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Simone Braverman

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and the author of several renowned IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer's Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005, Simone has been committed to making IELTS preparation accessible and effective through her books and online resources. Her work has helped 100,000's of students worldwide achieve their target scores and live their dream lives. When Simone isn't working on her next IELTS book, video lesson, or coaching, she enjoys playing the guitar or rollerblading.

What can IELTS Online Prep Platform do for me?

Many people have written to me, asking to explain about our IELTS Online Prep platform, so this is what I am going to do here.

For those of you who wonder what IELTS Online Prep platform is, the answer is – it’s a place to train and practice for your IELTS test. After you’ve read the tips and learned the techniques to handle IELTS tasks, the very next step is to practice as much as possible. For people who have very little time to study IELTS Online Prep platform offers online exercises that allow you to quickly get in shape before your exam. For students who need to improve their Band Score, there are online tests designed to help you get a better score. To use them, all you need is a computer with Internet access and speakers/headphones (easy, ha?).

You can see exactly what you get in IELTS Online Prep platform by signing up for a free trial here

To start training on the IELTS Online Prep platform

1) Sign up for a free trial here. To access a complete practice test you can log in with your Google account (anyone who uses Gmail has it) or create a username and password, your choice.

2) Go to Practice or Mock Test in the left navigation menu. It will allow you to experience a complete practice test with answers. Practice mode has no time limits, and Mock Test mode lets you do the test under timed conditions and estimate your score. Remember to choose the correct test type – Academic or General – because it sets the practice tests type you will be doing.

3) When you see how convenient the platform is, you can unlock more practice tests purchasing an access code.

This short video will walk you through everything there’s to know to start a successful IELTS prep session:

 

Update from a General Training IELTS exam, Poland

Thanks a lot for sharing this, Tom!

Reading test

Passage 1. 3 Vodafone telephone plans, prices per minute, extra minutes and more related to a mobile phone plan.
Questions: Matching a statement to one of the plans.

Passage 2. A camping place ad.
Questions: True/False/NG .

Passage 3. Student’s hotel and accommodation.
Questions: True/False/NG.

Passage 4. A letter describing college courses.
Questions: Fill in the gaps.

Passage 5. Sailing and navigation, a review of progress with navigation – from early sailors up to Columbus. It mentioned the Vikings, Greeks, Italian, Egiptian and Chinese sailors and time from navigating with moon up to developing aids such as compass, etc.

Questions: matching sentences with sailors’ nationalities, matching headings to paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to the local newspaper editor, to inform him that an article about city/town you know very well that contains some incorrect information. In your letter
– write how you know that city
– what incorrect information the article contains
– what they should do about it

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays children are less fit and healthy than they were in the past. Why is this happening? How can this problem be solved?

Speaking test

Interview

– Describe the place you live in, is it good for families?
– Describe the means of transport in your city.
– How to improve public means of transport?
– Talk about the favorite newspapers/ type of newspapers in your country.

Cue Card

Describe a cafe or a restaurant you enjoy the most. Please say
– where it is
– what kind of food they serve
– why you like this cafe/restaurant

Discussion

– What kind of cafe/restaurants are there in your country?
– Talk about the social benefits of eating in a restaurant.
– What kind of factors can improve restaurants?