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
Spelling
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. Numbers and letters
10. Nature or nurture
11. Curriculum vitae
12. Litter
13. Diagram: ocean analysis
14. Community service
15. How to save money
16. University visit
17. The risks of sitting
18. Dissertation
19. Sustainable tourism
20. Language development
21. Video games
22. Blended learning
23. Cycling coach
24. Biometrics
25. Most liveable cities
26. Innovation
27. Road safety
28. Fulfilling work
29. Sleep
30. John Dewey
31. Agriculture
32. Volunteering
33. Plagiarism
34. Bilinguals
35. Smoking ban
36. Brain foods
37. Why is the sky blue?
38. Studying dolphins
39. Photographic film
40. Lifespan
41. Interview tips
42. Translation tools
43. Bank account
44. Anthropology
45. Arctic ice
46. Microplastics
47. Lectures and seminars
48. Writing
49. Critical thinking
50. Wealth study
51. Effective listening
52. History of food
53. Controlling lightning
54. Work experience
55. Urbanisation
56. Isaac Newton
57. Food and the brain
58. Undersea cables
59. Stoicism
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