Lesson Plans: IELTS

Useful language for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1

Closely examining IELTS Writing Task 2 tasks

Students analyse how IELTS Writing Task 2 questions vary with speaking activities, match those tasks to different plans and introductions, then brainstorm useful phrases for starting and ending Task Two essays.

Advice and phrases for IELTS Writing Task 2 groupwork tasks

Grammar words in typical IELTS Writing Task 1 phrases pairwork guessing game, including meanings of prepositions and determiners presentation and brainstorming phrases for the introduction and body of Task 1 essays.

Different kinds of IELTS Writing Task 2 questions on the environment, including "to what extent", "look at both sides", causes and solutions, and rarer question types.

Linking IELTS Writing and IELTS Reading through essay tasks on exam tactics, difficulties, etc, with typical Writing Task 2 types like "to what extent", "causes and solutions" and "look at both sides"

Grammar words in typical IELTS Writing Task Two pairwork guessing game, with a prepositions and determiners grammar presentation and brainstorming useful language for Writing Task 2 introductions, bodies and final summaries/ conclusions.

Different kinds of IELTS Writing Task Two tasks on housing and cities, including "to what extent", "look at both sides", "causes and solutions", and other less common task types.

Different kinds of IELTS Writing Task 2 questions on STEM subjects, including "look at both sides", "to what extent", "causes and solutions" and other question types, with four suggested activities.

A variety of media and current affairs IELTS Writing Task 2 questions, including both common questions like "to what extent" and less common kinds of task.

An answer sheet for IELTS Writing Task 1 and IELTS Writing Task 2 that guides students through the stages of preparing for, writing, editing and doing extra work.

Extra sounds in natural speech in IELTS Listening gapfill task

Linking in connected speech in IELTS Listening gapfill answers

Time expressions and tenses to describe past, present and future data in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 line graphs, tables, bar graphs, etc.

Future forms in IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three questions and answers review.

Different future forms in IELTS Writing Tasks One and Two presentation, with predictions, speculations, and recommendations.

Advice on IELTS Reading with useful language for supporting your arguments in IELTS Speaking Part Three and IELTS Writing Task 2, including lots of different reasons/ cause/ effects phrases.