UNIT
IELTS Paper
Focus
Vocabulary
Focus
Skills
Focus
Grammar
Focus
Exam
Focus
1 About yourself
(pp. 8-19)
Speaking
• Words/Phrases
about yourself
• Do v make
• Countable and
uncountable nouns
• Expanding
on short
answers
• Present/
Perfect
Simple and
Continuous
• Speaking Test
Part 1
• Introduction and
Interview
2 Travelling
(pp. 20-29)
Listening
• Words/Phrases for
travelling
• Word stress
• Collocations
• Prepositions
• Listening for
specific
information
• Countable
and
uncountable
nouns
• Listening Paper
Section 1
• Plan, map, diagram
labelling
• Table completion
• Multiple choice
3 Investigating
(pp. 30-41)
Reading
(Academic)
• Words/Phrases for
investigating
• Collocations
• Noun suffixes
• Formal v everyday
vocabulary
• Reading for
gist/
skimming
• Past Simple
and Present
Perfect
Simple
• Reading Paper
(Academic)
Passage 1
• Short-answer questions
• Completion tasks
• Identifying information
• Matching information
4 Population
(pp. 42-53)
Writing
(Academic)
• Words/Phrases
about population
• Collocations
• Time phrases
• Number
expressions
• Organising
and linking
ideas
• Adjectives
and adverbs
• Comparative
adjectives
and adverbs
• Writing Paper
(Academic) Task 1
• Describing facts and
figures in graphs,
tables, etc
Revision and Exam Practice: Units 1-4
(pp. 54-57)
5 Education
(pp. 58-67)
Speaking
• Words/Phrases
about education
• Word stress
• Collocations
• Frequently
confused words
• Speaking
from notes
• Narrative
tenses: Past
Simple/
Continuous,
Past Perfect,
used to
• Speaking Test Part 2
• Long turn
6 Accommodation
(pp. 68-77)
Listening
• Words/Phrases
about
accommodation
• Word stress
• Collocations
• Numbers and
spelling
• Listening for
specific
information
• Paraphrasing
• Listening for
individual
sounds
Must
,
Need
and
Have to
• Listening Paper
Section 2
• Multiple choice
• Table completion
7 Gadgets
(pp. 78-89)
Reading
(Academic)
• Words/Phrases
about gadgets
• Phrasal verbs
• -ing v -ed
adjectives
• Reading for
detail
• The Passive • Reading Paper
(Academic)
Passages 1 & 2
• Identifying information
• Matching information
• Multiple-choice
8 Crime
(pp. 90-99)
Writing
(Academic)
• Words/Phrases
about crime
• Collocations
• Organising
an argument
• Zero and
First
Conditionals
• Writing Paper
(Academic) Task 2
• Discursive essay
Revision and Exam Practice: Units 5-8
(pp. 100-103)
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CONTENTS
Extensive thematic
coverage of all
major IELTS topic
areas
Regular revision and exam practice units
Focus on one skill
per unit
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