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IELTS Prediction -
Surabaya
Listening Test
Four sections in listening test
Sectio No. of Text type Task types
n questions
1 10 A conversation or interview Completing notes
between two speakers, giving and Completing a form
exchanging information about an Completing a table
everyday topic (e.g. booking a Completing
holiday tour etc) sentences
2 10 A monologue (sometimes Completing a flow
introduced by another speaker) chart
giving information on an everyday Labelling a map
topic (e.g. radio programme or talk Labelling a diagram
from a guide) Matching
Multiple choice
3 10 A conversation between two, three
or four speakers in an educational
or training context
4 10 A monologue in an academic
setting e.g. a lecture or
presentation
  A conversation between two people, either
face to face or on the phone
 The subject is a topic of general interest

Listening (e.g. booking a holiday or course of study)

 One or two tasks (e.g. note completion)
Section 1  An example and 10 questions
 It assesses understanding about specific
information (e.g. dates, places) and
spelling
  Look at the instructions to find out how many
words you can write
 Look at the heading and read through notes.
There is time to do this before you listen
 Look at the gaps and think about what kind of
Strategies words or number are needed (e.g. a date, a

in Notes distance, an address, a noun)

 Listen to the introduction, which tells you what
Completion the recording is about
 Listen carefully to the conversation and focus
one each question in turn. As soon as you’ve
written the answer to one question, listen for
the answer to the next
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2. 10(th) October
3. Manager
4. Cawley
Listening 5. Knee
(Section 6. 3 weeks
1) 7. Tennis
8. Running
9. Shoulder
10.Vitamins
 There are 3 passages
and 40 questions
 You only have 60
minutes to answer all Readin
questions g Test
 The level of difficulty
increases from Passage
1 to Passage 3
Strategies in True/False/Not Given

 Identify any words that qualify the statement (e.g. some, all,
often, always, occasionally)
 Be careful when you see verbs that qualify statements, such as
suggest, claim, believe, and know
The man claimed he was a British
The man is a British citizen
 Read the appropriate part of the text carefully in order to
understand what the author means
 Do not look for the exact same words, should look for synonyms
 If you can’t find any information, it is probably “Not Given”
 Answers are in the same order they appear in the text
 1. Henderson rarely visited the area
around Press estate when he was
younger  FALSE (The family often

Reading
stayed at Press Castle, and Alexander
spent much of his childhood in the

Passage area)
2. Henderson pursued a business career
1 because it was what his family wanted
 TRUE (Although he never liked the
prospect of a business career, he
stayed with it to please his family)
 3. Henderson and Notman were
surprised by the results of their 1865
experiment  NOT GIVEN
4. There were many similarities

Reading between Henderson’s early landscapes

and those of Notman  FALSE (In spite
Passage 1 of their friendship, their styles of
photography were quite different)
5. The studio that Henderson opened
in 1866 was close to his home  NOT
GIVEN
 Task 1

• Table, graph, chart,

diagram, combination (150
words in 20 minutes)
Writing Task 2
Test • Agree/disagree, discuss two
opinions,
advantage/disadvantage,
problem-solution, cause-
effect (250 words in 40
minutes)
 Structure of Writing Task 1

INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW (KEY BODY

FEATURES OR MAIN PARAGRAPH(S)
TRENDS)
  Discuss both these views and give
your own opinion.
 First opinion: The main
environmental problem of our
Writing time is the loss of particular
Task 2 species of plants and animals
 Second opinion: There are more
important environmental
problems
  Write your essay in three sections:
o Introduction: paraphrase the
question, and write your thesis
statement
Writing o Body Paragraphs: It is preferable if
Task 2 you discuss the opposing opinion
first, and supporting opinion
o Conclusion: summarise the main
ideas and restate your opinion
Make sure:
 You answer the question with more
than one sentence
 You stay on the topic
 You use a wider range of vocabulary
Speaki
 You make very few pauses, as ng Test
natural pauses as possible
 You expand your answers further
with explanation and examples
 Four marking criteria

Fluency and Cohesion (25%)

Vocabulary (25%)

Grammar (25%)

Pronunciation (25%)
 Examiner: Are you studying English
at a school?
1.Yes, I am studying English at a
school.
Example 2.Yes … I’m taking an intensive
course at a local private
language school … I attend
classes three times a week
 Examiner: Would you say you are a
good student?
1.Yes, I am a good student because I
always get the first rank in the
college

Example 2. I’m OK, I think … I’m pretty good at

meeting deadlines and I’m
keeping up with my studies…
plus I find it quite easy to learn
things by heart which is useful
when learning a language
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