WRITING TASK 1
WRITING TASK 2
GENERAL
LISTENING
READING
100

The minimum word limit for writing task 1

What is 150 words?

100

The minimum word limit for writing task 2

What is 250 words?

100

The amount of language skills that IELTS tests

What is 4?

100

The number of sections in IELTS listening

What are 4 sections?

100

The number of passages in IELTS reading

What are 3 passages?

200

Three common task 1 chart types

What are pie charts, bar charts, and line graphs?

200

The essay type which asks if you agree or disagree

What is an opinion essay?

200

The range of IELTS band scores

What is band 0-9?

200

The total number of listening questions.

What are 40 questions?

200

A question type with answer options A-D

What are multiple choice questions?

300

A paragraph that summarizes the main trends of the chart.

What is an overview?

300

The overview sentence at the beginning of every body paragraph.

What is a topic sentence?

300

The non-abbreviated version of IELTS

What is the International English Language Testing System? 

300

The accent most commonly heard in the audio recordings

What is British accent?

300

Reading quickly to find the general meaning of the passage.

What is skimming?

400

Words like "grow", "rise", and "climb" describe this

What is an increase?

400

The sentence that states your main opinion.

What is a thesis statement?

400

The score a majority of universities require

What is band 6.5 or 7?

400

Words meant to trick you on the listening exam

What are distractors?

400

Words from the question that lead you to the answer in the passage.

What are key words?

500

Rewriting something by using different words without changing the meaning.

What is paraphrasing?

500

A formal, single word that means, "As a result,"

Consequently

500

An adjective that means able to speak freely, without limitation.

Fluent

500

The amount of times you hear the audio recording

What is once?

500

Words that have similar meaning to one another.

What are synonyms?

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