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Starter pack

for IELTS self

preparation
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DECIDED TO PREPARE FOR

EXAM YOURSELF?

THEN YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHAT TO HAVE AT HAND!

THIS CHECKLIST PROVIDES YOU

WITH THE LIST OF

ALL NECESSARY GRAMMAR, STUDY

MATERIALS, WEBSITES, APPS AND

ATTACHES THE PREPARATION

PLANNER FOR 14 DAYS.

Remember! It is always advised to attend at

least 2-3 lessons with a personal tutor. This

is the only way to know your true level.

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GRAMMAR
Below is the list of the grammar topics that you need

to know before starting to dive into IELTS. All these

themes can be found in any English Grammar books

of Intermediate Level.

Present/Past Simple
Present/Past Continuous
Present Perfect + Continuous
Future Simple + to be going to
Passive Voice
All Conditionals
Complex & compound
sentences
Relative clauses used to
Comparative/superlative
adjectives
Modal verbs

! All other grammar topics are also preferred. However, abovementioned

themes are enough for a person to achieve a high score

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STUDY

E-BOOKS
Macmillan English
for those who want to

Grammar in Context

revise/improve grammar

IELTS for Academic

by McGraw Hill

mostly for those between

Purposes

5.5-6.5

Barron's Essential
best IELTS Reading

Words for IELTS

vocabulary and practice

book
Vocabulary for
must-have vocabulary book

IELTS Advanced

for all sections

Improve your Ielts

by McCarter or Bayir

Writing Skills
writing strategies,

vocabulary, and samples for

(the same e-books for other 6.0+

sections are also available)

IELTS Writing Right best essay samples for 7.0+

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Apps
Magoosh IELTS

Vocab Flashcards

Grammarly

IELTS Word Power

by British Council

IELTS Prep App by

British Council

BBC Podcasts

TED Talks

IELTS Podcasts in

IOS Podcast app

IELTS Skills by Sam

McCarte
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Websites and
Youtube channels
IELTSLiz.com

Watch her website and youtube channel to get

familiar with all necessary strategies and

grammar

IELTSadvantage.com

Provides in-depth explanations of essay types,

structures and vocabulary.

IELTS-exam.net

Hundreds of practice questions and sample

answers for all sections. Use this with Cambridge

IELTS 1-14 simultaneously.

IELTSmaterial.com

Platform where you can access thousands of

different IELTS materials, including e-books.

Academic English Help

Youtube Channel that provides with huge

number

of video-lessons and speaking examples.

Kuzina.me

IELTS Blog in Russian which provides excellent

vocabulary by topics for Writing

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Websites and
Youtube channels
IELTSLiz.com

Watch her website and youtube channel to get

familiar with all necessary strategies and grammar

IELTSadvantage.com

Provides in-depth explanations of essay types,

structures and vocabulary.

IELTS-exam.net

Hundreds of practice questions and sample

answers for all sections. Use this with Cambridge

IELTS 1-14 simultaneously.

IELTSmaterial.com

Platform where you can access thousands of

different IELTS materials, including e-books.

Academic English Help

Youtube Channel that provides with huge

number of video-lessons and speaking examples.

Kuzina.me

B R
IELTS log in ussian which provides excellent

vocabulary by topics for Writing

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TIME MANAGEMENT IS THE

KEY TO ANY PROGRESS

FEEL SO VERWHELMING ? TOO

MUCH INFORMATION OR

PRESSURE?

I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH HOW

ESSENTIAL IS THE RIGHT DISTRIBUTION

OF THE WORKLOAD TO SMALLER TASKS

IN SYSTEMATIC PREPARATION. JUST

DEVOTE 2-3 HOURS EACH DAY TO A

SEPARATE SECTION AND SEE HOW

YOUR PROGRESS BOOSTS!

The following planner uses only the materials

mentioned above, or those on which you also have

an access. Pay attention that this is just a sample

preparation plan which can be adjusted based on

your own pace.

! At the end, you can find an empty template planner

in case you would like to fill it yourself!
 *all sites are clickable

Day 1 - Speaking
Speaking Task 1, 2 & 3 videos

IELTS for AP p108-111

C6 T1 Speaking prepare answers

Magoosh Vocab Flashcards 3 decks

Day 2 - WT 1
14 DAYS PLANNER
WT1 Video

McCarter Writing Unit 1&2

2 WT1 essays from Unit HWs

Day 3 -Reading
Barrons U1 Part1

C6 T1 Section1

Work on mistakes & translate the

words from the section

Mc Carter Reading Unit 1

Day 4 -WT 2
WT2 videos by Liz (5/11 videos)

McCarter Writing Unit 1&2

2 WT2 essays from Unit HWs

Day 5 - Listening
Listening Strategies video by Liz

C6 T1 Listening full (answers at back)

open transcripts & play again

highlight and study new words

Day 6 - Cambridge 8 T1
MOCK EXAM (3 hours)

Record speaking part to dictaphone

Day 7 - General Review

Vocab for IELTS Advanced Unit 1&2
 *all sites are clickable

Day 8 - Speaking
Read sample answers for speaking

Paraphrase them and retell

Magoosh Vocab Flashcards 3 decks

Day 9 - WT 1
Read article on WT1 types

McCarter Unit 3&4

14 DAYS PLANNER
2 WT1 essays from Unit HWs

Day 10 -Reading
Reading Strategies video

Barrons U1 Part2&3

Cambridge 6 T1 Section 2&3

Work on mistakes & translate the

words from mock

Day 11 - WT 2
Finish WT2 videos by Liz

McCarter Writing Unit 3&4

2 WT2 essays from Unit HWs

Day 12 - Listening
C6 T 2,3 Listening full

Repeat tasks of Day 5

2 BBC Podcasts

Day 13 - Cambridge 8 T2
MOCK EXAM (3 hours)

Record speaking part to dictaphone

Day 14 - General Review

Vocab for IELTS Advanced Unit 3&4

Magoosh Vocab Flashcards Finish

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