IELTS Listening
Tips and techniques
1. Advice for parts 3 and 4
2. Diagram labelling
3. Seven exam tips
4. Practise transcribing
5. Students’ questions
6. Keywords
7. Underline the keywords
8. Some practice techniques
9. One-minute transcriptions
10. Trick questions
11. Listen again and again
12. How to improve
13. Multiple choice keywords
14. More tips
15. Map directions
16. Spelling, capitals, plurals
17. Multiple choice advice
18. How much listening?
19. Gap-fill not in order
20. Are you doing this?
21. Mastering part 1
22. Using practice tests
23. Answers with dates
24. The ‘once only’ problem
25. Use the transcripts
26. Just practise
27. Tell me your troubles
28. Multiple choice tips
29. Multiple choice underlining
30. Watch videos on ted.com
31. Two ways to practise
32. Make keyword lists
Spelling
1. Test 1
2. Test 2
3. Test 3
4. Test 4
5. Test 5
6. Test 6
7. Spelling advice
8. Keep a spelling list
9. Another spelling tip
10. Test your own spelling
11. Singular or plural?
12. Numbers and letters
13. Numbers and letters 2
14. Compound words
15. Compound words 2
16. Test 7
17. Homophones 1
18. Homophones 2
19. Homophones 3
20. Test 8
21. Test 9
22. Silent letters
23. Test 10
Practice Exercises
Fill the gaps
1. Cover letter
2. Applying for a PhD
3. Libraries
4. Oceans
5. Crime prevention
6. Immigration
7. Global warming
8. Obesity
9. Nature or nurture
10. Curriculum vitae
11. Litter
12. Diagram: ocean analysis
13. Community service
14. How to save money
15. University visit
16. The risks of sitting
17. Dissertation
18. Sustainable tourism
19. Language development
20. Video games
21. Blended learning
22. Cycling coach
23. Biometrics
24. Most liveable cities
25. Innovation
26. Road safety
27. Fulfilling work
28. Sleep
29. John Dewey
30. Agriculture
31. Volunteering
32. Plagiarism
33. Bilinguals
34. Smoking ban
35. Brain foods
36. Why is the sky blue?
37. Studying dolphins
38. Photographic film
39. Lifespan
40. Interview tips
41. Translation tools
42. Bank account
43. Anthropology
44. Arctic ice
45. Microplastics
46. Lectures and seminars
47. Writing
48. Critical thinking
49. Wealth study
50. Effective listening
51. History of food
52. Controlling lightning
53. Work experience
54. Urbanisation
55. Isaac Newton
56. Food and the brain
57. Undersea cables
58. Stoicism
59. The Great Pyramid
60. AI and jobs
61. The ozone layer
62. Student adviser
63. Nobel Peace Prize
64. Mechanical clock
65. Checklists in healthcare
66. Hotel booking
67. Bronze Age
68. Antarctic lakes
69. Skydiving course
70. Graduation ceremony
Multiple choice
1. Cave paintings
2. Unemployment
3. Effective teachers
4. Swimming coach
5. Study skills
6. Population
7. Travel agent
8. Driving test
9. 3D printing
10. Work advice
11. Train tickets
12. Toddler routine
13. Multitasking
14. Handedness
15. Film course
16. Smart fridge
17. Plagiarism in schools
18. Maps
19. Spending tips
20. Redevelopment
21. Difficult vocabulary
22. Leisure facilities
23. School experiments
24. Retirement planning
25. Fertility rates
26. Public bicycle scheme
27. Attachment Theory
28. Plastic pollution
29. Bypass road
30. Psychology department
31. Journalism
32. Marine Biology
33. Exam invigilator
34. Industrial Revolution