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Present Simple vs Present Continuous — Advanced Usage
Use both present tenses in harder, real situations.
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Band 5–5.5 Core · Academic IELTS course
IELTS Core
15 modules and 138 lessons. Every IELTS question type, every Task 1 chart and all five Task 2 essay types, taught step by step.
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Module 1 · 10 lessons
Learning and Education
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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Talk about results and about how long something has been happening.
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Present Perfect for Trends and Changes
Describe changes up to now, as in essays and Task 1.
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Education: Schools, Universities and Lifelong Learning
Use IELTS topic words for education.
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Listening Part 1: Form and Note Completion Strategy
Predict the answer type and keep to the word limit.
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Reading: True / False / Not Given
Use a step-by-step method for True / False / Not Given.
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Speaking Part 1: Developing Your Answers
Turn short answers into natural three-sentence answers.
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Writing Task 2: Analysing the Question
Find the topic, the focus and the task in every essay question.
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Writing Task 2: Opinion Essays — Agree or Disagree
Write an opinion essay with a clear position from start to end.
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IELTS Practice: Education
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with an estimated band for each skill.
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Module 2 · 10 lessons
Work and Careers
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Narrative Tenses — Past Simple, Continuous and Perfect
Use all three past tenses together.
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Past Perfect Continuous
Say how long something had been happening before a past moment.
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Used To, Would and Be Used To
Talk about past habits and things you are familiar with.
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Work, Jobs and Employment
Use IELTS topic words for work.
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Listening Part 2: Multiple Choice
Answer multiple-choice questions when the options are paraphrased.
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Reading: Matching Information to Paragraphs
Find which paragraph contains a specific piece of information.
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Speaking Part 2: Describe a Job You Would Like to Do
Use the cue card and talk for the full two minutes.
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Writing Task 1: The Line Graph — Introduction and Overview
Paraphrase the task and write an overview of the main trends.
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Writing Task 1: Trend Language — Rise, Fall, Fluctuate
Describe trends with verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
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IELTS Practice: Work
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
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Module 3 · 10 lessons
Health and Medicine
- Lesson 21Open
Modals of Obligation and Advice
Use must, have to, should and need to in essays and speaking.
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Modals of Deduction: Must, Might, Can’t
Say what you think is true from the evidence.
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Past Modals: Should Have, Could Have, Must Have
Talk about past mistakes, possibilities and deductions.
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Health, Diet and Medicine
Use IELTS topic words for health.
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Listening: Sentence Completion
Complete sentences so that they make sense and are grammatical.
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Reading: Yes / No / Not Given — The Writer’s Views
Decide if the writer agrees with a statement.
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Speaking Part 1: Health, Sport and Sleep
Give developed Part 1 answers on health topics.
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Writing Task 2: Problem and Solution Essays
Write an essay that explains problems and gives practical solutions.
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Pronunciation: Word Stress in Academic Words
Stress long academic words correctly.
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IELTS Practice: Health
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
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Module 4 · 9 lessons
Cities and Urban Life
- Lesson 31Coming soon
Comparisons with Numbers: Twice As, Much More, Slightly Less
Compare data precisely.
- Lesson 32Coming soon
Articles with Places, Institutions and General Ideas
Use articles correctly in academic sentences.
- Lesson 33Coming soon
Urban Life: Housing, Transport and Infrastructure
Use IELTS topic words for cities.
- Lesson 34Coming soon
Listening Part 2: Map and Plan Labelling
Follow directions and label places on a map or plan.
- Lesson 35Coming soon
Reading: Matching Headings
Choose the heading that sums up each paragraph.
- Lesson 36Coming soon
Speaking Part 2: Describe a Place You Like to Visit
Talk for two minutes with clear organisation.
- Lesson 37Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Bar Charts — Comparing Categories
Group the bars and compare the key figures.
- Lesson 38Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Maps — Describing Changes to a Place
Describe how a town changed between two maps.
- Lesson 39Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Cities
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 5 · 10 lessons
The Environment
- Lesson 40Coming soon
Zero, First and Second Conditionals — Review
Choose the right conditional for facts, real and imaginary situations.
- Lesson 41Coming soon
Third Conditional
Talk about how the past could have been different.
- Lesson 42Coming soon
Unless, As Long As and Provided That
Use other words for conditions in essays.
- Lesson 43Coming soon
Wish and If Only
Talk about regrets and wishes.
- Lesson 44Coming soon
Environment: Climate, Pollution and Energy
Use IELTS topic words for the environment.
- Lesson 45Coming soon
Listening Part 4: Note Completion in a Lecture
Follow a lecture and complete notes in order.
- Lesson 46Coming soon
Reading: Summary Completion
Complete a summary with words from the text or from a box.
- Lesson 47Coming soon
Speaking Part 3: Environmental Problems
Give opinions, reasons and examples on environmental questions.
- Lesson 48Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Causes and Solutions Essays
Explain the causes of a problem and suggest solutions.
