Official IELTS Practice Materials

Official IELTS Practice Materials

by University of Cambridge

A comprehensive resource pack from the IELTS partners to help teachers who are preparing students to take the IELTS test. Written by the IELTS partners including Cambridge ESOL examiners and material writers with many years of experience preparing IELTS tests, this pack shows how each of the tests is assessed and provides some valuable tips. The book contains: practice tests for Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (both Academic and General Training); Listening, Reading and Writing answer sheets; Listening and Reading practice test answer keys and Listening tapescripts; sample candidate Writing responses and examiner comments; sample candidate Speaking tests and examiner comments. The CD contains a Listening test for candidates to practise and three examples of students taking the Speaking test.

Genres: Education

86 pages, Pocket Book

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University or Cambridge) is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after the University of Oxford), and the seventh-oldest globally. In post-nominals the university's name is abbreviated as Cantab, a shortened form of Cantabrigiensis (an adjective derived from Cantabrigia, the Latinised form of Cambridge).

The university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed in 1209, early records suggest, by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk. The two "ancient universities" have many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In addition to cultural and practical associations as a historic part of British society, they have a long history of rivalry with each other.

Cambridge ranks first in the world in both the 2010 and 2011 QS World University Rankings, sixth in the world in the 2011 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and fifth in the world (and first in Europe) in the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Cambridge regularly contends with Oxford for first place in UK league tables. In the most recently published ranking of UK universities, published by The Guardian newspaper, Cambridge was ranked first.

Graduates of the university have won a total of 65 Nobel Prizes, the most of any university in the world. In 2009, the marketing consultancy World Brand Lab rated Cambridge University as the 50th most influential brand in the world, and the 4th most influential university brand, behind only Harvard, MIT and Stanford University, while in 2011, Cambridge ranked third, after Harvard and MIT, in The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, which reflect the reputation of universities for educational and research excellence based on a survey of academics worldwide.

Cambridge is a member of the Coimbra Group, the G5, the International Alliance of Research Universities, the League of European Research Universities and the Russell Group of research-led British universities. It forms part of the 'Golden Triangle' of British universities.

Reviews

[Sleet Sleet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the book does thoroughly cover the four sections of the IELTS test, namely, reading, writing, speaking, and listening, the practice material in this book are not ample. In fact, there are unofficial websites, such as http://ieltsliz.com/ that deal in more depth with and provide more exercises for this exam.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This does not cover IELTS on an individual basis. It is good to cover the basics.

I would recommending using the free resources out there like IELTS Advantage - https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/writin...

This will cover the topic in all the detail you need and is great for everyone. Best not to waste the money on the books.

[Aida_I · Rating 3 out of 5]

This release is good insight in IELTS exam. But I would recommend Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English for general practice materials and CPE Successful Writing Proficiency for improving writing skills.

[André Martins · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books (1+2) don't present the same quality when compared with the collection "Cambridge IELTS X" (X = 1 to 14). Apart from this, both are very expensive once each one only contains two official tests, one connected to the Academic part (AC) and the other one with General Training (GT). The collection I mentioned previously, each book has four official tests, which is significantly wider. Thus, evaluating the pros and cons of its acquisition, I think they are not worth the investment.

[Clarisse N Montag]

This book, as the title shows, is only for practice. It has only one full practice IELTS test and some examples of writing test, no tips or explanations of the test for the test taker.

[Farhad · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for who wants to prepare for IELTS.

[Bestmytest]

You can never go wrong with the official IELTS practice. You can find a lot more materials and much better organization and practice from https://www.bestmytest.com/ielts/test