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• Before the start of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to read the questions.
• After the end of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to review your answers.
• At the end of the Listening test, you will have 2 minutes to check your answers.

The timing of the Listening test is between 30 - 34 minutes.

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IELTS Writing: Student Notes
Task 1:

● General Training: Write a letter with specific parameters, 150 words minimum (about 20 lines).

● Academic: Describe visual information, 150 words minimum (about 20 lines).

General Training Task 1:

You must include:


● Introduction: Usually a paraphrase of the question that clearly expresses your purpose for writing and satisfies the
first bullet point.

● Body Paragraph/s: Identify the key items you need to write about to satisfy the second bullet point (usually no more
than 2 paragraphs).

● Conclusion: Typically addresses the third bullet point.

Be sure to:
● Sequence your ideas using a variety of appropriate connecting words and phrases.

● Support your ideas with good language.

● Use an appropriate opening and closing e.g. [Dear Sir/Madam, Your sincerely] [Dear John, Best wishes].

● Leave time to check your work and correct mistakes.

Do Not:
● Use bullet points, numbered lists, or letters.

● Add emojis, drawings, or personal details.

● Get overly emotional or angry. Keep a neutral tone.

Academic Task 1:

You must include:


● Introduction: Usually a paraphrase of the question.

● Overview: A brief summary of the most important information.

● Body Paragraph/s: Present the key information you are writing about (usually no more than 2 paragraphs).

Do Not:
● Give an opinion about the data
● Use bullet points, numbered lists, or letters

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Task 2:

● For both General Training and Academic, Writing Task 2 is an Essay, 250 words minimum (about 30 lines).

● Determine how many parts there are to the question before you begin writing.

- “Do you agree or disagree?” One part.

- “Discuss the causes, solutions, and give your opinion.” Three parts.

You must include:


● Introduction: Usually a paraphrase of the question and a statement about your position.

● Typically one paragraph for each part of the question.

● Conclusion.

Decide on your position:


● Do not agree AND disagree, like AND dislike, decide and stay with your position.

Plan your essay:


● How many parts are there? How many paragraphs do you need?

● In paper-based IELTS Writing use your Question Booklet to plan, make notes, organize, or make a simple outline.

● In computer-delivered IELTS you can also take notes.

Use paragraphs:
● Indent the first line of each paragraph, and leave an empty line between each paragraph, so it is very easy to see how
many paragraphs you have written.

When you finish:


● You should have time to check your work and correct any mistakes you find. There is no penalty for editing and
improving your essay.

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PART 3

Questions 26 – 30

In what time period can the float projects help with the issues 26-30 below?
A At present B In the near future C In the long-term future

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 26-30.

26 El Niño ………………… 29 Sustainable fishing practices …………………


27 Global warming ………………… 30 Crop selection …………………
28 Naval rescues …………………

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IELTS Listening: Student Notes
The IELTS Listening test consists of 40 questions 4 sections of 10 questions each and a 30-minute
recording with all information given in the same order as the questions.

Key strategies for the paper-based Listening test:


• You have time before the recording starts to read the questions for each section before you listen.
• You should write answers, notes or ideas in the Question Booklet as you listen. Do not attempt to answer on the
Listening Answer Sheet while you listen.
• Underline key words and phrases in the Question Booklet to help you focus on main ideas.
• You will have 10 minutes at the end to transfer your answers to the Listening Answer Sheet.
• Handwriting is important. Anything that is illegible will be marked incorrect.
• Spelling is also important, so make sure your spelling is correct.

Key strategies for the computer-delivered Listening test:


• When all the test takers in the room are ready, the Listening test begins at the same time for everybody. You cannot
pause or restart the Listening test.
• You will have high-quality headphones connected to your computer and a quiet room for your test. You can change
the volume by using the volume bar at the top right at any time during the test.
• You will have 30 seconds to read the questions for each section before you listen and at least 30 seconds to check
your answers at the end of the sections.
• Listen carefully for the section and question numbers to make sure you are looking at the right screen.
• Enter your answers on the screen as the recording plays. For some questions you need to type a number in the
gap. For some questions you need to choose which diagram label (A, B, C etc) is correct for which item listed in a
table. For some questions you need to click on an answer and drag it into a gap. If you want to change an answer,
move another answer into the gap. If you want to leave the question unanswered, move the word back. For some
questions you need to move an answer into a gap on a diagram.
• You can scroll and highlight on the screen and you can move back screens and return to a previous question by
clicking the number on the screen.
• The Listening test will automatically stop at the end of all four sections when the time finishes. You will have 2
minutes to check your answers. There is no spell-check feature, so check your spelling carefully.

