CONTENTS
Introduction to the IELTS Test
Page 4
Introduction to The Complete Guide To IELTS
Page 5
Listening Module
Page
About the Listening Test 6
Listening Preview Test
8
Task type 1 Sentence Completion
12
National Geographic Video 1: Mega Green Museum
16
Task type 2 Note, Form, Table and Flow-chart Completion and Short Answer Questions
18
National Geographic Video 2: Songs Under a Big Sky
24
VOCABULARY 1 Times, dates and numbers; Phrasal and prepositional verbs; Compound nouns;
Wordbuilding; Research data; Common IELTS topic: The natural world
26
Task type 3 Map/Plan/Diagram Labelling
30
National Geographic Video 3: Eco-detectives
34
Task type 4 Multiple Choice
36
National Geographic Video 4: Picture Perfect
40
VOCABULARY 2 Dependent prepositions; Recognising and organising synonyms and antonyms; Formal
and informal synonyms; Guessing the meaning from context; Wordbuilding; Common IELTS topic: Academic life
42
Task type 5 Multiple Choice (with more than one answer)
46
National Geographic Video 5: Kiteboarding
50
Task type 6 Matching
52
National Geographic Video 6: Solar-powered Water Heater
56
VOCABULARY 3 Informal and academic language; Views and opinions; Synonyms: academic language; Expressing responsibility: verb + preposition; Recognising and identifying paraphrases; Common IELTS
topic: Business
58
Listening Review Test
62
Academic Reading Module Page
About the Academic Reading Test
66
Academic Reading Preview Test
68
Task type 1 Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given)
76
Task type 2 Note, Table, Flow-chart Completion and Diagram Labelling
84
Task type 3 Short Answer Questions
92
VOCABULARY 4 Collocation; Common IELTS topic: History
98
Task type 4 Matching Headings
100
Task type 5 Matching Information
106
Task type 6 Matching Features
112
VOCABULARY 5 Prefixes and suffixes; Synonyms and paraphrases; Antonyms; Dependent
prepositions; Wordbuilding; Common IELTS topic: Industry and technology
118
Task type 7 Multiple Choice (with more than one answer) 122
Task type 8 Sentence Completion
128
Task type 9 Summary Completion (1) 134
VOCABULARY 6 Academic vocabulary; Affixes; Common IELTS topic: Human behaviour
140
Task type 10 Summary Completion (2) 142
Task type 11 Matching Sentence Endings
148
Task type 12 Multiple Choice 154
Task type 13 Identifying the Writer’s Views and Claims (Yes/No/Not Given)
162
VOCABULARY 7 Identifying the writer’s views and claims; Collocation: adjective + noun;
Commonly confused words; Synonyms; Antonyms; Common IELTS topic: Agriculture
170
Academic Reading Review Test
172
Academic Writing Module
Page
About the Academic Writing Test
180
Academic Writing Preview Test
182
Task 1 Line Graphs
184
Task 1 Bar Charts
194
Task 1 Tables
202
Task 1 Pie Charts and Multiple Charts
208
Task 1 Diagrams
218
Task 1 Maps and Plans
226
Task 2 An Agree/Disagree Essay
234
Task 2 A Discussion/Opinion Essay
240
Task 2 A Problem/Solution Essay
248
Academic Writing Review Test
258
Speaking Module Page
About the Speaking Test 260
Speaking Preview Test
262
Part 1 Introduction and Interview
264
Part 2 Individual Long Turn
270
Part 3 Two-way Discussion
278
Speaking Review Test
284
Practice Test (Listening, Academic Reading, Academic Writing, Speaking)
Page 286
Grammar Resource Bank
Page 302
Writing and Speaking Band Descriptors
Page 331
Sample Writing Answers
Page 334
Speaking Test Video 1 Worksheet
Page 343
Speaking Test Video 2 Worksheet
Page 346
Speaking Test Video Scripts
Page 349