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MỤC LỤC:
Listening ............................................................................................................. 4

Lesson 1: IELTS Listening Multiple Choice Tips.............................................................................5
Lesson 2: IELTS Listening Distractors..............................................................................................9
Lesson 3: IELTS Listening Map Labelling......................................................................................12
Lesson 4: Signposting Language.....................................................................................................16
Lesson 5: Pre-Listening Activities: Prediction.................................................................................18
Lesson 6: IELTS Listening Sentence Completion Strategies...........................................................25

Reading ............................................................................................................. 28

Lesson 1: Matching Paragraph Headings.........................................................................................29
Lesson 2: IELTS Multiple Choice Practice......................................................................................34

Lesson 3: IELTS True False Not Given...........................................................................................37
Lesson 4: IELTS Paragraph Headings.............................................................................................41
Lesson 5: IELTS Sentence Completion...........................................................................................44
Lesson 6: IELTS Reading Multiple Choice.....................................................................................47
Lesson 7: Guessing meaning from context......................................................................................54
Lesson 8: IELTS True False Not Given Reading Questions............................................................59
Lesson 9: IELTS Reading Strategies...............................................................................................64
Lesson 10: IELTS Short Answer Questions....................................................................................69
Lesson 11: Reading Gap Fill............................................................................................................75
Lesson 12: IELTS Reading True False Not Given Exercises..........................................................78

Speaking ............................................................................................................ 87

Lesson 1:IELTS Speaking Part 2 – Extending your answer...........................................................88
Lesson 2: IELTS Speaking Questions and Answers........................................................................91
Lesson 3: Speaking About Change..................................................................................................93
Lesson 4: Will and Going to............................................................................................................95
Lesson 5: IELTS Mind Map - Speaking Part 2................................................................................98
Lesson 6: IELTS Speaking Tone...................................................................................................101
Lesson 7: Hypothetical Situation...................................................................................................103
Lesson 8: Expressing Opinions for IELTS Speaking.....................................................................106
Lesson 9: Speaking Questions for IELTS......................................................................................110
Lesson 10: Useful IELTS Interview Expressions..........................................................................114
Lesson 11: Personal Experiences in Part 3 of the IELTS Speaking Test.......................................118

Writing Task 1 ............................................................................................... 122

Lesson 2: Describing an IELTS Pie Chart.....................................................................................127
Lesson 3: IELTS Process Diagram................................................................................................132
Lesson 4: IELTS Bar and Line Graph............................................................................................137

Lesson 5: Describing Graph Trends...............................................................................................140
Lesson 6: Bar Chart Exercise.........................................................................................................144
Lesson 7: Line Graph Worksheet - Gap Fill..................................................................................147
Lesson 8: Compare and Contrast Language for Graphs.................................................................149
Lesson 9: IELTS Graphs - A Common Mistake............................................................................153
Lesson 10: IELTS Table................................................................................................................156
Lesson 11: IELTS Task 1 Line Graph...........................................................................................160
Lesson 12: IELTS Table Gap Fill Exercise...................................................................................164
Lesson 13: Prepositions for graphs................................................................................................167
Lesson 14: A graph in the future....................................................................................................169
Lesson 15: IELTS Pie Chart Gap Fill Exercise..............................................................................172




Writing Task 2 ............................................................................................... 175

Intro lesson: How to Write an IELTS Essay.........................................................................177
Lesson 1: Identify the Topic..........................................................................................................182
Lesson 2: Identify the Task............................................................................................................186
Lesson 3: Brainstorming and Planning..........................................................................................191
Lesson 4: Essay Writing Coherence..............................................................................................195
Lesson 5: Writing an IELTS Essay Introduction...........................................................................200
Lesson 6: Writing a Thesis Statement............................................................................................204
Lesson 7: IELTS Band 7 Writing..................................................................................................210
Lesson 8: Pronouns & Coherency..................................................................................................216
Lesson 9: IELTS Essay Conclusion...............................................................................................218
Lesson 10: Transitional Phrases for Essays...................................................................................221
Lesson 11: Good Paragraph Writing..............................................................................................224
Lesson 12: IELTS Problem Solution Essays..................................................................................227