- Lesson 49Coming soon
IELTS Practice: The Environment
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 6 · 10 lessons
Science and Technology
- Lesson 50Coming soon
Passive Voice in All Tenses
Use the passive in every tense for academic writing.
- Lesson 51Coming soon
Passive with Modals
Use can be, should be and must be done.
- Lesson 52Coming soon
Causative: Have and Get Something Done
Say that someone does a service for you.
- Lesson 53Coming soon
Science, Technology and Innovation
Use IELTS topic words for science and technology.
- Lesson 54Coming soon
Listening: Flow-Chart Completion
Complete a flow chart that shows the stages of a process.
- Lesson 55Coming soon
Reading: Diagram Labelling
Label a diagram of a machine or natural system from the text.
- Lesson 56Coming soon
Speaking Part 2: Describe a Piece of Technology You Use
Talk for two minutes about a device or app.
- Lesson 57Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Processes — How Something Is Made
Describe a manufacturing process with the passive.
- Lesson 58Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Natural Processes and Life Cycles
Describe a natural cycle with active and passive verbs.
- Lesson 59Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Science and Technology
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 7 · 9 lessons
Media and Communication
- Lesson 60Coming soon
Reported Speech — Statements, Questions and Commands
Report what people said, asked and told others to do.
- Lesson 61Coming soon
Reporting Verbs: Suggest, Claim, Warn, Admit
Use reporting verbs with the right patterns.
- Lesson 62Coming soon
Media, News and Advertising
Use IELTS topic words for the media.
- Lesson 63Coming soon
Listening Part 3: Multiple Choice — Choose Two
Choose two answers from five in a discussion.
- Lesson 64Coming soon
Reading: Matching Features
Match statements to people, places or dates.
- Lesson 65Coming soon
Speaking Part 3: Media and Advertising
Compare views and give reasons on media questions.
- Lesson 66Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Discuss Both Views and Give Your Opinion
Write a balanced essay with your own clear view.
- Lesson 67Coming soon
Pronunciation: Sentence Stress and Weak Forms
Use weak forms like /tə/ and /ən/ to sound natural.
- Lesson 68Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Media
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 8 · 8 lessons
Crime and Society
- Lesson 69Coming soon
Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Add essential and extra information with commas.
- Lesson 70Coming soon
Relative Clauses with Whose, Where, When and Prepositions
Use more relative words for complex sentences.
- Lesson 71Coming soon
Crime, Law and Punishment
Use IELTS topic words for crime.
- Lesson 72Coming soon
Listening: Table Completion
Complete a table with details from a talk.
- Lesson 73Coming soon
Reading: Matching Sentence Endings
Join sentence beginnings and endings correctly.
- Lesson 74Coming soon
Speaking Part 3: Crime and Punishment
Discuss causes of crime and ways to reduce it.
- Lesson 75Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Advantages and Disadvantages Essays
Write about the benefits and drawbacks of a development.
- Lesson 76Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Crime and Society
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 9 · 9 lessons
Travel and Globalisation
- Lesson 77Coming soon
Future Forms and Future Continuous
Talk about plans, predictions and actions in progress in the future.
- Lesson 78Coming soon
Future Perfect
Say what will be finished by a time in the future.
- Lesson 79Coming soon
Probability: Likely To, Bound To, Due To
Talk about how probable future events are.
- Lesson 80Coming soon
Tourism and Globalisation
Use IELTS topic words for tourism and globalisation.
- Lesson 81Coming soon
Listening Part 1: Bookings and Distractors
Notice when a speaker corrects or changes an answer.
- Lesson 82Coming soon
Reading: Multiple Choice
Choose the option that matches the text, not just its words.
- Lesson 83Coming soon
Speaking Part 2: Describe a Journey You Remember
Tell a story for two minutes with past tenses.
- Lesson 84Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Tables — Choosing What to Compare
Pick the key numbers in a table and compare them.
- Lesson 85Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Travel
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 10 · 9 lessons
Food and Agriculture
- Lesson 86Coming soon
Countable and Uncountable Nouns — Tricky Cases
Use advice, research and equipment correctly.
- Lesson 87Coming soon
Proportions: Most, The Majority, A Minority
Describe proportions without repeating numbers.
- Lesson 88Coming soon
Approximation: Nearly, Just Over, Roughly
Round numbers naturally in Task 1.
- Lesson 89Coming soon
Food, Farming and Nutrition
Use IELTS topic words for food and farming.
- Lesson 90Coming soon
Listening: Short-Answer Questions
Answer questions in three words or fewer.
- Lesson 91Coming soon
Reading: Note, Table and Flow-Chart Completion
Complete notes and charts with words from the passage.
- Lesson 92Coming soon
Speaking Part 1: Food and Cooking
Answer Part 1 questions about food naturally.
- Lesson 93Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Pie Charts — Proportions and Percentages
Describe and compare one or two pie charts.
- Lesson 94Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Food
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 11 · 8 lessons
Family and Society
- Lesson 95Coming soon
Gerunds and Infinitives — Review
Use -ing and to after verbs, adjectives and prepositions.
- Lesson 96Coming soon
Stop, Remember, Try: Changes in Meaning
Know how meaning changes with -ing or to.
