Books 10–21)

Real past-paper Listening tests with audio, a timer and instant band scores. Four tests in every book.

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Speaking Part 2: 24 cue cards to cut out

Print, cut out and practise: 24 original Part 2 cue cards with one minute to plan and two to speak.

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Writing Task 1 language bank

Two printable pages of language for charts, tables, processes and maps: trends, comparisons, approximations and overviews, each with an example.

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64 academic collocations for Writing Task 2

Natural word partnerships for eight common essay topics, from education to the environment, each in an example sentence.

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Writing Task 2 essay planner

A one-page plan for every essay: spot the question type, fix your position, plan two body paragraphs and check your work.

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Practice answer sheet: Listening and Reading

A 40-question answer sheet for each test, with a box for your total and the band score table to convert it.

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IELTS Listening spelling list: 550 words by topic

The words IELTS Listening answers use again and again, grouped into 25 topics with a tick box for each word you can spell.

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IELTS Speaking Part 1: what to expect (video)

A candidate answers Part 1 questions about familiar topics, with an IELTS expert explaining how to approach them. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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IELTS Speaking Part 2: the long turn (video)

Watch the Part 2 cue-card task from preparation to the two-minute talk, with advice from an IELTS expert. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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IELTS Speaking Part 3: the discussion (video)

The final part of the Speaking test, where questions become more abstract, with an expert on how to develop answers. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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How IELTS Writing is marked: an introduction (video)

The first of IDP's short videos on the four criteria examiners use to mark both Writing tasks. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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Task Achievement in Academic Writing Task 1 (video)

What examiners look for when they mark how well you report the chart, table, process or map in Task 1. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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Task Response in Writing Task 2 (video)

How examiners judge whether your essay answers every part of the question and develops a clear position. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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Coherence and Cohesion in IELTS Writing (video)

The marking criterion for organising ideas, paragraphing and linking them clearly. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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Lexical Resource in IELTS Writing (video)

The marking criterion for vocabulary: range, precision, collocation and spelling. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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Grammatical Range and Accuracy in IELTS Writing (video)

The marking criterion for grammar: a variety of structures, used accurately. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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An overview of the IELTS test (video)

Episode 1 of the IELTS Prepare vodcast: an overview of the test. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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How to prepare for IELTS (video)

Episode 3 of the IELTS Prepare vodcast, about how to prepare for the test. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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IELTS Listening explained (video)

Episode 5 of the IELTS Prepare vodcast, about the Listening test. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

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IELTS Reading explained (video)

Episode 6 of the IELTS Prepare vodcast, about the Reading test. From IELTS by IDP, one of the organisations that run IELTS.

Lesson 13 questions

Reading: True, False or Not given? A library reopens

A short news article about a town library, with True/False/Not given, multiple-choice and short-answer questions, just like the IELTS Reading test.

Lesson 11 questions

Listening Part 1: Joining a sports centre

A phone call to a sports centre. Practise form completion with names, numbers and dates, and learn to spot the "change of mind" traps in Part 1.

Lesson 11 questions

Writing Task 2: Build a clear paragraph

Learn the four parts of a strong body paragraph (point, reason, example and link) and the linking words that join them. Then write your own paragraph.

Lesson 10 questions

Speaking Part 1: Talking about where you live

Learn to give Part 1 answers that are long enough: an answer, a reason and a detail. Then practise with a timer and listen back to yourself.

Lesson 14 questions

Grammar: Present simple or present continuous?

Habits and facts, or things happening now? Learn when to use each tense, avoid the common "state verb" mistake, and check yourself with three quick exercises.

Lesson 13 questions

Vocabulary: make, do, have and take

Four small verbs that cause big mistakes. Learn the most useful collocations for daily life and IELTS Speaking, then practise choosing the right verb.

Lesson 14 questions

Reading: Matching headings with "Bees in the city"

An Academic-style passage about urban beekeeping, with matching headings, True/False/Not given and summary completion. Learn how to find the main idea of a paragraph fast.

Lesson 10 questions

Listening Part 2: A tour of an open-air museum

A guide welcomes visitors to a museum. Practise multiple choice, matching places to features, and note completion in an IELTS Part 2 monologue.

