How to use this book                               v
Acknowledgments                                    vii
Reading skills and strategies summary              viii
Writing skills and strategies summary              ix
    Unit 1 Reading                                 1   (112)
      1.1 What is in the Reading Test?             2   (1)
      1.2 Test-taking tips                         3   (2)
        Be prepared                                3   (1)
        Manage your time                           3   (1)
        Guess                                      3   (1)
        Write accurately                           3   (1)
        Know what to expect                        4   (1)
      1.3 Getting to know the test                 5   (24)
        Multiple-choice questions                  5   (4)
        Identifying information                    9   (3)
        Identifying writer's views/claims          12  (2)
        Matching information                       14  (2)
        Matching headings                          16  (1)
        Matching features                          17  (2)
        Matching sentence endings                  19  (1)
        Sentence completion                        20  (1)
        Summary/note/table/flow-chart completion   21  (4)
        Diagram label completion                   25  (2)
        Short-answer questions                     27  (2)
      1.4 The reading strategies and skills you    29  (56)
      need
        Strategies                                 29  (1)
        Step 1 Skimming                            30  (2)
        Step 2 Scanning                            32  (1)
        Step 3 Reading intensively                 33  (7)
        Skills                                     40  (1)
        Identifying question types                 40  (1)
        Dealing with vocabulary                    41  (16)
        Recognising text organisation and          57  (8)
        features
        Recognising text types                     65  (20)
      1.5 Developing an independent study          85  (4)
      program
        Identifying your needs                     85  (1)
        Improving your general reading             86  (1)
        Practising for specific sections of the    87  (1)
        test
        Practising specific strategies and         87  (2)
        skills
      1.6 Practice IELTS Reading Tests             89  (24)
        Practice Academic IELTS Reading Test       89  (12)
        Practice General Training IELTS Reading    101 (11)
        Test
        Reading answer sheet                       112 (1)
    Unit 2 Writing                                 113 (102)
      2.1 What is in the Writing Test?             114 (1)
      2.2 Test-taking tips                         115 (1)
        Manage your time                           115 (1)
        Read the task and plan your answer         115 (1)
        Meet the minimum number of words           115 (1)
        Check your answers                         115 (1)
      2.3 Getting to know the test                 116 (5)
        General Training Task 1                    116 (1)
        Academic Task 1                            117 (2)
        General Training and Academic Task 2       119 (2)
      2.4 The writing skills you need              121 (86)
        General Training Task 1                    121 (1)
        Responding to the task                     121 (8)
        Organising your ideas logically            129 (7)
        Using appropriate vocabulary               136 (4)
        Using a range of grammar features          140 (3)
        accurately
        Academic Task 1                            143 (1)
        Responding to the task                     143 (11)
        Organising your ideas logically            154 (6)
        Using appropriate vocabulary               160 (3)
        Using a range of grammar features          163 (7)
        accurately
        General Training and Academic Task 2       170 (1)
        Responding to the task                     170 (10)
        Organising your ideas logically            180 (9)
        Using appropriate vocabulary               189 (7)
        Using a range of grammar features          196 (7)
        accurately
        Editing your work                          203 (1)
        Tense                                      203 (1)
        Punctuation                                204 (1)
        Word formation                             205 (1)
        Subject-verb agreement                     206 (1)
      2.5 Developing an independent study          207 (4)
      program
        Identifying your needs                     207 (1)
        Improving your general writing             207 (1)
        Practising for specific sections of the    208 (3)
        test
      2.6 Practice IELTS Writing Tests             211 (4)
        Practice General Training IELTS Writing    211 (2)
        Test
        Practice Academic IELTS Writing Test       213 (2)
  Answer key                                       215
      Unit 1 Reading                               216 (6)
      Unit 2 Writing                               222