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Free IELTS lessons for
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Short lessons for every Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking question type. Read one now, then practise it free in the app.
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If you are new to IELTS, start with the overview for your skill.
Listening
Learn what each Listening part asks and how to use the pauses.
Start with the Listening overview10 task lessons · choose any lesson
- Form completion Typed words and numbers
- Note completion Typed words and numbers
- Table completion Typed words and numbers
- Flow-chart completion Typed words and numbers, occasionally letters from a box
- Sentence completion Typed words and numbers
- Short answer Typed words and numbers
- Multiple choice One letter: A, B or C
- Multiple choice, two or more answers Two letters (or three from a longer list), in any order
- Matching One letter per question, from a shared list
- Map, plan and diagram labelling A letter per location, or occasionally a typed word
Reading
Learn how the passages get harder and which questions do not follow passage order.
Start with the Reading overview14 task lessons · choose any lesson
- Multiple choice One letter: A, B, C or D
- Multiple choice, two or more answers Two letters (or three from a longer list), in any order
- True / False / Not Given TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN
- Yes / No / Not Given YES, NO or NOT GIVEN
- Matching information A paragraph letter
- Matching headings The heading that fits each paragraph
- Matching features One letter per statement, from a shared list
- Matching sentence endings One letter per sentence beginning
- Sentence completion Words copied verbatim from the passage
- Summary completion Words copied verbatim from the passage
- Summary completion from a word list A letter from the word box
- Note, table and flow-chart completion Words copied verbatim from the passage
- Diagram label completion Words copied verbatim from the passage
- Short answer Words and numbers copied verbatim from the passage
2 task lessons · choose any lesson
Speaking
Learn what happens in each part of the interview and what the examiner checks.
Start with the Speaking overview3 parts to explore · choose any lesson
Before your test
A few other things worth knowing
Test day advice
Know what to bring and what happens at the test centre.
How band scores convert
See the score tables and how overall bands are rounded.
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Taking PTE, Duolingo or TOEFL? Some of these lessons still help. The skills overlap.