Strategies for both the paper-based and computer-delivered Listening test:


• You will hear the recording once only, so if you miss something, you must keep up with the recording and get ready
for the next question. Make your best guess and move on. You will not hear the recording a second time.
• Pay attention to word limit questions and do not enter more than the maximum number of words.
• Use abbreviations and symbols where appropriate e.g. $ for dollar.

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General Training Reading sample task – Short-answer questions

Questions 4 – 8

Answer the questions below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each
answer.

Write your answers in boxes 4-8 on your answer sheet.

4 What has been found in some Fancy Foods products?

5 Where can you find the batch number on the jars?

6 How much will you receive for an opened jar of contaminated Chicken Curry?

7 If you have eaten Chicken Curry from a jar with one of the batch numbers listed, whom
should you contact?

8 What is the maximum reward Fancy Foods is offering for information about who
contaminated their product?

IMPORTANT NOTICE: PRODUCT RETURN


Fancy Foods wishes to inform the public that pieces of metal have been found in some jars of Fancy
Foods Chicken Curry (Spicy). The batches of the jars involved have numbers from J6617 to J6624. The
batch number is printed on the bottom of each jar.

If you have any jars with these batch numbers, please return them (preferably unopened) to the
supermarket where you purchased them. You can also return them to the factory (Fancy Foods Retailers,
Blacktown). Fancy Foods will pay $10 for each jar returned unopened and $5 for each jar already
opened.

No payment will be made for empty jars, which do not need to be returned. However, the Retailing
Manager will be interested to hear from people who have consumed chicken curry from any of the above
batch numbers. In particular, it will be helpful if they can give information about the place of purchase of
the product.

Jars of Fancy Foods Chicken Curry (Coconut) and Fancy Foods Chicken Curry (Mango) have not been
affected and do not need to be returned.

REWARD
Fancy Foods will pay a reward of $10,000 to $50,000 for information which leads to the conviction of any
person found guilty of placing metal pieces in its products. If you have such information, please contact
the Customer Relations Manager, Fancy Foods Retailers, Blacktown.

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Academic Reading sample task – Matching features

[Note: This is an extract from an Academic Reading passage on the development of


rockets. The text preceding this extract explored the slow development of the rocket
and explained the principle of propulsion.]

The invention of rockets is linked inextricably with the invention of 'black powder'.
Most historians of technology credit the Chinese with its discovery. They base their
belief on studies of Chinese writings or on the notebooks of early Europeans who
settled in or made long visits to China to study its history and civilisation. It is
probable that, some time in the tenth century, black powder was first compounded
from its basic ingredients of saltpetre, charcoal and sulphur. But this does not mean
that it was immediately used to propel rockets. By the thirteenth century, powder-
propelled fire arrows had become rather common. The Chinese relied on this type of
technological development to produce incendiary projectiles of many sorts, explosive
grenades and possibly cannons to repel their enemies. One such weapon was the
'basket of fire' or, as directly translated from Chinese, the 'arrows like flying leopards'.
The 0.7 metre-long arrows, each with a long tube of gunpowder attached near the
point of each arrow, could be fired from a long, octagonal-shaped basket at the same
time and had a range of 400 paces. Another weapon was the 'arrow as a flying
sabre', which could be fired from crossbows. The rocket, placed in a similar position
to other rocket-propelled arrows, was designed to increase the range. A small iron
weight was attached to the 1.5m bamboo shaft, just below the feathers, to increase
the arrow's stability by moving the centre of gravity to a position below the rocket. At
a similar time, the Arabs had developed the 'egg which moves and burns'. This 'egg'
was apparently full of gunpowder and stabilised by a 1.5m tail. It was fired using two
rockets attached to either side of this tail.