Lesson 13: IELTS Opinion Essays................................................................................................232
Lesson 14: IELTS Music Essay.....................................................................................................233
Lesson 15: Personal Pronouns in Essays for IELTS......................................................................237
Lesson 16: IELTS Advantage Disadvantage Essay.......................................................................240

Grammar ........................................................................................................ 243

IELTS Grammar..................................................................................................................245
Lesson 1: Sentence Clauses...........................................................................................................249
Lesson 3: Complex Sentences........................................................................................................258
Lesson 4: Adverbial Clauses..........................................................................................................262
Lesson 5: Relative Clauses............................................................................................................269
Lesson 6: Noun Clause..................................................................................................................271
Lesson 7: Modal Verbs for IELTS.................................................................................................276
Lesson 8: Subject Verb Agreement................................................................................................279
Lesson 9: Gerunds.........................................................................................................................284
Lesson 10: Infinitives.....................................................................................................................288
Lesson 11: Gerund and Infinitive...................................................................................................293
Lesson 12: Parallel Structure.........................................................................................................295
Lesson 13: Passive Voice...............................................................................................................299




Listening
Lesson 1: IELTS Listening Multiple Choice Tips
In this lesson, learn some tips on how to improve your listening skills for multiple choice
type questions.
Lesson 2: IELTS Listening Distractors
In this lesson we learn more about a common way that you are tricked into writing the wrong

answer. Learn about this so you can avoid the mistake.
Lesson 3: IELTS Listening Map Labelling
Here you can learn more about how to label a map, a task that sometimes comes up in
Section Two of the test. Learn about the language of location and other top tips to score well.
Lesson 4: IELTS Signposting Language for Section 4
Section 4 is the most difficult part of the listening test. Learn useful signposting language to
improve your score for this section.
Lesson 5: IELTS Pre-Listening Activities - Predicting the Answer
Predicting what you are going to hear is a really important skill that can help improve your
listening and increase your score.
Lesson 6: IELTS Listening Sentence Completion Strategies
In this IELTS practice lesson you will learn some strategies to deal with sentence completion
questions.




Lesson 1: IELTS Listening Multiple Choice Tips
This lesson has IELTS listening multiple choice tips and strategies to improve your score in
the test.
It shows you how to approach this type of question and highlights some aspects that you
should be aware of.
In this type of question you are usually given three choices of answers. It is commonly found
in parts two, three and four of the listening test.
The questions will be harder the further on you get in the sections of the test.
There are certain things in this kind of question that can easily trip you up and lead to
mistakes. Learning about these will improve your ability to listen and identify the correct
answer.
There are several reasons why this type of question can be difficult and we'll now look at
some IELTS listening multiple choice tips to help you understand this.

What are the difficulties with IELTS Listening Multiple Choice
Questions?
Hearing all the words
In this type of question, it is very likely that you will hear ALL the words that you are given
in each choice. Two will obviously not be referring to the answer, so you need to listen very
carefully to make sure you get the correct one.
Similar Choices
Another problem is that you may be given very similar choices. For example, all the choices
may refer to ‘years’, so it is easy to choose the wrong one. Also, the information you hear
about each choice may be quite similar.
Paraphrases and synonyms
Also, sentences and words that you hear in the listening will often be changed in the actual
listening script. The test would be quite easy if you could heard exactly what you see in the
question, but it will be changed in some way.
A different order
The person you hear speaking may not necessarily give you the information or choices in
the same order as the question you see on the paper.




A Real Example of a Question
In this next part of the IELTS listening multiple choice tips, we look at an example to explain
the points above a bit more.
This is taken from a real IELTS test. It is from section 2 of the test, so it will be slightly
easier than a multiple choice that you would get in sections 3 or 4, but the same principles
apply.
Below the question is the section of the listening script that refers to the question.
1. PS Camping has been organising holidays for

A. 15 years
B. 20 years
C. 25 years
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Thank you for coming to my talk this evening. It’s nice to see so many people in the audience.
For those of you who don’t know very much about PS Camping, let me start by giving you
some background information about the company.
The company started twenty five years ago. It actually started as a retail chain selling
camping equipment, and then twenty years ago, it bought a small number of campsites in the
UK, and began offering camping holidays. The company grew rapidly and has been
providing holidays in continental Europe for the last fifteen years.
So you should be able to spot some of the difficult things:
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You hear all the words – 25 years, 20 years and 15 years.
There are similarities in the choices - they are all years with a mix of the numbers
‘twenty’ and ‘five’ in there and they all mention about the company or holidays.
The question stem has been paraphrased - nowhere does it say “organising holidays”.
Instead you can see phrases like “began offering holidays” and “providing holidays”. This
can be particularly confusing because you have to understand which one fits with the
question.
The possible answers are in a different order to the audio – you hear ‘25’ first and ‘15’
last.

