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Academic IELTS
If you are studying for the Academic IELTS test, the book ‘Target Band 7’ will teach you the strategies and techniques to help you solve IELTS tasks faster and avoid mistakes, maximising your score.
Target Band 7 is now available for download worldwide. View this special offer and get it at the discounted price. Look inside the book on Google books – or download a free trial here.
General Training IELTS
Worried about your General IELTS exam? Don’t be.The book ‘Ace the IELTS’ will help you become a blazing fast and super accurate exam-taking machine.
This special offer makes “Ace The IELTS” book affordable for everyone! Take a look inside – read it on Google books or download a free trial copy here.
Writing Correction
Problems with the IELTS Writing test? We can help: IELTS-Blog users get their tasks marked for the best online price by a team of experienced IELTS teachers, including an approximate Band Score, feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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Need to raise your Speaking score? Our examiners will tell you how! Take a Speaking test online and you will get a complete assessment report with suggestions how to take your score to the next level.
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ABOUT IELTS
What kind of test is IELTS?
IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is an exam intended for non-native English speakers. Its purpose is to find out what your level of English is (your result is a band score between 0 and 9). Usually you need to take the IELTS test if you are applying for a job or to study in a college or university in an English-speaking country, or if you are immigrating to such country. There are 2 modules of the IELTS test – Academic and General Training. The Academic Module is one that future students take and the General Training Module is for people who intend to live and work in another country. You can take IELTS on paper or on a computer.
The IELTS test formalities
When it becomes clear to you that you need to take the IELTS test, you’ll have to go through some formalities – which are:
- Call your local IELTS test centre or go online and find out the dates when you can take an IELTS exam and how much it costs. Note: the dates could be different for the Academic and General IELTS exams.
- Register and pay online or download and print the application form, fill your details, enclose a copy of your identification and, of course, the payment and send it to your local IELTS centre.
- Make sure they received it and allocated a seat for you on the date you have chosen.
Learn more about the IELTS exam – techniques, tips and secrets here
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How is IELTS structured?
The IELTS test consists of four parts:
- Listening test
- Reading Test
- Writing Test
- Speaking Test
The Listening test takes about 40 minutes – 30 minutes to listen to a recording and to answer questions on what you hear, and 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet (if you are taking the paper-based test). In a computer-delivered IELTS you will get 2 minutes to check your answers, which you would have already typed in the gaps.
The Reading test takes 1 hour and your task is to read passages of text and answer questions according to what you have read. There are several types of tasks you may need to do, and we cover them on this website.
The Writing test also takes 1 hour and is divided into 2 parts: you are given 20 minutes to write a letter/report and 40 minutes to write an essay.
The Speaking test takes up to 15 minutes and consists of 3 parts: an Interview where the examiner asks some questions about yourself, a Cue Card talk where you are the only one talking, and a two-way Discussion with the examiner.
Listening, Reading and Writing tests are done one after another, and only before the Speaking test you get a break. Sometimes the Speaking test is even held on a different day.
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Hi Mala, you can get better at Listening and Reading with the help of some tips to improve your performance. For example, there is a way to listen actively and avoid missing answers when you hear them. Check out the free trial of IELTS books ‘Target Band 7’ and ‘Ace the IELTS’ available here.
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I need to get 6.5 in ielts exam,so i need your help.thank you
Dear Ms. Simone,
I would like to ask which of your ebook would best suit my situation, if my interest resides in enhancing my writing skills, and overcome the 6.5 score, that I had accomplished in three successive IELTS GT attempts. My target is to reach the 7 band score, though that more than that (7.5) would be surely beneficial.
Appreciated your feedback,
Yours Sincerely,
MI
Hello MI, depending on the amount of time you have left to study, I recommend Ace the IELTS if you have about 3 weeks until your exam, or IELTS Success Formula if you have 6+ weeks of preparation left. ‘Ace the IELTS’ is more condensed and it can help you get Band 7 or 7.5, and if you’re aiming at Band 8+ then IELTS Success Formula will be a better fit, because it has lots of additional resources (vocabulary, grammar, sentence formation) that you will need to lift your score.
Thanks Ms. Simone for your prompt reply.
I will consider the IELTS FORMULA ebook, as I still did not book a test schedule.
Last question, if I would like to purchase the Kindle version (Amazon) , could I download the PDF version of the file ?
Thank you,
Regards,
MI
Hi MI, when you purchase on Amazon Kindle, you will be downloading the book in Kindle format to be read on your Kindle device or in app. When you purchase on our website, you download the book in PDF format and the audio recordings in mp3 format, and you can read the book on any computer, tablet or mobile phone. You will also receive free IELTS practice tests and other bonuses when purchasing on our website.
Hi Mam,
I am Divyesh Bulsara From India.I am Preparing for IELTS General Training. But I dont get my Target band. Please give me Proper Suggestion so I can Easily achive my Goal. I am Very Tense about my Exam Preparations. I am Getting my 100% to this Exam but When I done my Mock Test I dint achieve my Band. Please give me Proper Guidance.
