6 IELTS Practice Tests Mcgraw-Hill Education

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Monica Sorrenson

Second Edition

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Monica Sorrenson has been an IELTS examiner in nine countries and a teacher in fifteen. She has qualifications from Australia and the United Kingd]m.

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CONTENTS

PART I Getting Started

Chapter 1 Introducing IELTS ...................... 3 What is the IELTS exam? ....................................... 3 What are the four parts of the test? ............................... 3

How is IELTS marked? ......................................... 6 How should I prepare for IELTS? .................................. 9 Characteristics of different bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PART II Building IELTS Skills

Chapter 2. IELTS Listening .......................... 15 Introduction to the Listening test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 How is the Listening test marked? ............................... 17 How to fill out the Listening and Reading answer sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Listening strategies .......................................... 20 Always listen for evidence ..................................... 23 Strategies for each question type (i) .............................. 25 Strategies for each question type (ii) ............................. 30

The alphabet and numbers in the Listening, Speaking, and Writing tests ... 32 Listening Taster Test ......................................... 41

Chapter 3 IELTS Reading ........................... 55 What happens in the Reading test? .............................. 55

How is the Reading test marked? ................................ 58 Academic Reading Taster Test .................................. 59

Reading strategies .......................................... 68 Extra practice filling in a flowchart ............................... 7 4 Extra practice labelling a diagram ................................ 78 Special information about the General Training Reading test ............ 81

GT Reading Taster Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter 4 IELTS Writing ............................ 90 What happens in the Academic Writing test? ....................... 90 What happens in the GT Writing test? ............................. 92

How is the Writing test marked? ................................ 92 Model answers to Academic Writing Task 1 questions ................ 95 A single table in Task 1 ................................... - . . . 100 Assessing candidates for Academic Writing Task 1 .................. 101 Assessing candidates for GT Writing Task 1 ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Assessing candidates for Academic and GT Writing Task 2 . . . . . . . . . . …