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The best ways to study for the four IELTS sub-tests: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking

IELTS book “Target Band 7” is live on Google books!

Great news – my book “Target Band 7” for Academic IELTS just went live on Google books.

If you’ve never heard of Google books, it’s a Google’s collection of digitized books, that can be read online. You can search within the book, zoom in and out on the page, and browse up to 20% of the book.

Without any further introduction, have a look, here it is:

If you’re new on IELTS-Blog and have no idea what “Target Band 7” is, it’s a self-study guide for Academic IELTS exam. You can learn more on its description page and download it for free trial here.

Mac users – I think it will make you guys happy, because until now you were unable to use my books. Well, now you can – and thanks for you patience!

Alright people, it’s your turn now, let me know what you think – leave a comment on this post. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Free Writing Samples

Writing samples for the General Training test

This sample package includes letters and essays, all with examiner’s comments, as follows

1) A letter of Band 5
2) A letter of Band 7
3) An essay of Band 5
4) An essay of Band 8

Click here to download the samples (ZIP file, 7 MB)

Also in the sample package there are one Letter topic and one Essay topic you can use to practice.

Writing samples for Academic Module

This sample includes 4 reports and 4 essays, all with examiner’s comments, as follows

1) A report of Band 5
2) Two reports of Band 6
3) A report of Band 7
4) Two essays of Band 5
5) An essay of Band 6
6) An essay of Band 7

Click here to download the samples (ZIP file, 7 MB)

There are also task statements for Writing Task 1 (bar graph) and Writing Task 2 (essay) in the same package.

Click here download a real Answer Sheet for the Writing section.