General Training: for work, training and migration.
If you are sitting IELTS to work, train or move to an English-speaking country, you are almost certainly taking General Training, not Academic. Most of it is shared with the Academic module. Two parts are not, and that is where to focus.
General Training and Academic are marked on the same nine-band scale and share two of the four skills outright. Listening and Speaking are identical. The difference is in the other two: Reading and Writing Task 1. Task 2, the essay, is essentially the same in both.
The one difference that matters
So if you have used the Academic resources on this site, most of them already serve you. The one genuinely different skill to prepare is the Task 1 letter, and Reading, where GT uses more everyday material.
Built for General Training
GT Task 1: the letter
The three registers, the structure every letter follows, the functional language that lifts it, and ten drills.
Start →Everyday texts
Notices, adverts and workplace documents, with the question types that go with them.
Coming soonInteractive letter papers
Full letter tasks: a scenario, a timer, a model letter, and self-assessment.
Coming soonShared with Academic (use these too)
Essay questions
Task 2 is the same essay in both modules. Questions sorted by topic and type, each with the structure it wants.
Browse →Speaking, identical
Speaking does not change between modules. Practise Part 2 by type, with Band 6 and Band 8 models.
Practise →The grammar section
The grammar that caps your band is the same whichever module you take. Twenty-plus interactive topics.
Open →How you are scored
The nine-band scale, how your overall band is worked out, and the criteria examiners mark against.
Read →Preparing to work or migrate? That is who most of these lessons are for. If you would like your Task 1 letter or a Task 2 essay marked against the criteria, book a lesson →