PART ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Introduction to IELTS:Questions and Answers 1
1.2 Test Taking Strategies 9
PART TWO IELTS READING:ACADEMIC MODULE 15
2.1 Format and Requirements 15
2.2 Subject,Genre,and Types of Questions 16
2.3 Sample Reading,Sample Questions and Strategies 18
2.3.1 Multiple Choice Questions 21
2.3.2 Short-answer Questions 24
2.3.3 Completion Tasks 26
2.3.3.1 Sentence Completion 26
2.3.3.2 Summary Completion 28
2.3.3.3 Table Completion 31
2.3.4 Matching Tasks 33
2.3.4.1 Choosing from a Heading Bank for Identified Paragraphs/Sections of the Text 33
2.3.4.2 Matching Lists/Phrases/Causes and Effects 35
2.3.5 Identification of Writer s Views/Claims 37
2.3.6 Classification 40
2.4 Sample Academic Reading Tests 41
2.4.1 Sample Test 1 and Answers 41
2.4.2 Sample Test 2 and Answers 54
2.4.3 Sample Test 3 and Answers 66
2.4.4 Sample Test 4 and Answers 81
2.4.5 Sample Test 5 and Answers 95
2.4.6 Sample Test 6 and Answers 108
2.4.7 Sample Test 7 and Answers 120
2.4.8 Sample Test 8 and Answers 135
PART THREE IELTS WRITING:ACADEMIC MODULE 149
3 Introduction 149
3.1 Format and Requirements 149
3.2 Writing Task 1 152
3.2.1 Schematic Structure for Task 1 152
3.2.2 Key Language Features of Task 1 153
3.2.3 Assessment Criteria for Task 1 155
3.3 Writing Task 2 156
3.3.1 Schematic Structure for Task 2 157
3.3.2 Key Language Features of Task 2 160
3.3.3 Assessment Criteria for Task 2 163
3.4 Sample Academic Writing Tests 164
3.4.1 Sample Test 1 and Answers 164
3.4.2 Sample Test 2 and Answers 169
3.4.3 Sample Test 3 and Answers 174
3.4.4 Sample Test 4 and Answers 179
3.4.5 Sample Test 5 and Answers 184
3.4.6 Sample Test 6 and Answers 189
3.4.7 Sample Test 7 and Answers 194
3.4.8 Sample Test 8 and Answers 199
References 203