Collins English for IELTS Get Ready for IELTS Students Book IELTS 4+ (A2+)

Unit

Guide to IELTS

1 Family

2 Leisure

3 Different cultures

4 Places to live

5 Arts and media

8 The natural wortct

7 Education

&Work

9 Holidays and travel

10 Health

11 'laking responslblllty

12Money

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4

6

Listening

A presentation about the family

Completing notes Multiple-choice questions Completing sentences Labelling diagrams

16 Hobbies, sports and Interests Completing forms and tables Multiple-choice questions

26

36

Comparing lifestyles Recognizing contrasts Identifying categories Matching sentences Short-answer questions Multiple-choice questions

Uving on campus

Following directions and identifying

locations Labelling maps and flow charts Short-answer questions Completing sentences

p8

p16

p31

p44

46 Communicating infonnation Listening for key words and synonyms Recognising categories Multiple-choice questions Short-answer questions Completing tables

56 The oceans as a natural resource Predicting answers from context Identifying key words Recognizing steps in a process Understanding statistics Completing diagrams and flow charts

p54

Completing notes p 58

66 Studying for exams Following processes Multiple-choice questions Completing flow charts Completing sentences

76 'lypes of jobs Listening for main ideas Listening for detailed information Distinguishing fact from opinion Completing notes Short-answer questions Matching

86 Completing fonns

Predicting answers

p 73

p 76

Recognizing number formats and spellings Completing forms and notes Multiple-choice questions p 91

96 Food and nutrition Identifying stages in a process Keeping to word counts Completing notes, tables and flow charts Matching information p 96

106 Time management Paraphrasing and synonyms Using grammatical clues to complete sentences Completing notes and sentences Labelling diagrams p 114

116 Spending habits Predicting key words Completing notes Matching information Short-answer questions p 116

Practice test 126

Grammar guide 141

Reading

Family structures

Identifying information Adjusting reading speed True/False/Not given questions

p10

Spending time with friends Working with key words Multiple-choice questions

p21

British culture Understanding text organization Understanding the topic of paragraphs Matching headings

p28

Creating communities Matching features

Writing

Family and society Structuring paragraphs and essays Structuring a Task 2 opinion essay

p13

Trends and statistics Task 1 introductions Analysing and describing a table for Task1

World culture Sentence structure Understanding essay questions Writing a Task 2 opinion essay

p24

p34

Uving in cities Comparing and contrasting multiple charts and graphs for Task 1

p 41 p 38 Books Working with paraphrasing Completing sentences

Back to nature Skim-reading Completing and labelling diagrams

Studying abroad Scanning Completing tables and flow charts

Communication at worlc Predicting answers Completing notes and summaries

Getting from place to place Working with paraphrases

p49

p63

p 70

p80

Distinguishing between fact and opinion Identifying information Yes/No/Not given answers p93

Body and mind Keeping to word limits Short-answer questions

p 100

Rights and responsibilities Categorizing and labelling Matching sentence endings

p 106

Running a business Understanding the function of paragraphs Matching information

p 123

Films Analysing and describing a pie chart

for Task 1

p46

Natural and unnatural processes Using sequence markers Describing a process for Task 1

p60

School, college and university Analysing and describing a bar chart

for Task 1

p66

Technology at work Connecting agreeing and contrasting

ideas Describing advantages and

disadvantages for a Task 2 essay

p83

Where people go on holiday Analysing and describing a line

graph for Task 1

p88

Healthcare and lifestyle Using linking words to describe

cause and effect Writing a cause and effect essay for

Task2 p 103

Making choices Writing a problem and solution …