IELTS Practice Activities

150 Most Common IELTS Spelling Mistakes

If you are aiming for Band 7 or higher in IELTS Writing, you must make sure your spelling is very good. The band descriptors for […]

Vocabulary Activity: How It Works

In this vocabulary activity, you need to complete some short paragraphs which describe how different devices work. These texts are similar to those you might […]

Vocabulary Activity: Focusing Adverbs

When writing, we often want to focus our reader’s attention on an idea. To do this, you can use a variety of adverbs called focusing […]

IELTS Vocabulary: Comparing And Contrasting

In both IELTS Writing Task 1 and IELTS Writing Task 2, you often have to contrast and make comparisons between different things. For example, in […]

Curfews Essay Sorting Activity

Here is another essay sorting activity. Try to put the chunks of text into the correct order. If you find this difficult, read my full […]

IELTS Essay (Movies): Fill In The Blanks

Here is a fill in the blanks activity based on one of my IELTS Model Essays, which responds to this task: Some people say that […]

IELTS Essay (Sharing Information): Fill In The Blanks

Complete my essay by dragging the missing words and phrases into the blank spaces. This will help you to recognise common collocations, an important skill […]

IELTS Vocabulary: Confusing Words

One common IELTS vocabulary problem is confusing one word with another word. This may be for several reasons. For example: the words look almost the […]

IELTS Essay (Sharing Information): Sort The Sentences

It is important to write an IELTS essay that has a logical sequence. This means that sentences are in a particular order, so they gradually […]

IELTS Vocabulary: Positive and Negative Qualities

It’s important to grow your IELTS Vocabulary. This will help you in all 4 parts of the IELTS Test When you write essays for the […]

IELTS Spelling Practice

It’s very easy to make spelling mistakes! When you write, you have to think about explaining your ideas clearly, as well as how to link […]

Cohesion Activity

To get a high band score in IELTS Writing and IELTS Speaking, it’s important to use cohesive devices appropriately and correctly. In this activity, you […]

IELTS Writing Coherence and Cohesion Practice

IELTS Coherence and Cohesion Practice Activity

In order to get a band score of 8 or above for Coherence and Cohesion, you need to sequence your ideas and information logically. This means […]

TED IELTS Listening Practice #2

Here’s another IELTS listening practice activity, this time based around a TED-Ed animated video. This video describes the effect of the collision between the North and […]