Your pathway comes first
General Training is used for some migration, work, and below-degree study pathways. Requirements differ; confirm the test type and each required skill score with the relevant authority.
IELTS General Training preparation
Prepare for the move you have been planning.
Give your migration, work, or training goal a practical routine. Develop the reading, letter-writing, essay, listening, and speaking skills you need, with your practice and feedback together in one place.
No card required. No automatic trial charge.
Letters with the right tone
A request to a friend and a complaint to a manager need different language. Practise covering every bullet point while matching your tone to the recipient.
Everyday to extended reading
Reading moves from short practical texts to workplace material and a longer general-interest text. Build accuracy across these changing contexts.
Know the task.
Practise the skill behind it.
Build a routine around the decisions that matter: finding evidence, choosing what to include, developing an answer and keeping to time.
General Reading
60 minutes · 40 questions
Three sections increase in difficulty: everyday texts, workplace texts, and a longer passage on a general-interest topic.
Your practice focus
Locate practical details quickly, distinguish similar options, and support each answer with wording from the text.
General Writing
60 minutes · two tasks
Task 1: a letter of at least 150 words responding to a situation. Task 2: an essay of at least 250 words about a viewpoint, argument, or problem.
Your practice focus
Make the letter’s purpose clear, address all three points, choose a suitable tone, and develop supported essay paragraphs.
Listening
Four parts · 40 questions
Practise following conversations and talks in everyday and educational settings. The core Listening format is shared with IELTS Academic.
Your practice focus
Notice corrections and distractors, track the sequence of information, and review spelling and answer limits.
Speaking
11–14 minutes · three parts
Rehearse the interview, longer individual turn, and discussion. Recording and playback let you revisit your delivery after each attempt.
Your practice focus
Build beyond short answers, explain your position, and use transcript feedback to review language and structure.
Format reference: Official IELTS General Training guide. Our practice materials are independent.
Make each session count
A plan with something useful to do today.
Set your target and move between lessons, practice and review. Your account keeps your plan and progress summaries together. Live AI feedback supports your next revision with practice estimates, not official IELTS results.
- Choose the test route your receiving authority actually requires.
- Practise personal, semi-formal, and formal letter situations.
- Keep reading accuracy and productive skills in the same study routine.
- Use feedback and practice history to choose what to work on again.