The bank, on one page.
Every drill page organised by the chapter it accompanies, plus a warm-up set and the fastest route in by language background.
How to use this page. This page is the index: find the chapter you have just read or the skill the last mock exposed, follow the link, drill. If you are between chapters, run the warm-up set below – ten prompts, one minute each, no preparation.
Look it up, then drill it.
Each page below is the companion to a chapter of The Proper English Grammar Guide to IELTS Speaking. Practise exactly the technique you have just looked up.
Examiner strategy – Chapter 2: evidence drills for the four criteria. Fluency and coherence – Chapter 3: PREP rounds, the ladder, marker variety. Lexical resource – Chapter 5: banned-word paraphrase and collocation traps. Framework drills – Chapter 7: SCALE, PRISM, PSC, COMPASS, THREAD and the selection gauntlet. Vocabulary tiers – Chapter 9: Currency, Gems and Crown Jewels under time pressure. Ceiling breaking – Chapter 11: the abstract gauntlets. Mock tests – Chapter 15: fresh full mocks and cue cards. The audio companions: Chapter 5 recordings, Chapter 6 recordings, Chapter 7 recordings, Chapter 15 recordings. And the AI prompt library – Appendices A and C: the numbered prompt sets, tagged by first language, with the seven-day practice calendars.
Current-format reference.
The pages the printed book points at for anything that can change.
The test format in 2026 – delivery modes, dates, and what stays identical. One Skill Retake – the rules and the decision. Retake strategy – the between-attempts diagnostic and the four changes. Video Call Speaking – the setup, the psychology, the rehearsal. And the homework cadence – the daily fifteen, the weekly routine, the eight-week ramp.
Ten mixed prompts.
A rapid set for the start of any session: one minute each, no preparation, tags naming the skill each one exercises.
- MarkersAre libraries still necessary? Answer with three connected reasons.
- PrecisionDescribe your ideal working environment without saying “good” or “nice”.
- Position-firstShould healthcare be free? First sentence answers the question.
- NarrativeTell the story of how you learnt to ride, drive or swim.
- HedgingWill people still learn languages when translation is instant?
- ArticlesDescribe the role of the government in the life of an ordinary person.
- RangeCompare how you communicate with family and with strangers.
- ProcessHow does someone build a reputation at work?
- ValuesIs loyalty to an employer old-fashioned?
- StaminaTalk for ninety seconds about water.
Where each cohort gains most.
Every bank page carries L1 focus sets. If your time is short, start where your background pays fastest.
Romance speakers: fluency and coherence (sentence control) and lexical resource (false cognates). East Asian speakers: examiner strategy (front-loading) and the gauntlets (accuracy under load). Slavic speakers: the gauntlets and lexical resource (articles and collocation). Arabic speakers: fluency and coherence and examiner strategy (progression over restatement). The full diagnostic that routes you properly is Appendix A of the book.
The right page depends on what is actually wrong.
An hour of drilling the wrong skill costs more than it teaches.
The first lesson identifies which criterion is holding your band and hands you the practice plan for it – £20 for fifty minutes, report included.
The book of the method
The Proper English Grammar Guide to IELTS Speaking
The method this site drills for free, written down properly: five response frameworks, thirteen grammatical structures taken to automation, vocabulary by band, pronunciation with audio demonstrations one scan away, and first-language guidance for eight language families. 614 pages, built from more than two thousand documented one-to-one lessons. Most guides teach every candidate the same English; this one starts from what your first language makes you do.
Paperback on Amazon →Kindle edition →The free 79-page companion →