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There are many good reasons to take the IELTS test in order to achieve your study, work, or migration goals. Here are five of the best.

The British Council has a range of IELTS preparation material and advice; both to enable your test takers to do well on the test, and to improve the skills of your teachers.

When you book IELTS with the British Council, you’ll get access to a wide range of benefits and free preparation materials.

This is the second part of your Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 11-20.Listen to the instructions for each part of this section carefully. Answer all the questions.You can download the questions for the entire Listening practice test from the Listening practice test 1 page.

This is the fourth part of your Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 31–40.Listen to the instructions for each part of this section carefully.

Practise for your IELTS General Reading Test with our free pactice test.

Explore living and working in the USA: Navigate work culture, study at top universities, manage living costs, and ace the visa process with IELTS.

The winners of the latest round of the Global Study Awards have been announced, with Rahma Ahmed from Somalia and Camila Bennink from the Netherlands both scooping £10,000 to put towards their studies.

Learn about IELTS results & band scores, plus how to map IELTS scores to the Common European Framework so that you can explain it to students.

Speaking 1: how fluency and coherence in speaking can lead to better results