Lesson 8 questions

Writing Task 1: Write a strong overview

The overview is the most important paragraph in Task 1, and many Band 6 answers forget it. Learn what to include, then describe a table of internet use in three countries.

Lesson 7 questions

Speaking Part 2: Tell the story of a skill you learned

Plan a two-minute talk in one minute. Use the cue card points as a plan, add story phrases, then practise with real IELTS timing and record yourself.

Lesson 13 questions

Grammar: Conditionals for Task 2 arguments

Use zero, first and second conditionals to explain causes, predict results and suggest solutions in your essays. Includes the most common Band 6 mistake.

Lesson 13 questions

Vocabulary: Describing trends in Task 1

Rise, plummet, fluctuate, level off: the verbs, nouns, adverbs and prepositions you need to describe changes in graphs accurately and without repeating yourself.

Lesson 16 questions

Reading: "In praise of forgetting", matching features and more

A demanding Academic passage about why the brain forgets. Practise matching ideas to researchers, True/False/Not given, inference questions and sentence completion.

Lesson 11 questions

Listening Part 4: A lecture on urban heat islands

An academic lecture with no pauses, just like IELTS Part 4. Practise one-word note completion and identifying the speaker's main conclusion.

Lesson 13 questions

Writing Task 2: "Discuss both views" at Band 7+

What separates Band 6 from Band 7+: a clear position throughout, developed ideas, subtle cohesion and careful hedging. Analyse a model, then write a full essay.

Lesson 8 questions

Speaking Part 3: Discussing technology and work

Part 3 asks for opinions on abstract issues. Learn to speculate, generalise and weigh up other perspectives, then answer four discussion questions against the clock.

Lesson 13 questions

Grammar: Nominalisation for an academic style

Turn verbs and adjectives into nouns to write the concise, formal sentences that Band 7+ essays are made of, without making them impossible to read.

Lesson 14 questions

Vocabulary: Academic collocations for Band 7+

Pose a threat, draw a conclusion, a pressing concern, deeply rooted: the natural word partnerships that lift Lexical Resource to Band 7 and above.

Lesson 12 questions

Reading: The Arctic tern's amazing journey

A short science article about the bird with the longest migration on Earth. Practise scanning for numbers and facts, with True/False/Not given and short answers.

Lesson 10 questions

Reading: How the bicycle got its shape

A short history of the bicycle, from a wooden "running machine" to the bike we ride today. Practise matching information and True/False/Not given.

Lesson 11 questions

Reading: Five notices at a college

Short, practical texts like the notices on any college board. Practise finding the right text quickly. This skill also matters for General Training Section 1.

Lesson 11 questions

Listening Part 1: Renting a flat

A call to a letting agent about a two-bedroom flat. Complete the form with addresses, prices and times, and watch for numbers that sound alike.

Lesson 11 questions

Listening Part 1: Reporting a lost bag

A call to a railway lost property office. Practise describing objects (colour, material, contents) and catching a corrected train time.

Lesson 9 questions

Listening: A radio announcement about a food festival

A local radio presenter talks about a weekend food festival. Practise catching times, prices and places in a one-speaker announcement.

Lesson 7 questions

Writing Task 1: Paraphrase the question in your introduction

Your first Task 1 sentence should say what the chart shows, in your own words. Learn the most useful swaps, then write two introductions.

Lesson 9 questions

Writing Task 2: Know your question type

Agree or disagree? Discuss both views? Problems and solutions? Recognise the five Task 2 question types so you answer every part of the question.

Lesson 13 questions

Writing: Fix the most common Band 5 mistakes

Eight small mistakes that examiners see in almost every Band 5 essay. Learn to spot and correct them, then repair a whole paragraph.

Lesson 8 questions

Speaking Part 1: Free time and hobbies

Talk about what you do in your free time naturally: how often, why you like it, and how it has changed. Includes the grammar after "enjoy" and "be into".

Lesson 7 questions

Speaking Part 2: Describe a person who has helped you

Your first full cue card. Plan with key words, talk about a real person, and keep going for up to two minutes with simple linking phrases.

Lesson 14 questions

Grammar: Past simple or past continuous?

Tell stories clearly in Speaking Part 2: finished actions, background actions, and the moment something interrupted. Includes common irregular verbs.

