Example IELTS Speaking Questions & Topics Hometown I’d just like to ask you some questions about your hometown or city. What type of place is it? What was it like growing up there? Has it changed much since you were a child? Studies I’d just like to ask you some questions about your studies. What […]

How to Write an IELTS Essay In order to answer this, lets first look at a sample question: You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Present a written argument to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic. In the last 20 years there have been significant developments in the […]

  In the listening and reading test, you are given a score out of 40. This ‘raw score’ is then converted into a band score. You can use the following tables to calculate what IELTS score your raw score will be. It is important to note that the tests may differ in difficulty because it […]

Prepare for your test day; success starts with IELTS You will find the IELTS test centre staff friendly, welcoming and highly professional. They will make sure that the test is delivered fairly and securely. Follow their instructions carefully. The week before your test Check the start time and location of your IELTS test the week […]

READING In Academic Reading, begin by going quickly through each passage to identify features such as the topic, the style, the likely source, the writer’s purpose and the intended reader. As you read, don’t try to understand the precise meaning of every word or phrase. You don’t have time, and those parts of the text […]