How do you answer multiple choice questions?
The first thing you need to do is look through the questions. You have 30 seconds to do this

before you hear the audio.
Underline key words in the question stems and look at the choices so you know what to
listen out for.



So in this first one, you may underline “Organised Holidays”. You should focus on the
question stem but also look at the choices and note that you are listening out for ‘years’.
In this case, this sentence should tell you that you have got to the section of the listening
where the answer will be:
The company started twenty five years ago. It actually started as a retail chain selling
camping equipment, and then twenty years ago, it bought a small number of campsites in the
UK, and began offering camping holidays. The company grew rapidly and has been
providing holidays in continental Europe for the last fifteen years.
So when you hear this, make sure you are looking carefully at the question and the choices
and listening extremely carefully.
You need to listen carefully for what is said about each year so that you can identify the right
answer:
1. PS Camping has been organising holidays for:
A. 15 years
[has been providing holidays in continental Europe for the last fifteen years]
B. 20 years
[twenty years ago, it bought a small number of campsites in the UK, and began offering
camping holidays]
C. 25 years
[The company started twenty five years ago]
You can see how the question tries to trick you!
It distracts you from the correct answer by giving other statements that are quite similar to
the correct answer.
The answer is B, but you could easily end up thinking it is A or C if you are not listening

carefully enough.
The company started 25 years ago, but that is NOT when they started offering holidays for
camping.
It later clarifies that they did not start offering / organising holidaysuntil 5 years later (20
years ago) when they bought a campsite.
It is not A because this is just when they starting providing holidaysin Europe, which came
later. That is not what the question asks. The question ask generally.

Another Example
Let’s look at another example, which is the next question, so you further understand the
IELTS listening multiple choice tips presented here:




2. The company has most camping sites in
A. France
B. Italy
C. Switzerland
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If you book a camping holiday with us, you'll have a choice of over three hundred sites.
In Italy we have some 64 sites that we either own, or have exclusive use of. France is where
we have the majority of sites, and we currently have a project to expand into Switzerland. We
also have a number of sites in Northern Spain, particularly the mountainous region of Picos
de Europa. We've upgraded all these Spanish sites, and improved them considerably from
their original three-star rating.
The first sentence in red flags up that you have got to question 2, as does the fact that after
this they start talking about countries.
You'll see again that all the countries / choices are mentioned, meaning you have to listen
very carefully to the information about each country.

You should be able to identify that A is the correct answer, and that a paraphrase of 'most
sites' is used: 'majority of sites'.




Lesson 2: IELTS Listening Distractors
In lesson one we looked at a form of IELTS listening distractors.
This was when you do multiple choice type questions and you hear all of the possible choices
but only one is correct.
You can check out that previous lesson here.
In this lesson we look at another form of distractor which is very common in part one of the
IELTS listening test.
This is when you hear a speaker correct him/herself, or the other speaker will correct them.
Basically, the speaker will give you a piece of information and you will think that is the right
answer.
But the speaker will then correct what they have said, and the new corrected piece of
information will in fact be the right answer.

Examples of Correction Distractors
These two examples of distractors are taken from a real IELTS listening test. The distractor is
in red / italics and the correct answer is in blue / underlined.
Example 1
In this situation, a woman is booking a journey into town for when she arrives at Toronto
Aiport. You have to note down the distance of the town, Milton, from the airport.
Take a look at the information you have to find in the question. Below that is a copy of the
listening script that you would hear.
Question: Distance

….. miles

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MAN: Hello, this is Land Transport Information at Toronto Airport. How may I help you?
WOMAN: Oh, good morning. I’m flying to Toronto Airport next week, and I need to get to
a town called Milton. Could you tell me how I can get there?
MAN: Milton, did you say? Let me see. I think that’s about 150 miles south-west of here. In
fact it’s 147 miles to be exact, so it will take you at least – say, three to four hours by road.
As you can see, you will likely at first think that the answer is 150 miles, but it is actually 147
miles.