Lesson 12 questions

Grammar: a, an, the, or no article?

Articles cause more small mistakes in IELTS writing than almost anything else. Learn the five rules that cover most sentences, then practise.

Lesson 11 questions

Grammar: much, many, a few, a little

Countable and uncountable nouns decide which quantity words you can use. Get them right in Task 1 ("how many people", "the amount of water") and in speaking.

Lesson 14 questions

Vocabulary: Describing people

Go beyond "nice" and "good". Learn adjectives for appearance and personality that you can use in Speaking Part 2 and in letters and essays.

Lesson 10 questions

Vocabulary: Places and directions for map questions

Listening Part 2 often includes a map. Learn the words for positions and places (opposite, next to, on the corner, crossroads) and test yourself on a simple town plan.

Lesson 16 questions

Listening skills: Dates, numbers and spelling

Ten short dictation items read aloud: dates, prices, postcodes and spelled names. Then check your spelling of the words IELTS candidates get wrong most often.

Lesson 13 questions

Reading: The wolves of Yellowstone, matching information

A passage about returning wolves to Yellowstone National Park and the debate about what changed. Practise "Which paragraph contains…?", True/False/Not given and summary completion.

Lesson 11 questions

Reading: The sixpenny revolution, the story of the paperback

How cheap paperbacks changed reading in the twentieth century. Practise matching features, multiple choice and sentence completion on a history passage.

Lesson 12 questions

Reading: How the Dutch fell back in love with cycling

Why the Netherlands has more bicycles than people, and how protests in the 1970s changed its cities. Matching headings, True/False/Not given and sentence completion.

Lesson 10 questions

Listening Part 3: Planning a group research project

Two students plan a survey about food waste in their university canteen. Practise Part 3 multiple choice and matching tasks to people, where speakers agree, disagree and change their minds.

Lesson 9 questions

Listening Part 2: Volunteer welcome at a wildlife centre

A manager welcomes new volunteers and describes the site. Practise a map-labelling task using a simple plan, plus multiple choice on duties and rules.

Lesson 8 questions

Listening Part 3: Feedback on a research proposal

A tutor gives a student feedback on his dissertation plan. Practise following advice, reasons and changes of plan, with multiple choice and note completion.

Lesson 9 questions

Writing Task 1: Describe a process (recycling glass)

Process diagrams need the passive voice and clear sequencing, not trends or numbers. Learn the structure, then describe how glass bottles are recycled.

Lesson 8 questions

Writing Task 1: Describe changes on a map

Map tasks show how a place has changed. Learn the passive verbs of change (was replaced by, was converted into), then describe how a village developed.

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Writing Task 2: "Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

This question needs a judgement, not just a list. Learn how to weigh both sides and build towards a clear answer, then write an essay about studying abroad.

Lesson 11 questions

Speaking: Word stress and sentence stress

Pronunciation is a quarter of your speaking score. Listen to how common IELTS words are stressed, find the stressed syllable, then record yourself reading in natural chunks.

Lesson 7 questions

Speaking Part 2: Describe a place you would like to visit again

Make a place come alive with sensory details, a range of past tenses and "would" for the future. Plan, practise with the timer, and compare with a model talk.

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Grammar: Present perfect or past simple?

Two tenses that Bangla speakers often mix up. Learn which one to use with "since", "ago", "ever" and "in 2019", in Task 1 and in speaking.

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Grammar: Relative clauses for longer sentences

Who, which, that, where, whose: join ideas into the complex sentences examiners look for at Band 6–7, and learn when commas change the meaning.

Lesson 10 questions

Grammar: The passive voice

When the action matters more than who did it, use the passive. Essential for Task 1 processes and maps, and useful for a more academic style in Task 2.

Lesson 14 questions

Vocabulary: Education (collocations for Task 2 and Speaking)

Education is one of the most common IELTS topics. Learn the collocations you need (tuition fees, rote learning, a compulsory subject) and use them precisely.

Lesson 11 questions

Vocabulary: Health and lifestyle

From "sedentary lifestyle" to "life expectancy": the topic vocabulary you need for health questions in Speaking Part 3 and Writing Task 2.