Hi mam,
I want to purchase Target Band 7 book, can I purchase this from amazon.in or from your site. I see so much price difference in both. What are the prime differences
Kindly suggest me
Regards,
Sri
Hello Sri, the difference between the offer on Amazon and our website is that we give you 10 complete practice tests with the book and several other bonuses (the details are here, read what it says under “Free Bonus #1, #2”, etc). On Amazon you only get the book.
Hie I need a band 7 score, kindly help me on how to go about it
I’m Najia from Bangladesh.I’m preparing for academic exam.when I sit for mock test,I didn’t get my target band.please give me proper suggestion. I’m worried about writing, reading and speaking module.Thank you.
This is osm
Hello,
Dear friends,
I am a self-study learner, every day, I struggle to write a writing about something, and unfortuntely, I have nobody to help me in correction.
How would you help me in this case?
Kindly let me know if there is a way.
Yours sincerely,
Hamzeh
Hello Hamzeh, you can send your writing to our teachers and they will correct it for you. Go here to learn how.
Hello dear pls provide me new zealand exam paper acedmic modules pls
Hi. I am planning to take the online review for now. I need to pass the ielts exam with a 7.0 target grade. I dont know where to start. I need your help. Thank you!
Hi Katrina, you’re in the right place! Check out this book online, it helped our students get Band 7 or higher – it can help you, too. Make sure you’re subscribed to our free daily IELTS tips – at the top of this page there’s a form to enter your name and email in, and we will be sending you helpful IELTS info daily.
I need 6:5 band pls help me for ielts prepration exam
We’ll be happy to help, Soffia! Please subscribe to our IELTS emails here (it’s free) and you will get lots of useful IELTS tips, materials and updates.
Hello,i am student for secniar sacadary edution .I am halp for you in my speaking problem.
Hello, do correct oet writing for nursing? Thanks you
Yes, we do – you can go to the Writing Correction Service page and purchase a package to get your OET writing checked.
I checked my results today and I had a 7.5 overall band score and it’s my first time …Thank you Simone,for all you do.this won’t have been possible with all the tips and materials you made available via the blog and emails….💜💕
Dear Natasha, congratulations on doing so well in IELTS! I am delighted to hear about your success. You should be in our monthly IELTS results competition, and inspire other test takers to follow your steps! Thank you for your kind words about my materials and this website, and it feels great you could use them to get closer to your dream.
Hlo
Is there anyone who want to practice Speaking with Me. I am also doing ielts abd want somebody to practice Speaking.
My Skype ID is kawargill.11 and Instagram id as well
Nice one
Hi
I’d like to have more topics to practice my essay. Can you send me?
Thank you
Hi Chae, we will send you the topics for practicing when you sign up to our free daily tips here. You can also find recent writing questions with answers here.
I need to achieve band score 7.5, this is my second attempt pls how do I make my goal a reality.
If you already have your first attempt score, you know what the gap is between that, and the score that you need. You can start by looking at the skills with the biggest gap, and then dive deeper and analyse the reasons why you can’t reach the score that you need. So, for example if it’s Reading, start looking at your wrong answers and try to understand if there’s a pattern, and the reasons why you get some questions wrong. We will send you techniques how to achieve better accuracy in IELTS if you subscribe to our free daily emails here.
Hi!
I would like to have my essays corrected.
Can you give me further information please?
Of course – we are offering a writing correction service, please visit this page to read the details and have your writing checked.
Can i have the basic tips for reading?
I saw your article above its giving a great guidance for the students those who want to learn the ielts. It has a lot of ielts stuffs/information for them who are preparing for the test in future.
Not used this website
Would you like some help with using our website Mehmoon?
Hi Simone,
I just made a purchase! But didn’t realized that I bought academic instead of general training practice papers, can you please help me to get general training book instead of academic.
Hi Anunay, thank you for buying my book! We have just sent you a replacement book for general training, please check your email. Good luck with your preparation! Let us know if you need any help.
Email me everyday.
Hi!
I tried to purchase your writing correction, but ejunkie advertisement came up. What does it mean?
Hi Saeko, E-Junkie is a digital delivery service that we use to send our buyers download links. You can buy any product or service on our website with confidence.
nice work, keep up the good work.
really appreciate your work.
thank you for this article.
Hi im an avid listening of ur blog im intending to take my ielts on dec.14 .for my pr application here in canada .coz i float already my immigration pertinent papers so what im waiting is for the results of my ielts on dec.14. Lacking document.
Thank you so much,
I recently received my IELTS results and OMG!
it’s 7.5.
I just prepared for ielts in 15 days.
I got so much help from your blog especially in the listening module.
I got a perfect score of 9 in the listening test.
Apart from that the model answers from you blog helped me a lot in developing the writing skills and i got 7 in the writing which i never hoped for.
I got 7.5 in reading and 6.5 in speaking.
I am not a native English speaker and also my language of instruction in my primary schooling was not english, though i managed to get a respectable score in speaking.
Again thanks a lot.
and namaste 🙏
Congratulations, Artik! This is an excellent score, very well done!!! Glad we could help.
Need to 6.5 band score
Hi
That’s another amazing post , Thanks for sharing…
all of the tips which you included are very helpful.
Thanks for sharing the helpful content with us. It is more helpful to reduce stress levels on the IELTS test day and also improve the performance.