Learn one thing, then check it

Fit the gap after a correction

Answer form after a correction

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Band 5–7 · About 10 minutes

The band range helps you choose a practice focus. It is not a level assessment. Use paper or speak aloud; nothing is saved here.

01

Diagnose

Answer on paper or aloud before opening the check.

Before listening, what kind of word fits “Bring two ___”: a time or a plural object?

Compare my starting answer

A plural object fits after two.

02

Understand

A note gives clues before you hear the answer. Predict the type of detail. Wait for corrections before choosing the final words.

03

Solve

  1. Read the gap and its word limit.
  2. Predict the answer type, without guessing a word.
  3. Listen through any correction.
  4. Fit the final words into the note.

04

Practice

Ask a partner to read this once while you cover the transcript. “For the pottery session, bring two towels. We used to request aprons, but towels are more useful. Meet in the courtyard, rather than the studio. The studio is being painted.” Read-aloud practice has no recorded audio.

  1. Use ONE WORD: Bring two ___.
  2. Use ONE WORD: Meet in the ___.
Check my answers
  1. towels — The request names two towels; aprons belong to the earlier arrangement.
  2. courtyard — Rather than rejects the studio as the meeting place.

05

Verify

Compare each word with the final instruction and the gap. Tomorrow, ask for a new two-gap message about a different activity.

Practice material, not an IELTS score. No band prediction.

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