Lesson 12 questions

Vocabulary: Paraphrase, the key to Reading and Listening

IELTS rarely uses the same words in the question and the text. Learn the most common paraphrase pairs and practise recognising the same meaning in different words.

Lesson 14 questions

Reading: The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient computer

A 2,000-year-old device recovered from a shipwreck, and the century-long effort to understand it. Matching features, True/False/Not given, sentence completion and inference.

Lesson 10 questions

Reading: When a language dies, Yes/No/Not given

An argumentative passage about endangered languages. Practise the hardest question type for many candidates: identifying the writer's views and claims.

Lesson 12 questions

Reading: How powerful is the placebo?

A passage that traces how scientific thinking about placebos has changed. Practise matching claims to researchers, True/False/Not given and summary completion.

Lesson 10 questions

Listening Part 4: The box that changed the world

A lecture on how the shipping container transformed global trade, ports and work. Practise one-word note completion at lecture speed, plus inference questions.

Lesson 8 questions

Listening Part 3: Choosing a research method

Two postgraduate students debate how to research online learning: sampling bias, question design and focus groups. Follow a fast academic discussion and note what they finally decide.

Lesson 11 questions

Listening Part 4: Living light in the deep sea

A lecture on bioluminescence: how and why deep-sea animals produce light. Note completion with scientific vocabulary, plus matching functions to animals.

Lesson 8 questions

Writing Task 2: Fully developed ideas (problem and solution)

The difference between Band 7 and Band 8 is often depth, not vocabulary. Learn to develop one idea fully instead of listing three, then write a problem–solution essay about housing.

Lesson 8 questions

Writing Task 1: Two charts together, selecting and grouping

When Task 1 gives you two charts, you can't describe every number. Learn to select the key features, group the data and link the charts, then write the report.

Lesson 11 questions

Writing Task 2: Concession and counter-argument

Strong essays take the opposing view seriously before answering it. Learn to concede, refute and qualify, the moves that make a position convincing, then write an opinion essay.

Lesson 9 questions

Speaking Part 2: A difficult decision, with tense range

Band 8 speakers move easily between past perfect, past continuous and "if I hadn't…". Learn to tell a story with precise tenses and natural idioms, then record your talk.

Lesson 8 questions

Speaking Part 3: Cities and community

Abstract Part 3 questions about community, change and the future of cities. Practise topic vocabulary, comparing past and present, and building a nuanced answer.

Lesson 10 questions

Grammar: Cleft sentences for emphasis

"What I find most worrying is…", "It was only when… that…": structures that put the focus exactly where you want it, in speaking and in writing.

Lesson 9 questions

Grammar: must have, might have, can't have, and hedging

Speculate about the past with precision in speaking, and make cautious academic claims in writing. Two skills that separate Band 6 from Band 8.

Lesson 10 questions

Vocabulary: Idioms for speaking, used accurately

Idioms can lift a speaking score, but only when they are accurate and natural. Learn ten useful ones, their exact meaning and when they fit, and when they don't.

Lesson 11 questions

Vocabulary: Precise verbs for data and reporting

Account for, comprise, exceed, outnumber, coincide with: precise verbs that make Task 1 reports concise and accurate. Includes the "comprise of" mistake.

Lesson 12 questions

Vocabulary: Word formation with prefixes and suffixes

Unprecedented, irreversible, counterproductive, affordability: build precise academic words from roots you already know, and avoid word-form errors that cost marks.

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Vocabulary and idiom quiz

Quick multiple-choice questions on everyday vocabulary and idioms, with the right answer shown after each one.

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IELTS Typing Arcade

A fast typing game with IELTS words and their meanings. Beat your high score and learn vocabulary as you go.

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Typing trainer for computer-delivered IELTS

Build touch-typing speed and accuracy so you can finish Writing Task 2 on a computer without running out of time.

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Word of the Day

One useful IELTS word a day with its meaning, pronunciation and example sentences you can reuse in Speaking and Writing.

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Cambridge IELTS Speaking tests (Books 10–21)

Part 1, cue card and Part 3 questions from the official books. Record yourself and listen back.

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Cambridge IELTS Writing tasks (Books 10–21)

Task 1 and Task 2 prompts from the official books. Write on screen and send your answer to a Praxis teacher.

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