Study Plan For IELTS
Study Plan For IELTS
Study Plan For IELTS
As promised, here is a PDF which contains all your study plans along with some resources from the
#1 IELTS Learning Platform. Depending upon the time you’ve got to prepare for your IELTS exam,
please find your study plan below.
IMPORTANT:
Before preparing, make sure you take a complete mock test, not only to familiarise with the
format of the IELTS Test, but also to know your English level.
Day 1: Understand the format of the IELTS Test according to your test type
Resources:
• IELTS Academic
• IELTS General Training
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• IELTS Listening
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• IELTS Reading
• IELTS Reading Strategy
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• IELTS Speaking
Day 7: Look at Last minute tips and tricks and do a practice mock test (make sure you apply the
strategies you learned)
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Day 2: Understand the band descriptors and evaluation process for each module.
Day 3: Take a mock/practice test to see where you stand before you start learning.
Day 4: Do listening self-study activities to improve your listening skills (listening to a podcast,
watching movies without subtitles, listening to English songs until your exams get over)
Day 5: Learn the strategies for IELTS Listening and understand what signposting language is.
Resources:
Day 6: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Map Labelling
Day 7: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Multiple Choice
Questions
Day 9: Do reading self-study activities to improve your reading skills (read newspapers and
magazines, read online blogs, read books in English)
Day 10: Learn the strategies for IELTS Reading and understand what skimming and scanning are.
Resources:
Day 11: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - TFNG/YNNG
Resources:
• True/False/Not Given
Day 12: Concentrate on the harder question types and learn the strategies for them - Matching
Headings
Day 14: Do writing self-study activities to improve your writing skills (write blogs, emails, a daily
journal, letter to an English Speaker)
Day 15: Learn about the types of Writing Task 1 and the structure
Resources:
• Writing Task 1
• Writing Task 1 - Academic
Day 16: Learn about the types of Writing Task 1 and the structure
Resources:
• Map Vocabulary
Day 18: Learn Grammar topics which are important to the Writing Task (Tenses, Prepositions of
time, SV agreement)
Day 19: Learn about the types of Writing Task 2 and the structure
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Day 20: Learn about the types of Writing Task 2 and the structure
Day 21: Learn the linkers and cohesive devices needed for Writing Task 2
Day 23: Do Speaking self-study activities to improve your writing skills (Skype English Speakers,
Practice Speaking in English with a buddy)
Day 24: Learn about the Speaking sections and the band descriptors
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Day 25: Learn the vocabulary needed for Speaking Topics as it’s a vast number of topics
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Day 26: Learn how to answer a cue card (remember to use fillers)
Day 29: Do a self-study activity (Pick a topic you like - listen to a podcast about it, read about it, try to
write about what you’ve listened to or read and then talk about it to someone)
Day 30: Take a full practice test, apply everything you’ve learned and compare your results with the
first mock practice test you took.
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