Example 2
Here is another example, further on in the same listening when the woman is arranging to
book a hire car to make the journey when she arrives.
Question: Date of booking _____________
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MAN: OK, I just have to fill out this form for you. So what date do you want to book this
for?
WOMAN: The 16th of October – oh, no, sorry, that’s my departure date. I arrive on the 17th,
so book it for then, please.
Again, you will likely at first think the answer is the 16th and start to write that down, but she
corrects her mistake and confirms the date she needs the car for is the 17th.

Example 3
Here is another example taken from another real IELTS test. Here, a careers advisor is trying
to help a student to find a part-time job.
Question:
Position available

Clerical Assistant

Where
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Problem
Evening Lectures

ADVISOR: But you’d need to be there at 6am. Does that appeal?
STUDENT: Six o’clock in the morning! Oh, that’s far too early for me, I’m afraid. I’d never
make it that early in the morning.
ADVISOR: Mmm…Well – there was a position going in the Computer Lab. for three days a
week that might be OK. Ah, here it is! No, it’s in the Library, not the Lab. Clerical Assistant
required – I think it mostly involves putting the books back on the shelves. Oh no – hang on.
It’s for Wednesday and Friday evening instead.
STUDENT: No, I can't manage that because of the lectures.
In the above example, you think the position is the Computer Lab., but it turns out it is in the
Library.
Example 4
This final example is part of the same test as above.
The advisor is trying to find out the student's room number.




Question: Room number _____________
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STUDENT: I’m in one of the Halls of Residence for post-graduate students, you know,
International House.

ADVISOR: OK – that’s easy. What’s your room number there?
STUDENT: Room B569 – no sorry B659. I always get that wrong. I haven’t been living
there very long.
ADVISOR: Do you have any other skills? Typing , languages, that sort of thing?
So the room number is 659, not 569.

Tips for Distractors
The most important tip is really just to make sure that you are awareof correction distractors
(which you now are!). They also emphasise the importance of listening very carefully.
Here are some general tips
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Be aware of possible distractors, particulary in Part One where they are common
Don't assume the first thing you hear as the answer is the actual answer - listen carefully to
what comes after that
Words such as 'no'and 'sorry' tell you that there may be another answer coming up to
correct the first. Take a look at the examples above - you'll see those words appear in
several of the examples after the first incorrect answer
Distractors often involve some kind of number, so take particular care when you hear
numbers (though it is not always numbers, as we saw in example 3)
Always listen very carefully!

Lesson 3: IELTS Listening Map Labelling
IELTS listening map labelling is common in Section Two of the test, though you may get a
map in any of the sections.
In section two of the IELTS listening test you hear one person speaking. It is quite common
for the map to be related to some kind of tour.
The aim in labelling a map is to connect the information that you hear in the listening to the
gaps in the map.
In some maps you are given a list of words and you have to choose the correct word to fit in
the map.
Other times, you will just be given some gaps and you need to listen and choose the right
word from the listening.
This lesson is an example of the second type - no list of words are given so you have to
identify them yourself.
First, take a look at the map, and then read the IELTS listening map labelling tips.

Tips for IELTS Listening Map Labelling




1. Read the instructions carefully - this is so you know what you need to do and the
maximum number of words and / or numbers you can use – in this case it is no more
than two words.
2. Know the vocabulary of location - you need to know words commonly used to describe
where things are located (see below).
3. Identify where the numbers start and finish – as you can see from the example, the first
one (15) starts at the bottom, not the top. The numbers (15, 16, 17) will follow the order
of the listening.
4. Understand the context - listen carefully at the beginning as the speaker will give you the
context. (where you are for example) which will help you follow the talk. Also, look

over the map. This will help you identify exactly what you are labelling - note the things
that are already labelled to get a feel for where things are.
5. Predict the answers - as with all the listening test, it helps to predict what the answer
may be. Look at the gaps and see if you can guess what you are labelling - a room,
building, sports facility, street etc?
6. Pay particular attention to things close by - for example, number 15 is by the ‘station’ so
it is quite likely (though not definite) that this will be mentioned just before number 15
7. Pay attention to any other clues in the map - for example, you are given a compass
icon in the corner telling you where ‘North’, ‘South’, ‘East’ and ‘West’ are. This means
it is likely that these phrases will be used to direct you. So listen out for them. You are
also given your location - in the tower.
8. Look at two questions at once - this is something you should always do in the listening
test. If you hear the answer to question 16, you will know you missed 15. Forget about
this and move on. If you are only looking at 15 you could miss both and get lost.