It was not until the eighteenth century that Europe became seriously interested in the
possibilities of using the rocket itself as a weapon of war and not just to propel other
weapons. Prior to this, rockets were used only in pyrotechnic displays. The incentive
for the more aggressive use of rockets came not from within the European continent
but from far-away India, whose leaders had built up a corps of rocketeers and used
rockets successfully against the British in the late eighteenth century. The Indian
rockets used against the British were described by a British Captain serving in India
as ‘an iron envelope about 200 millimetres long and 40 millimetres in diameter with
sharp points at the top and a 3m-long bamboo guiding stick’. In the early nineteenth
century the British began to experiment with incendiary barrage rockets. The British
rocket differed from the Indian version in that it was completely encased in a stout,
iron cylinder, terminating in a conical head, measuring one metre in diameter and
having a stick almost five metres long and constructed in such a way that it could be
firmly attached to the body of the rocket. The Americans developed a rocket,
complete with its own launcher, to use against the Mexicans in the mid-nineteenth
century. A long cylindrical tube was propped up by two sticks and fastened to the top
of the launcher, thereby allowing the rockets to be inserted and lit from the other end.
However, the results were sometimes not that impressive as the behaviour of the
rockets in flight was less than predictable.

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Academic Reading sample task – Matching features

Questions 7 – 10

Look at the following items (Questions 7-10) and the list of groups below.

Match each item with the group which first invented or used them.

Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.

7 black powder

8 rocket-propelled arrows for fighting

9 rockets as war weapons

10 the rocket launcher

First invented or used by

A the Chinese
B the Indians
C the British
D the Arabs
E the Americans

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In paper-based IELTS write your answers on the Reading Answer Sheet. There is no extra time at the
end to transfer your answers. In computer-delivered IELTS enter your answers on the screen.
lly first so whether to skim or scan or read
carefully for detail.

Make

Skimming – reading quickly for the main idea

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IELTS Speaking: Student Notes
The Speaking test takes about 14 minutes and will be recorded. It is a
one-on-one discussion with a Speaking Examiner.

- Part 1: The Examiner will ask a series of simple questions on familiar topics; e.g. your daily activities, etc. Relax and
answer the questions, and try to use more than one word or phrase in your answer. Incomplete answers will result in
the Examiner asking you, “Why?” or “Why not?” to get more language from you.

- Part 2: The Examiner will give you a topic to speak about. First you will have one minute to organize what you want
to say, and you can make some notes if you wish. Your notes will not affect your score. You cannot choose your own
topic. You need to speak on the topic for one to two minutes. It is always better to speak until the Examiner asks you
to stop.

- Part 3: The Examiner will engage in a brief conversation with you about something related to what you spoke about
in Part 2. Keep your answers general. Talk about most people in your country or culture. Avoid talking about yourself
here.

If you do not understand what the Examiner is asking, you can


ask her/him to explain so you understand. There is no penalty
for this.

No one is going to check your answers. Do not worry about


being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, that is not the purpose of the Speaking
test.”

Band Scores are based on four criteria:

1 2
Fluency and Coherence Lexical Resource
How easily can you keep talking? Do you Do you use a variety of words in your
use organizing and sequencing words? responses? Do you use them correctly?
Do you understand the vocabulary the
Examiner uses in her/his questions and
comments?

Grammatical Range and Accuracy Pronunciation


3 Do you use a variety of simple and
complex sentences accurately? Do you
4 How clearly can you communicate by
using stress, intonation, rhythm, and
understand the grammar the Examiner clear words and sounds? Your accent is
uses in her/his questions and not being scored, but we do need to
comments? understand what you say.

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IELTS General Information
Two Modules
• IELTS Academic is designed for people planning to study
in higher education or those seeking professional
registration. It assesses whether you are ready to begin
studying or training in an environment where English is the
language used.
• IELTS General Training measures English language
proficiency in a practical, everyday context. It is
appropriate for those planning to migrate to Australia,
Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

Test Day
Bring the original ID you registered with, which could be your
Passport, a National ID, or another ID which your local test
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they expect you to produce. If you do not have a current,
valid ID you will not be allowed to take the test.

Anything you bring with you will be taken during the test and
kept in a secure, locked area away from the test room. Items
they will confiscate include pencils, pens, paper, watches,
phones, hand bags, or any other items. Please leave your
possessions at home or in your car.

Each test taker will be given pencils, an eraser and a small


sharpener to use during the test.

You may bring a clear, unlabeled bottle of water into the test
room.

Results
Results are available 13 days after the test date for paper-based
IELTS and 3-5 days for computer-delivered IELTS.

You can check your score online - the Test Centre can provide
access details.

You can pick up your Test Report Form from the Test Centre
- only you can pick up your score, OR you can authorize IN
WRITING someone else to pick it up at the test centre.

If you question your score, you can file an Enquiry on Results


- Speak to the test centre personnel about this.

Your score will be valid for two years from your test date.

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