IELTS resources and practice
- Official IELTS website - Information and advice about the IELTS test
- British Council free practice tests - IELTS practice tests and materials for both Academic and General Training tests on the British Council website
- IELTS blog and individual lessons - Advice and suggestions about the IELTS
- IELTS tips and lessons - a wide range of lessons, topics and model answers to assist with IELTS preparation.
General language practice
- Learn English - Grammar and vocabulary, listening, writing, games, and tips for IELTS on the British Council website
- Videos (with subtitles and vocabulary exercises) - Lots of short videos, filtered by “academic”, “business”, “social” etc. with follow-up exercises.
Listening
- BBC Podcasts - Wide variety of programmes filtered by genres such as comedy, factual, and learning
- British Council Listening - Activities to practise your listening skills with accompanying self-study lessons. They also host podcasts
- TED Talks - Video presentations of talks, including subtitle options
- Elllo - This site contains hundreds of recordings that can be useful for listening practice.
Reading
Free e-books from Project Gutenberg - Over 70,000 books free to download.
Grammar
- Englisch Hilfen - A very useful site to practise English grammar at all levels. It is written for a German audience, so make sure you’re in the English version
- Grammar Quizzes - A collection of grammar quizzes for English as a second language.
Pronunciation
- BBC Learning English - Useful practice exercises for pronunciation with PDFs available for download
- Ship or Sheep - Practise individual sounds.
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