Common Language of Location
There can be various phrases to explain where things are, but below are listed some of the
most common you'll need for IELTS listening map labelling or diagram labelling.
Make sure you understand them all.
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At the top / at the bottom
On the left / on the right
Left hand side / right hand side
South / North / East / West
Southeast / Southwest / Northeast / Northwest
To the north / to the south / to the east / to the west
Opposite / in front of / behind
In the middle / in the centre
Above / below
Inside / outside
Just beyond / a little beyond / just past
Next to / alongside / adjoining (= next to or joined with)

Practice
Now take a look at the map again below. Play the audio and answer the questions.
Listening Audio
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15.
16.
17.

Click below to see the answers, the script and some further tips for IELTS listening map
labelling.
Answers:
15. car park

16. rose garden
17. cafe
Below is the script for the IELTS listening map labelling audio.
The answers are underlined in bold. Also note the language of location which is highlighted
in red.
The features that are given close to the feature you have to identify are in blue. Remember
that they help you to know when your feature is about to be mentioned.




Well, here we are at the top of the tower, and we're going to look at the view from each direction. Out to the
east, the large buildings about a kilometer away are on the Olympic site. There's an indoor arena for
gymnastics, a stadium for track and field and a swimming pool for races and synchronised swimming and also
diving. If you look carefully down there, you can see the train lines. The Olympic site has its own station to
encourage the use of public transport. There is also a car park, but it only holds a limited number of cars.
The formal park has some specially-created water features. If you look out here to the south, you can see
a circular ornamental pond.
And around to the west, you can relax and sit on a bench to smell the flowers in the rose garden, and
finally up to the north, if you look in front of you now, there's a lake with a small island in the centre. You can
hire rowing boats at the boat shed, which you can't see from here, but if you look through the trees, you can
see the cafe, which has lovely views across the water. OK, let's climb down now. We will go now and have a
look at the nature reserve section of the park, which has opened up natural wetland to the public.




Lesson 4: Signposting Language
Signposting language is the words and phrases that people use in order to guide the listener
coherently through what is being said.

It is used to make clear what has just happened, and what is going to happen next.
So in other words, it acts as a guide so the listener can follow what you are saying.

Why is this important for IELTS?
In section 4 of the listening you have to listen to a talk in an academic setting, such as a
university.
It is usually a lecture by a professor, a presentation by a student, or a talk by a university staff
member. So it is possible that signposting will be used within this.
This lesson is designed to help you with Section 4 IELTS listeningsthat are a lecture,
though the language for a presentation or talk may be the same or similar.
If you know the type of language that is used to guide you, it will help you to follow the
lecture.
This is particuarly important if your listening skills are weaker than they should be because
you will easily get lost if you don't know where you are.
Also, the lecture may be split into two parts (see for example the section 4 of this lecture).
It may be the case that these two sections follow the sections that the speaker divides their
talk into i.e. two parts. Knowing then the lecture structure and the language the speaker uses
to tell you they are moving onto the second section will help you to follow where you are.
The signposting language we'll look at in this lesson is the words and phrases that introduce
the topics and subsections of the lecture.

Examples of Lecture Signposting Language
This table sets out some of the key language that guides you on the overall topic and
content of the lecture, and when different sectionsof the lecture are being discussed.
The table includes the signposting language to signal the end of the talk. However you are
every unlikly to hear this used in IELTS because as section 4 of the listening is only around
4-5 minutes, you only usually hear the first part of the lecture or presentation.
Remember there are lots of different ways to say these things, so what you hear could be
phrased slightly differently.

Signposting Examples
Purpose

Introducing the topic of the lecture

Explaining the lecture structure (sections /
subtopics)

Signpost Language
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Today we are going to talk about…
The topic of today’s lecture is…
This morning we are going to take a look at…
Today I’ll be talking about / discussing...
What I’m going to be talking about today is…
The purpose of today’s lecture is…
The subject/topic of my talk is ...

