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ACE the IELTS

IELTS General Module How to Maximize Your Score

Fourth Edition

Simone Braverman IELTS-

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Ace the IELTS IELTS General Module - How to Maximize Your Score (Fourth Edition) ISBN 978-0648868200 Copyright ? 2021 Simone Braverman Updated March 2023

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From the author

I am very grateful for all the help and support I've received from all the members of my team, namely:

Vladimir Levitin - for great research Nataly Dehter-Vaksman - for excellent legal advice Eduard and Dina Somin - for superb ideas

Together there is no mountain we can't climb!

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the many authors, organizations and websites that have so kindly permitted us to use their material in our test, or allowed us to use the material under a creative commons license / public domain.

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Listening 8.0,

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Speaking 7,

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IELTS General Module ? How to Maximize Your Score

TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to use this book

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5

The IELTS Routine

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6

Tips for the Listening Test

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8

Tips for the Reading Test

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17

Tips for the Writing Test

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24

Writing Task 1 (letter)

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25

Writing Task 2 (essay)

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41

Tips for the Speaking Test

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52

Pocket tips

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60

Study plan

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62

Full practice test

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65

Answers

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84

Model responses

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85

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