Free IELTS Preparation Online — Lessons & Practice Tests
Complete IELTS preparation for both Academic and General Training: 17 lessons covering every Reading question type and every Writing task, plus 120 full practice tests across Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking — auto-scored with band scores, answers, model answers and examiner guidance. Free, forever.
IELTS Reading
Beat the 60-minute clock across all 11 question types — Academic passages and General Training texts.
Reading Foundations
How the Reading test is built, how raw scores become band scores, and how Academic and General Training differ.
The Question Types
A dedicated method for every IELTS Reading question type — the traps, the tells and the fastest reliable approach.
Main idea vs detail · Eliminating distractors · The paragraph-first method · …
The killer NOT GIVEN rule · Fact vs opinion (Y/N/NG) · Qualifiers & word traps · …
Multiple choice strategy · Matching information to paragraphs · Matching features / names · …
Sentence / summary / note completion · Table & flow-chart completion · Diagram labelling · …
Strategy & Timed Practice
The skills that hold it all together — skimming, scanning, vocabulary in context — then full, timed practice with worked answer keys.
Skim for structure · Scan for answers · Vocabulary in context · …
A real-length passage · 13 mixed-type questions · Timed conditions · …
Notice + workplace text · GT question set · Everyday-English focus · …
IELTS Writing
Task 1 and Task 2 for Academic and General Training, scored against the four official band descriptors — with model answers you can actually learn from.
Writing Foundations
What the examiner is actually marking — the four band descriptors — and how to spend your 60 minutes.
Task 1
Academic report writing (graphs, tables, processes, maps) and General Training letters — structure, language and model answers.
The 4-paragraph structure · Trend & comparison language · Selecting key features · …
Passive voice & sequencing · Describing change over time · Location language for maps · …
Formal / semi-formal / informal · Matching tone to purpose · Covering all three bullet points · …
Task 2 — The Essay
The essay is worth twice Task 1. Master the five essay types, a repeatable structure and band-9 model essays.
Introduction → body → conclusion · Reading the question correctly · The 5 question types · …
Agree / disagree essays · Discuss both views + opinion · Building a clear position · …
Problem–solution essays · Advantages vs disadvantages · Direct-question (two-part) · …
Writing Clinic
Write under real prompts and get an instant, criteria-based estimate of your band — then a checklist to push it higher.
How the IELTS band scale works
IELTS reports a band from 0 to 9 for each skill and an overall average, rounded to the nearest half band. Here is roughly what each band signals:
Built to a gold standard — for Academic and General Training
Each lesson carries strategy that actually works under time pressure, worked examples, band-descriptor guidance and — for Writing — full model answers plus an instant, criteria-based band estimator so you can practise and self-assess. Beyond the lessons, there are full mock tests for all four skills — Reading, Writing and Listening are auto-scored with band estimates, and Speaking runs as a voiced three-part interview with recording, timers and examiner guidance.
Also useful: IELTS vocabulary builder · IELTS grammar · Spoken English (speaking practice)