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In today’s lecture I’m going to cover three
points.
I’m going to divide this talk into three parts.
First we’ll look at….. Then we’ll go on to …
And finally I’ll…

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Introducing the first section / subtopic or first
of a list of points

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Let’s start by talking about...
To begin,…
Firstly,…
I’ll start with,…
The first advantage / reason / cause etc. is...

Finishing a section

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We've looked at...

I’ve talked about….

Starting a new section

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Let’s move on to…
Now, let’s turn to…
And I’d now like to talk about…
The next / second …
I'd like now to discuss...
The next issue/topic/area I’d like to focus on …

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To sum up, …
So it is clear from what we have discussed today
that…
I'd like now to recap...
Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
In conclusion, …
To summarise, …
In summary, …
Overall, …

The three main points are …

To signal the end of the talk / Summing up

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Practice
Have a listen to the start of this lecture. What is the signposting language used?
So you need to listen and identify the phrases or words you here such as "What I’m going to
be talking about today is…", "I’m going to divide this talk into three parts", "To begin,..." etc.
Write it in the box below.



Practice One
Listen the audio: />1. Phrase or word used to Introduce the topic:
2. Phrase or word used to introduce the first section:
Show / Hide Answer
1. Tonight I'm going to talk to you about that remarkable continent, Antarctica.
2. First, some facts and figures.
Practice Two
Listen the audio: />1. Phrase or word used to Introduce the topic:
2. Phrase or word used to explain the lecture strucure:
Show / Hide Answer

1. I have been asked to talk to you today about the urban landscape.
2. There are two major areas that I will focus on in my talk.
Practice Three
Listen the audio: />1. Phrase or word used to Introduce the topic:
2 & 3. Two phrases or words used to explain the lecture strucure:
Show / Hide Answer
1. And this morning we're continuing with a look at life in the area called the East End.
2. I'll start with a brief history of the district
3. and then focus on life in the first half of the 20th century.

Lesson 5: Pre-Listening Activities: Prediction
Pre-listening activities are essential to improve your IELTS listening skills and to improve
your score in the test.
This lesson is about predicting the answers in the IELTS listening test.
This skill is an important one to learn as it helps you to get the correct answer.




In this lesson we will look at it in relation to a 'Note Completion' task, which you will often
see in Section 1, the easiest part of the test.
Prediction though can be used for any type of question where you have to fill in a gap, so it
can apply to other parts of the test.

Pre-Listening Activities Practice
Before each listening section, you have some time to look at the questions.
You should use this time to look through the questions and get an idea of what you are going
to be listening for and when it is a gap filling exercise you should try to predict the types of
thing you need to be listening for.
This will help with your listening ability.

Take a look at the notes on Library Membership, and try to predict the information that you
may need.
Which questions may need:
a) a number?
b) a name (of a person)?
c) a place?
d) a date or day/month/year?
e) another word?
In order to prepare you for the listening, write a letter (a, b, c, d, or e)in the box to indicate
what type of information you think you will hear:

Library Membership
Minimum joining age: 18 years
For registration must take:
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Two (1) ___ and
Two forms of ID e.g. driving licence (2) ___

Cost to join per year (without current student card: (3) ___
Number of items allowed: (member of public) (4) ___
Loan Times: four weeks
Fines start at: (5) £ ___
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Computers can be booked up to (6) ___ hours in advance
Library holds most national papers, (7) ___ , and magazines

Need (8) ___ to use photocopier
Creative Writing Class
Tutor is John (9) ___
Held on (10) ___ evenings
Show/Hide Answers
1. e
2. e
3. a
4. a
5. a
6. a
7. e
8. e
9. b
10. d

Other Words
It is not just though about guessing whether it is a number, name etc. You should also try to
predict what some of the 'other words' will be.
You may find you can guess some correctly without even listening (though of course you
must listen to check you are right!).
For example, in question (1) you need two of something along with the ID for registration.
What do you often need to take 'two of' to register for something? You should be able to
guess.
Or for question (2) it will be another form of ID. What kind of things can you use for ID apart
from a driving licence?
Again, you should be able to guess some possibilties without even listening.

Beware of Distractors!

