WRITING TASK 1
The minimum word limit for writing task 1
What is 150 words?
The minimum word limit for writing task 2
What is 250 words?
The amount of language skills that IELTS tests
What is 4?
The number of sections in IELTS listening
What are 4 sections?
The number of passages in IELTS reading
What are 3 passages?
Three common task 1 chart types
What are pie charts, bar charts, and line graphs?
The essay type which asks if you agree or disagree
What is an opinion essay?
The range of IELTS band scores
What is band 0-9?
The total number of listening questions.
What are 40 questions?
A question type with answer options A-D
What are multiple choice questions?
A paragraph that summarizes the main trends of the chart.
What is an overview?
The overview sentence at the beginning of every body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
The non-abbreviated version of IELTS
What is the International English Language Testing System?
The accent most commonly heard in the audio recordings
What is British accent?
Reading quickly to find the general meaning of the passage.
What is skimming?
Words like "grow", "rise", and "climb" describe this
What is an increase?
The sentence that states your main opinion.
What is a thesis statement?
The score a majority of universities require
What is band 6.5 or 7?
Words meant to trick you on the listening exam
What are distractors?
Words from the question that lead you to the answer in the passage.
What are key words?
Rewriting something by using different words without changing the meaning.
What is paraphrasing?
A formal, single word that means, "As a result,"
Consequently
An adjective that means able to speak freely, without limitation.
Fluent
The amount of times you hear the audio recording
What is once?
Words that have similar meaning to one another.
What are synonyms?