- Lesson 97Coming soon
Family, Generations and Ageing
Use IELTS topic words for family and society.
- Lesson 98Coming soon
Listening Part 3: Matching
Match opinions or features to options in a discussion.
- Lesson 99Coming soon
Reading: Multiple Choice — Choose Two Answers
Choose two correct options from five.
- Lesson 100Coming soon
Speaking Part 2: Describe a Person Who Has Influenced You
Talk for two minutes about a person with details and reasons.
- Lesson 101Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Two-Part Questions
Answer both questions fully, one paragraph each.
- Lesson 102Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Family and Society
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 12 · 9 lessons
Arts, Culture and Sport
- Lesson 103Coming soon
Linking Words: Addition, Contrast and Concession
Use linkers correctly and with the right punctuation.
- Lesson 104Coming soon
Linking Words: Cause, Effect and Purpose
Show logical links in essays.
- Lesson 105Coming soon
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Use IELTS topic words for the arts.
- Lesson 106Coming soon
Sport and Leisure
Use IELTS topic words for sport.
- Lesson 107Coming soon
Listening Part 4: Following a Lecture’s Structure
Use signposts to stay on track in a lecture.
- Lesson 108Coming soon
Reading: Sentence Completion
Complete sentences with exact words from the passage.
- Lesson 109Coming soon
Speaking Part 3: Comparing Past and Present
Compare how things have changed and explain why.
- Lesson 110Coming soon
Writing Task 1: Mixed Charts — Two Charts Together
Describe two different charts and link them.
- Lesson 111Coming soon
IELTS Practice: Arts and Culture
Timed Academic IELTS tasks on this module’s theme, with band feedback.
Module 13 · 10 lessons
Academic Writing Skills
- Lesson 112Coming soon
Paraphrasing: Synonyms and Word Forms
Rewrite the question in your own words.
- Lesson 113Coming soon
Paraphrasing: Changing Sentence Structure
Paraphrase by changing the structure, not just the words.
- Lesson 114Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Introductions and Thesis Statements
Write an introduction that shows your position in two sentences.
- Lesson 115Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Body Paragraphs — Point, Explain, Example
Build strong body paragraphs.
- Lesson 116Coming soon
Writing Task 2: Conclusions
Finish with a clear summary of your view, with no new ideas.
- Lesson 117Coming soon
Cohesion: Referencing and Avoiding Repetition
Link sentences with this, these, such and synonyms.
- Lesson 118Coming soon
Writing Task 1: A Clear Overview
Write an overview that sums up the two main features.
- Lesson 119Coming soon
The Writing Band Descriptors
Understand the four criteria and what band 5, 6 and 7 look like.
- Lesson 120Coming soon
Common Grammar Errors in IELTS Writing
Find and fix the errors that keep essays at band 5.
- Lesson 121Coming soon
Writing Under Time: 20 + 40 Minutes
Plan, write and check both tasks in one hour.
Module 14 · 8 lessons
Speaking, Listening and Reading Skills
- Lesson 122Coming soon
Speaking Part 1: Natural, Extended Answers
Answer naturally without memorised sentences.
- Lesson 123Coming soon
Speaking Part 2: Using the One-Minute Preparation
Make quick notes that help you speak for two minutes.
- Lesson 124Coming soon
Speaking Part 3: Reasons, Examples and Comparisons
Develop Part 3 answers in depth.
- Lesson 125Coming soon
The Speaking Band Descriptors
Understand fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation scores.
- Lesson 126Coming soon
Pronunciation: Chunking and Intonation
Speak in meaningful groups with natural intonation.
- Lesson 127Coming soon
Listening: Spelling, Plurals and Word Limits
Stop losing marks on correct answers written wrongly.
- Lesson 128Coming soon
Listening: Signposts and Distractors
Follow the speaker and avoid traps.
- Lesson 129Coming soon
Reading: Time Management Across Three Passages
Plan 60 minutes for 40 questions.
Module 15 · 9 lessons
Core Mock Test
- Lesson 130Coming soon
Grammar Review: Tenses and Modals
Check the tenses and modals of this level.
- Lesson 131Coming soon
Grammar Review: Conditionals, Passive and Clauses
Check conditionals, passives and relative clauses.
- Lesson 132Coming soon
Vocabulary Review: IELTS Topic Words
Check the topic vocabulary of every unit.
- Lesson 133Coming soon
Full Mock Test: Listening
Four parts, 40 questions, 30 minutes.
- Lesson 134Coming soon
Full Mock Test: Reading
Three passages, 40 questions, 60 minutes.
- Lesson 135Coming soon
Full Mock Test: Writing
Task 1 and Task 2 in 60 minutes.
- Lesson 136Coming soon
Full Mock Test: Speaking
A full three-part Speaking test.
- Lesson 137Coming soon
Core Final Test
Show that you are ready for the Competent level (band 6).
- Lesson 138Coming soon
Your Band Report and Study Plan
Analyse your mock test and plan your road to band 6.5.