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IELTS Reading
Practise IELTS Reading with original exercises, question-type guides and a review routine for Academic and General Training. Start with your weakest task.
4 guides + practiceIELTS Listening
Build an IELTS Listening routine with guides to map labelling, note completion and distractors, plus an original exercise and practical review steps.
3 guides + practiceIELTS Writing
Prepare for IELTS Writing Task 1 and Task 2 with essay planning, Academic overviews, General Training letters and an annotated sample with feedback.
5 guides + practiceIELTS Speaking
Practise IELTS Speaking Parts 1–3 with original prompts, a free cue-card timer, pronunciation exercises and a clear routine for reviewing your answers.
4 guides + practicePreparation guides
IELTS Academic vs General Training: What to Practise
Compare Academic and General Training preparation, understand which skills differ and choose practice materials for the test you need.
Read guideA 30-Day IELTS Study Plan You Can Adjust
Organise one month of IELTS preparation around a baseline, targeted drills, timed practice and weekly reviews with realistic daily sessions.
Read guideIELTS in One Week: A Seven-Day Revision Plan
Use your final IELTS preparation week for targeted review, a measured rehearsal and practical readiness instead of an overloaded study schedule.
Read guideWorking Towards IELTS Band 7: Diagnose the Gap
Turn a Band 7 goal into a skill-by-skill practice plan with evidence-based priorities, revision exercises and realistic progress checks.
Read guideHow to Review an IELTS Mock Test
Turn an IELTS mock test into a practical study plan using an error log, evidence checks, response revision and a fresh-task follow-up.
Read guideIELTS Band Scores: Overall Score vs Skill Scores
Understand the IELTS overall band average, rounding examples and the difference between official results, raw scores and practice estimates.
Read guideIELTS Vocabulary Practice: Learn Words You Can Use
Build usable IELTS vocabulary through collocations, original sentences, retrieval practice and a small error-led review routine.
Read guideHow to Use AI Feedback for IELTS Writing Practice
Use IELTSRISE AI Writing feedback to review your own essay, prioritise revisions and check transfer while understanding the limits of band estimates.
Read guideWriting guides
Explore the writing study path →IELTS Writing Task 2: Plan an Essay in Five Minutes
Turn an IELTS Task 2 prompt into a focused essay plan, with a worked example, paragraph checklist and a practical 40-minute writing routine.
Read guideIELTS Opinion Essays: Keep Your Position Clear
Practise agree-or-disagree IELTS essays with a qualified position, an original paragraph example and checks for consistent reasoning.
Read guideIELTS Discussion Essays: Explain Both Views
Learn how to organise a discuss-both-views IELTS essay, explain opposing arguments fairly and make your own opinion easy to follow.
Read guideIELTS Academic Task 1: Write a Useful Overview
Choose the main features in IELTS charts and tables, write a clear overview and support comparisons with an original data example.
Read guideIELTS General Training Task 1: Letter Writing
Plan an IELTS General Training letter, choose the right tone and cover every bullet point with a practical repair-request example.
Read guideSpeaking guides
Explore the speaking study path →IELTS Speaking Part 1: Natural Answer Practice
Practise IELTS Speaking Part 1 with original everyday questions, a short answer example and a repeatable recording exercise.
Read guideIELTS Speaking Part 2: Use Your Preparation Minute
Plan a two-minute IELTS cue-card response using brief notes, a clear sequence and an original topic about learning a practical skill.
Read guideIELTS Speaking Part 3: Develop an Argument Aloud
Move from personal stories to broader IELTS Speaking Part 3 discussion with reasons, examples, comparisons and careful qualifications.
Read guideIELTS Pronunciation Practice: Clarity, Stress and Pauses
Build clearer IELTS speech with a short recording routine for word stress, sentence stress, thought groups and understandable delivery.
Read guideReading guides
Explore the reading study path →IELTS Reading: True, False or Not Given?
Separate contradiction from missing information in IELTS Reading using a three-step evidence check and original worked examples.
Read guideIELTS Matching Headings: Find the Main Idea
Choose IELTS paragraph headings by purpose and main idea, with an original example showing why matching a keyword can mislead you.
Read guideIELTS Matching Information: Locate Specific Evidence
Find examples, reasons and comparisons in IELTS Reading paragraphs using a passage map and a focused evidence-search routine.
Read guideIELTS General Training Reading: A Practice Routine
Prepare for General Training Reading with everyday notices, workplace texts and longer passages, plus an original conditions-checking exercise.
Read guideListening guides
Explore the listening study path →IELTS Listening Distractors: Follow the Final Meaning
Avoid IELTS Listening traps involving corrected dates, rejected options and changing plans with an original dialogue and review routine.
Read guideIELTS Listening Maps: Track Position and Direction
Practise IELTS map and plan labelling by locating the starting point, following turns and distinguishing nearby landmarks.
Read guideIELTS Listening Note Completion: Predict and Check
Prepare for IELTS form and note completion with word-limit checks, grammar predictions and an original booking-information exercise.
Read guideWritten by IELTSRISE. Exercises and study routines are original learning material; official IELTS sources are linked in each guide for format and scoring facts. IELTSRISE is an independent preparation platform. Practice scores are estimates, and no study plan guarantees a test result.