PART I Getting Started

　Chapter 1 Introducing IELTS

　What is the IELTS exam?

　What are the four parts of the test?

　How is IELTS marked?

　How should I prepare for IELTS?

　Characteristics of different bands

PART II Building IELTS Skills

　Chapter 2 IELTS Listening

　Introduction to the Listening test

　How is the Listening test marked?

　How to fill out the Listening and Reading answer sheets

　Listening strategies

　Always listen for evidence

　Strategies for each question type (i)

　Strategies for each question type (ii)

　The alphabet and numbers in the Listening, Speaking, and Writing tests

　Listening Taster Test

　Chapter 3 IELTS Reading

　What happens in the Reading test?

　How is the Reading test marked?

　Academic Reading Taster Test

　Reading strategies

　Extra practice filling in a flowchart

　Extra practice labelling a diagram

　Special information about the General Training Reading test

　GT Reading Taster Test

　Chapter 4 IELTS Writing

　What happens in the Academic Writing test?

　What happens in the GT Writing test?

　How is the Writing test marked?

　Model answers to Academic Writing Task 1 questions

　A single table in Task 1

　Model answers to Writing Task 2 questions

　Assessing candidates for Academic Writing Task 1

　Assessing candidates for GT Writing Task 1

　Assessing candidates for Academic and GT Writing Task 2

　Understanding Task Fulfilment in Writing Task 2

　Tone in Academic Writing Task 2 and GT Writing Task

　The introduction in Writing Task 2

　Writing the essay

　Topic and supporting sentences in Writing Task

　The conclusion in Writing Task

　Understanding Coherence and Cohesion in Writing

PARagraph organisation in Writing Task 2

　Linkers

　Punctuation

　Handwriting

　Understanding Vocabulary for Writing

　Describing graphs and charts in Academic Writing Task 1

　Using approximate language in Task 1

　Nominalisation

　Understanding Grammar for Writing

　Grammar and Vocabulary Test 1

　Grammar and Vocabulary Test 2

　Grammar and Vocabulary Test 3

　GT Task formal letters

　Academic Writing Taster Test

　GT Writing Taster Test

　Writing – Putting it all together

　Chapter 5 IELTS Speaking

　What happens in the Speaking test?

　How is the Speaking test marked?

　Speaking Taster (Buzzer) Test

　Fluency and Coherence

　Spoken vocabulary and grammar

　Pronunciation

　Speaking – Putting it all together

　Chapter 6 IELTS Spelling

　Writing Task 1

　Writing Task 2

　Spelling and Pronunciation

　Spelling and remembering what you see

　Chapter 7 IELTS Vocabulary and Grammar

　Introduction to Vocabulary

　Word families

　Reference and substitution

　Vocabulary in Speaking Part 1 – Personal information and mini topics

　Phrasal verbs

　Thirty-three idioms which are safe to use in the Speaking test

　Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 1

　Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 2

　Multi-choice test for vocabulary, grammar, and spelling 3

　Sentence types (i)

　Sentence types (ii)

PART III IELTS Practice Tests

　Academic Practice Test 1

　Academic Practice Test 2

　Academic Practice Test 3

　Academic Practice Test 4

　General Training Practice Test

　Answers to Parts I and II

　Answers to Part III

　Appendices

　Answer sheet