IELTS MASTERY
The Complete Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide
Academic & General Training Modules
What You Will Master in This Guide:
• Comprehensive Exam Structure: In-depth breakdowns of Listening, Reading, Writing, and
Speaking modules.
• Scoring & Band Descriptors: Official scoring criteria demystified (Bands 1 through 9).
• Proven Strategies & Tactics: Time management, question-type strategies, and key skills.
• Sample Answers & Templates: High-scoring structural templates for Writing and Speaking.
• Complete 30-Day Study Plan: Actionable day-by-day roadmap for study success.
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,Table of Contents
1. 3
Introduction
to IELTS
2. 4
Academic
vs
General
Training
3. The 5
IELTS
Band
Score
System
4. 6
Module
1:
Listening
-
Overview
&
Structure
5. 7
Listening
Question
Types &
Tactics
6. 8
Listening
Tips &
Common
Distractors
7. Module 9
2:
Reading -
Academic
Structure
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,8. 10
Reading
- General
Training
Structure
9. Reading 11
Strategies:
Skimming
&
Scanning
10. 12
Tackling
True /
False /
Not Given
Questions
11. 13
Matching
Headings
& Sentence
Completion
12. 14
Module 3:
Writing -
Task 1
Academic
( Charts
&
Graphs)
13. Task 1 15
Academic
-
Processes
& Maps
14. Task 16
1
General
Training
- Letter
Writing
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, 15. 17
Writing
Task 2 -
Essay
Structure
& Types
16. Task 2 18
Opinion &
Discussion
Essays
17. Task 2 19
Problem-
Solution &
Advantages/
Disadvantages
18. Writing 20
Assessment
Criteria
Breakdown
19. 21
Essential
Vocabulary
&
Transitions
for Writing
20. 22
Module
4:
Speaking
-
Overview
& Part 1
21. 23
Speaking
Part 2 -
Cue
Cards
Mastery
24
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