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Seven IELTS eBooks, nearly 400 pages, and 32 listening recordings. Free PDFs. No account, no email address, no payment.
These free IELTS books to download cover the whole test between them. Each one takes a single part and works through it in detail: what the examiner is looking for, the language you need, and a practice exercise at the end of every chapter with the answers explained.
One set covers both modules. Listening and speaking are identical in Academic and General Training, and where reading and writing differ the books cover both versions and say which chapters apply to which module. Nothing is split, and nothing is held back.
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Every question type, with a practice exercise and full explanations for each one. Covers both modules, since the question types do not change.
Download PDF · 62 pagesTask 1 and Task 2 for both modules: the General Training letter, Academic charts and graphs, and the essay. Includes a Band 5 answer with the examiner corrections marked.
Download PDF · 115 pagesAll four sections and every question type. Every recording is a tappable link inside the book, so the audio plays from the page on a phone.
Download PDF · 52 pagesAll three parts, what each of the four criteria means, and ten Part 2 cue cards answered in full. The same in both modules.
Download PDF · 47 pagesTopic word lists for the subjects that recur, the collocations examiners expect above Band 6, and the spelling rules that turn correct answers into wrong ones.
Download PDF · 52 pagesArticles, countable nouns, adjective order, and the four structures Band 7 asks for. Written around the errors that actually appear in IELTS scripts.
Download PDF · 32 pagesThe CEFR scale from A1 to C2, what you can do at each level, the IELTS band it maps to, and what to work on to reach the next one.
Download PDF · 39 pagesAll 32 recordings as a single download: the three full listening tests and the shorter exercises for each question type.
Download ZIP · 82 MBYou do not have to download the ZIP. Every recording is a tappable link inside the listening book, so if you are reading on a phone the audio plays straight from the page. The ZIP is there for anyone who wants the files offline.
The books and the pages are generated from the same source, so they always agree. What the website adds is the parts a PDF cannot do.
Yes. Every book is a direct PDF download. There is no account to create, no email address to give and nothing to pay.
Seven, covering reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar and the CEFR levels. Together they run to nearly 400 pages, and there are 32 listening recordings as well.
Only if you want them offline. Every recording is a tappable link inside the listening book, so on a phone the audio plays straight from the page. The ZIP is 82 MB and contains all 32 files.
No. One set covers both. Where the modules differ, which is only in reading and writing, the book covers both versions and marks which chapters apply to which module.
PDF, so they open on a phone, tablet or computer and can be read offline. Each one has a contents page and answers at the end of every chapter.
The one for your weakest skill. If you are not sure which that is, sit one full practice test on this site first and let the result decide.
Yes, deliberately. The books are generated from the same source as the pages, so they cannot fall out of date with each other. The website adds exercises that mark themselves, full practice tests with audio, and a band score at the end of each one.
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You can learn the format, the question types and the marking criteria from these books without paying anything. What no book can do is tell you what band your own writing would get, or how your speaking measures against the four criteria.
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