Unfortunately it is never going to be made too simple for you as the aim is to separate those
with weaker skills from those with stronger skills.
As was explained in lesson 2, you need to always be aware of IELTS listening distractors.
For most questions, you are likely to hear two or more possibilitiesfor the answer.
For example, in question (3) you are looking for the cost without a current student card. That
means you are very likely to hear the costwith one as well. So you need to listen carefully to
get the right one.
Again, in question (4) you are asked about the number of items allowed for a member of the
public. So there is probably a different number for a student. You need to get the right
number.
This will be true of probably many of the questions - you will hear more than one choice but
only one will be correct.
If you knew a number was coming up and there was just one number given, it would be too
easy!
Now take a listen and try to answer the questions. Remember:
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read the instructions carefully for the word/number limits for each question
write the words exactly as you hear them (don't change them)
make sure your spelling is correct

Questions 1-10
Complete the Notes Below
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(Note: you would normally have some time to look at the questions but this is not included
here because you have already had time to do this).

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Library Membership
Minimum joining age: 18 years
For registration must take:
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Two (1) ___ and
Two forms of ID e.g. driving licence (2) ___

Cost to join per year (without current student card: (3) ___
Number of items allowed: (member of public) (4) ___



Loan Times: four weeks
Fines start at: (5) £ ___
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Computers can be booked up to (6) ___ hours in advance
Library holds most national papers, (7) ___ and magazines
Need (8) ___ to use photocopier
Creative Writing Class
Tutor is John (9) ___
Held on (10) ___ evenings
Show / hide answers
1. (passport) photos / (passport) photographs
2. (a) bank statement
3. 125 (per year)
4. 8
5. 1.50

6. 48
7. local papers / local newspapers
8. (a) card / cards
9. Grantingham
10. Friday

More IELTS Pre Listening Activities Practice
Here is a chance to practice some more.
Following what you learned above, try this note completion. Remember:
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read the instructions
use the time you are given at the beginning to look at the questions and predict what you
are going to hear
beware of distractors
use the exact words you hear
use correct spelling

Questions 1-10
Complete the Notes Below
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.



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Minton's Car Mart

Make: Lida
Engine size: (1) ___
Model: Max
Type of gears: (2) ____
Preferred colour: (3) ___ blue
FINANCE
Customer wishes to arrange (4) ___
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: (5) Wendy ______
Title: (6) ____
Address: 20 Green Banks, (7) ____ , Hampshire
Post Code: GU8 9EW
Contact Number: (8) (for ____ only) 0798 257643
CURRENT CAR
Make: Conti
Model: Name (9) ____ , Year: 1994
Mileage: Maximum 70,000
Colour: metalic grey
Condition (10) _____

Show / hide answers
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1.4 litres / 1.4 liters
automatic
light / sky
credit
Harries
Dr / Doctor


7. Alton
8. messages
9. Lion
10. reasonable




Lesson 6: IELTS Listening Sentence Completion
Strategies
These IELTS listening sentence completion strategies will help you to improve your score for
the exam.
In this type of question, you are given a sentence taken from the listening, and you have to
decide which word fits in the gap.
Remember though that the sentence will not be exactly the same as what you hear on the
audio - it will be paraphrased (using different words to what you hear).
The listening excerpt from this page is from a real test. It is from Part 4of the test - the most
difficult - so expect to find this exercise hard.
Don't be disheartened if you do not do well - students often score poorly on part 4, but that
does not mean you can't get a good score from doing well in the other sections.
Part 4 is based on a lecture, and for this recording you are going to hear the second part of a

lecture on the luxury end of the hospitality and tourism market.

IELTS Listening Sentence Completion Strategies
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Look through the sentences before you start to get an idea of what you will be hearing.
Pay particular attention to the words that come before and after the gap to help you notice
when the word is spoken.
Try to guess what may go in the gap - is it a place, name, number, or something else?
Remember that the words you see in the sentence may be synonyms of the words from
the audio, so you may be listening out for words with similar meanings.
Write the exact words, phrases or numbers that you hear in the gap on your question
paper.
Always check the word limit - your answer will be marked wrong if you exceed the
number of words allowed.

Practice
Now here is your chance to put into practice these IELTS listening sentence completion
strategies.
Take a look through the questions first, then listen to the audio and try and answer the
questions.
You can see the answers and audio below by clicking on the "show / hide" link.