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1. 4 skills:
UK exam
Academic and general versions
IELTS
Academic version is more common in Vietnam
Overall score and each skill: Bands 0-9

2. IELTS – Listening
Same for academic and general versions
About 30 minutes then 10 minutes to transfer answers
4 sections / 40 questions
Sections 1-2: General topics
Sections 3-4: Academic topics
Sections 1+3: Conversations
Sections 2+4: Monologues
Variety of question types (e.g. multiple choice, sentence
and note completion, and labeling diagrams)

3. IELTS – Listening Tips
1. Question order matches dialogue progression
2. Variety of accents
Be familiar with non-US pronunciation and vocabulary
3. Sentence completion questions
Answers must make sentences grammatically correct
4. Non-sentence gap-fill questions (e.g. notes)
Grammar does not matter
(e.g. ‘car’ and ‘a car’ are both correct)

4. IELTS – Listening Tips
5. Number answers as figures or words
(e.g. 500, 5 hundred or five hundred)
6. Read the instructions carefully
(e.g. ‘Use no more than two words’ = 1-2 words
so three-word answer is incorrect)
7. Check spellings
‘Correct’ answers spelled incorrectly are incorrect

5. IELTS – Reading
Different texts for academic and general versions
60 minutes / 3 texts / 40 questions
Variety of question types (e.g. multiple choice, sentence
and note completion, matching headings, ‘true-false-not
given’, and labeling diagrams)

6. IELTS – Reading
1. Time management
40 questions in one hour = 1.5 minutes per question
2. Not sure then eliminate answers before guessing
Random guess with four choices = 25% chance
Guess with two choices eliminated = 50% chance
3. Look for words or phrases in the text with the same
meaning as in the questions
(e.g. 1985 = the mid-1980s)

7. 4. Skim
IELTS – Reading Tips
Read quickly for main idea and paragraph topics
5. Scan
Look for key words or phrases
(e.g. a person’s name or a date)

8. IELTS – Speaking
Same for academic and general versions
Face-to-face exam with an IELTS examiner
11-14 minutes / 3 parts
No choice of questions
Part 1
4-5 minutes
Questions about familiar topics
(e.g. your country or home town, family, jobs or hobbies)
Can’t read the questions

9. Part 2
3-4 minutes
Can read the questions
IELTS – Speaking
1 minute to prepare by making notes
1-2 minutes to speak about the topic
Part 3
4-5 minutes
More difficult questions which are related to part 2
Can’t read the questions

10. IELTS – Speaking Tips
1. Give reasons, details and examples (think ‘why?’)
2. Answer the question asked, not a similar question
3. Don’t memorize answers
Topics can’t be predicted
Unnatural style
Examiner may ask another question if a candidate
gives an obviously prepared speech

11. IELTS – Speaking Tips
4. Choose less common answers to interest the
examiner
(e.g. an unusual hobby rather than listening to music)
5. Think before answering
Use phrases such as:
“That’s an interesting question.”
“Let me think about that for a moment.”
“I’ve never thought about that before, but…”

12. Different for academic and general versions
60 minutes
No choice of questions
Handwritten essays
2 tasks
IELTS –Writing

13. Task 1
IELTS –Writing
About 20 minutes / At least 150 words
Academic version:
Describe a graph, chart, table, process, diagram or map
General version: Write a letter about a given situation
Task 2
About 40 minutes / At least 250 words
Both versions: Write a discursive essay on a given topic

14. IELTS –Writing Tips
1. Task 2 is worth twice as much as task 1
Don’t spend too long on task 1
2. Score penalty if less than the minimum word limit
3. Simple ideas with clear English
Not complex ideas with overly complicated English
4. Task 1: Must have an overview of the main features
5. Task 1: No opinions

15. IELTS –Writing Tips
6. Task 2: Answer the question, not a similar question
7. Either UK or US spellings and vocabulary
Don’t use a mixture
8. Don’t use memorized sentences
May be ignored by the examiner
May be unsuitable for the question
9. Paraphrase the question
Don’t copy from the question

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