Mobile apps for IELTS preparation

There are different ways to prepare for tests and exams. If you want to do it flexibly, whenever you want and wherever you are, take a look at mobile apps to practise for IELTS. One more advantage is that they are usually free. Let’s find out more about them and decide which ones to download!

Official apps

First of all, have a look at IELTS Prep App and IELTS Word Power offered by the British Council, the official maker of the IELTS.

With IELTS Prep App you will get instant access to free practice tests, grammar tips, exercises, quizzes and more. You will find sample questions for each section of the exam: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, as well as vocabulary practice. Furthermore, you can track your progress to help you understand the IELTS assessment criteria and to build your confidence for the real test.

Word Power contains over 100 vocabulary quiz questions. With gap-fill activities and listening comprehension quizzes, this app tests vocabulary skills for the IELTS Reading, Writing, and Listening sections. Because users get to hear an extensive selection of English audio, this app also has some use for developing spoken vocabulary. Additionally, the speakers in the sound files can serve as an example of how to pronounce IELTS vocabulary words and use them in context. There is a series of interesting and exciting vocabulary-building games that will ensure that you learn and have fun at the same time. You can even challenge your friends and see who has the best vocabulary!

Mobile apps to practice four skills for IELTS

IELTS Full – Band 7.5+ contains various sections: Tips, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening and Vocabulary. Each section provides practice exercises, information, and sample tests with answers. The Listening section has 3 levels, each containing 34 lessons. You will find words and collocations on various topics for both general and academic modules in the Vocabulary section. In addition, the Speaking section has many cue cards with examples, as well as vocabulary you will need to complete the tasks. Even more, the section allows you to practise their speaking, listen to sample audio recordings, record yourself and replay your answer.

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10000+ Free Videos For IELTS is a real treasure box for those who enjoy watching videos and want to practice listening skills. The new videos update every day. Each video has subtitles which run correspondingly with it. The videos are grouped by topics: music, movies, travel, media, social, business, academic, kids, education, entertainment, science etc. The app provides an intelligent way that helps learners practice all skills. Moreover, you can practice listening to each sentence, record yourself and check your pronunciation, translate each sentence to over 40 languages. The app provides 4 kinds of word games to help learners enhance vocabulary. It also has a section for taking and saving notes.

More mobile apps to practise for IELTS

IELTS Tutorials – Speaking is a free self-preparation mobile app for both IELTS Speaking Academic and IELTS Speaking General Training. It will help to improve your speaking skills and to boost your capabilities in addressing and resolving each task. There are various types of IELTS speaking questions, topics, tips and features like: question bookmark, record your test, common mistakes of speaking, etc. What’s more, it contains a collection of introductory questions, cue cards with the latest topics, model answers given by experts. In addition, you can learn some common mistakes of the IELTS speaking exam and how to avoid them. Useful videos will improve your speaking, pronunciation and time management skills during the exam.

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IELTS Reading offers a real test-like collection of exam samples. This app provides real reading tasks and model practice tests with answers, and covers the following reading types:

• multiple choice
• True/false/not given
• short-answer questions
• sentence completion
• notes, summary, plan, diagram, table or chart completion
• classification
• matching paragraphs

There are lessons that teach you strategies to answer different kinds of questions. Moreover, you can switch from general to academic module.

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Academic Writing

IELTS Academic Writing self-study platform by Grade is the latest and the most practical course with over 500 practical tasks of all types, an in-depth analysis of model answers, and a full writing test at the end of the course. Besides, you will get:

• a bank of strategies for all writing task types;
• a bank of useful vocabulary, grammar and linking words for essays and visuals.

Before you start, try the Free version to get the taste of the course!