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IELTS Classroom Resources

Welcome to our IELTS Classroom Resources – we hope you’ll enjoy using the free teaching resources you can download here.

The Get Ready for IELTS: Skills Series, Skills for IELTS books and Vocabulary and Grammar for IELTS were developed as self-study books, but they also provide ready-to-use classroom resources for teachers. The teaching notes below show how the material can be used in the classroom.

In Get Ready for IELTS: Classroom Course below, you can find the activity sheets needed for the Get Ready for IELTS Teacher’s Guide, which accompanies the Get Ready for IELTS classroom course.

Get Ready for IELTS: Skills Series

Listening
About Get Ready for IELTS: Listening
Unit 1: Friends abroad
Unit 2: Food and cooking
Unit 3: Presentations
Review 1
Unit 4: Work
Unit 5: On campus services
Unit 6: Staying safe
Review 2
Unit 7: Studing, exams and revision
Unit 8: Shopping and spending
Unit 9: Hobbies, interests and sports
Review 3
Unit 10: Work-life balance
Unit 11: Comparing cultures
Unit 12: Exploring oceans
Review 4
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Reading
About Get Ready for IELTS: Reading
Unit 1: Friendship
Unit 2: Body and mind
Unit 3: Studying abroad
Review 1
Unit 4: Science and technology at home
Unit 5: Back to nature
Unit 6: Communication
Review 2
Unit 7: Business management
Unit 8: Young people's rights
Unit 9: Community matters
Review 3
Unit 10: British culture
Unit 11: Crime detection
Unit 12: Travel
Review 4
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Speaking
About Get Ready for IELTS: Speaking
Unit 1: Family
Unit 2: Free time
Unit 3: Special occasions
Review 1
Unit 4: Hometown
Unit 5: TV and radio
Unit 6: Weather
Review 2
Unit 7: Studying
Unit 8: Work
Unit 9: Holidays and travel
Review 3
Unit 10: Health
Unit 11: Important events
Unit 12: Possessions
Review 4
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Writing
About Get Ready for IELTS: Writing
Unit 1: Hobbies and interests
Unit 2: Education
Unit 3: Culture
Review 1
Unit 4: Family
Unit 5: Tourism
Unit 6: Films
Review 2
Unit 7: Technology
Unit 8: Happiness
Unit 9: The natural world
Review 3
Unit 10: Places to live
Unit 11: Health
Unit 12: Transport
Review 4
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Get Ready for IELTS ice-breakers, short fillers, and exam technique practice
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Skills for IELTS

Listening
About Listening for IELTS
Unit 1: On the move
Unit 2: Being young
Unit 3: Climate
Unit 4 – Family structures
Unit 5 – Starting university
Unit 6 – Fame
Unit 7 – Alternative energy
Unit 8 – Migration
Unit 9 – At the gym
Unit 10 – At the office
Unit 11 – Local languages
Unit 12 – Practice test
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Reading
About Reading for IELTS
Unit 1: Family matters
Unit 2: Healthcare
Unit 3: Getting an education
Unit 4 – The world around us
Unit 5 – Communication
Unit 6 – Technology
Unit 7 – Hobbies
Unit 8 – Youth
Unit 9 – Home
Unit 10 – Culture
Unit 11 – On the move
Unit 12 – Practice test
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Speaking
About Speaking for IELTS
Unit 1: People & relationships
Unit 2: A healthy body
Unit 3: Studies & work
Unit 4 – Water
Unit 5 – Non-verbal clues
Unit 6 – Scientists at work
Unit 7 – The job market
Unit 8 – Twenty-somethings
Unit 9 – Community spirit
Unit 10 – On the move
Unit 11 – Cultural differences
Unit 12 – Practice test
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Writing
About Writing for IELTS
Unit 1: Gender roles
Unit 2: Diet & nutrition
Unit 3: Educational goals
Unit 4 – Biodiversity
Unit 5 – Global English
Unit 6 – The Internet
Unit 7 – Consumer spending
Unit 8 – Children and parents
Unit 9 – An ageing population
Unit 10 – Fame
Unit 11 – The car
Unit 12 – Practice test
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Skills for IELTS ice-breakers, short fillers, and exam technique practice
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Vocabulary and Grammar for IELTS

Vocabulary
Unit 1 – People and relationships
Unit 2 – Health
Unit 3 – Education
Unit 4 – Adventure
Unit 5 – Gadgets
Unit 6 – Cities
Unit 7 – The art of persuasion
Unit 8 – Getting involved
Unit 9 – Global warming
Unit 10 – Revision 1
Unit 11 – Words for describing graphs and diagrams
Unit 12 – Words for describing change
Unit 13 – Words expressing similarity and difference
Unit 14 – Words describing cause and effect
Unit 15 – Signposting expressions for writing
Unit 16 – Adverbs
Unit 17 – Words for problems and solutions
Unit 18 – Words for talking about ideas
Unit 19 – Emphasis and understatement
Unit 20 – Revision 2
Grammar
Unit 1 – Holidays and travel
Unit 2 – Free time
Unit 3 – Fame
Unit 4 – Education
Unit 5 – The Internet
Unit 6 – The family
Unit 7 – The environment
Unit 8 – Food
Unit 9 – Employment and finance
Unit 10 – Youth
Unit 11 – People and places
Unit 12 – Crime
Unit 13 – The planet
Unit 14 – Globalization
Unit 15 – Culture and modern society
Unit 16 – Health and fitness
Unit 17 – Fashion
Unit 18 – Film and entertainment
Unit 19 – Wildlife

Get Ready for IELTS: Classroom Course

Teacher's Guide Resources
Get Ready for IELTS Teacher's Guide Resources
Audioscript
Audioscript