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IELTS Academic Task 1: Analysing charts and tables
IELTS listening test practice
Common IELTS writing mistakes
Practice producing long vowel sounds
Listening skills development - Contractions
True/false/not given and yes/no/not given questions
Listening Exam practice - Names and numbers
Using relative clauses
Diagram labeling questions (reading)
Paraphrasing your introduction (academic writing)
Practice pronouncing collocations
Introduction to matching tasks (listening)
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sudden shift
sudden shift
/ˈsʌdənˈʃɪft/
a quick and unexpected change
There has been a sudden shift in opinion in favour of the ban on smoking in public.
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1.1-1.3 Minimal Pairs
1.4 Quiz - Random minimal pairs
2.1-2.4 Listening Skills - Letters and Numbers
2.5 Exam practice part 1 - Names and numbers
3.1-3.4 Decoding English Syllables
3.5-3.8 Decoding words
3.9 Lesson - Looking up words you hear in a dictionary
3.10 Assignment - Recording vocabulary
3.11 Exam practice - Learning about Memrise
3.12 Exercise - An introduction to prefixes and suffixes
3.13 Exercise - Recognising prefixes and suffixes in IELTS listening passages
3.14 Link - Visual thesaurus spelling bee
4.1 Article - The Rhythm of English
4.2 Video - The schwa sound in English
4.3 Exercise - Weak forms dictation
4.4 Lesson - Contractions
4.5 Exercise - Introduction to syllable changes
4.6 Exercise - Elision across words
4.7 Exercise - Sound changes
4.8 Exercise - Decoding and remembering words and phrases
4.9 Exercise - Which grammar meaning?
5.1 Article - Exam strategy: predicting answers
5.2 Lesson - Note and table completion
5.3 Exam practice - Part 1
5.4 Exam practice - Part 1
5.5 Exam practice - Part 2
6.1 Synonyms
6.2 Lesson - Synonyms and paraphrase in the IELTS listening exam
6.3 Exercise - Guided practice of paraphrase
6.4 Exercise - Advanced paraphrasing
7.1 Approaching multiple choice questions
7.2 Lesson - Multiple choice questions which discuss all possible answers
7.3 Exam practice - Part 2
8.1 Exercise - Guessing what comes next
9.1 Lesson - Labelling maps
9.2 Exam practice - Labelling a map
9.3 Exam practice - Labelling a map with headings from a list
10.1 Lesson - Predicting information about a topic
10.2 Exercise - Known word unknown sense
10.3 Lesson - Guessing the meaning of words through prefixes and suffixes
10.4 Forum - Guessing meaning of words
10.5 Exercise - Guessing meaning
10.6 Exercise - Ignoring words
11.1 Lesson - Introduction to matching tasks
11.2 Exam practice - Part 2 matching
11.3 Guided exam practice - More part 2 questions
12.1 Lesson - Identifying common reference pronoun links
12.2 Exercise - Identifying reference
13.1 Exercise - Analysing and labeling a diagram
13.2 Exam practice - Labelling a diagram 2
13.3 Exam practice - Labelling a diagram 3
14.1 Quiz - Linking words and expressions
14.2 Lesson - Linkers in listening
14.3 Exercise - Identifying links
15.1 Ordering 'paragraphs'
15.2 Exercise - Identifying paragraphs
15.3 Lesson - Expansions of topic sentences
15.4 Exam practice - Matching task
15.5 Exercise - Identifying main and supporting points
15.6 Exam practice - Completing notes 1
15.7 Exam practice - Completing notes 2
16.1 Resource - Listening answer sheet
16.2 Article - Filling in the answer sheet
16.3 Quiz - Review of exam strategies
17.1 Listening practice (Section 1)
17.2 Listening practice (Section 2)
17.3 Listening Practice (Section 3)
17.4 Listening Practice (Section 4)
17.5 Complete IELTS practice listening test
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IELTS Listening
Welcome to the listening module
Phonemes (sounds) - Minimal pairs
Letters and numbers
Syllables, words and spelling
Connected speech
Note and table completion in part 1 and 2
Paraphrase (same meaning different words)
Multiple choice questions and part 2 practice
Predicting words and grammar
Labelling maps
Using knowledge of subject and context to improve understanding
Matching exercises and part 2 practice
Identifying reference
Labelling diagrams (part 3 practice)
Linking and making inferences
Listening to academic lectures and part 4 practice
Review
Further IELTS Listening practice
Glossaries
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