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IELTS 16 Academic Student's Book with Answers with Audio with Resource Bank
Authentic examination papers from Cambridge Assessment English provide perfect practice because they are EXACTLY like the real test. Inside IELTS 16 Academic with Answers with Audio you'll find FOUR complete examination papers plus details of the different parts of the test and the scoring system, so you can familiarise yourself with the Academic test format and practise your exam technique. Download the audio for the Listening tests, example Speaking test video, answer keys with extra explanations and sample Writing answers (instructions on inner front cover), or access your audio and video directly via QR codes in the book.
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Published July 8, 2021
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August 21, 2023
IELTS Academic 16, by Cambridge Universitiy Press
This is the sort of book that is hard to review but easy enough to appreciate it if you happen to be in the target audience for it. And this book's title makes it clear what that audience is--those who are taking the IELTS Academic exam and want practice exams. That what this book offers, nothing more and nothing less. No one is going to want to read this book for fun, it offers no literary value, and its material is extremely straightforward and focused on helping candidates practice their IELTS exams. If you are in that group of people, this is likely a book that you (or your tutor/teacher) has on their radar, if not, this is a book that is not really going to interest to you all that much. For the remainder of this review, though, I am going to talk about what this book provides to its readers, and that is a no fills, no waste, no filler book that is laser focused on providing sample test questions to its readers.
In terms of its contents, this book is about 150 pages long. It begins with an introduction that compares the General and Academic formats of the test, beginning with listening sections, reading and writing (which differ between the two in content but not in time), and speaking, then discussing the sections of the Academic test format, the scoring of the test, marking the test, and interpreting one's scores. This is followed by four practice tests that take up 90 pages or so of material. All of the tests are organized the same way. First comes the listening section. Part one of listening has ten questions, part two has ten questions, part three has ten questions, and part four has ten questions as well. After this comes the reading section with three reading passages that take up 40 questions. This is followed by two sections of the writing section, the first task involving some sort of graph or chart or drawing, and the second involving an essay question. This is followed by a prompt for the speaking section of the test, which also has three parts. After the four practice tests, the book contains audioscripts, listening and reading answer keys, sample writing answers, sample answer sheets, and then acknowledgements.
This is the sort of book that is hard to review but easy enough to appreciate it if you happen to be in the target audience for it. And this book's title makes it clear what that audience is--those who are taking the IELTS Academic exam and want practice exams. That what this book offers, nothing more and nothing less. No one is going to want to read this book for fun, it offers no literary value, and its material is extremely straightforward and focused on helping candidates practice their IELTS exams. If you are in that group of people, this is likely a book that you (or your tutor/teacher) has on their radar, if not, this is a book that is not really going to interest to you all that much. For the remainder of this review, though, I am going to talk about what this book provides to its readers, and that is a no fills, no waste, no filler book that is laser focused on providing sample test questions to its readers.
In terms of its contents, this book is about 150 pages long. It begins with an introduction that compares the General and Academic formats of the test, beginning with listening sections, reading and writing (which differ between the two in content but not in time), and speaking, then discussing the sections of the Academic test format, the scoring of the test, marking the test, and interpreting one's scores. This is followed by four practice tests that take up 90 pages or so of material. All of the tests are organized the same way. First comes the listening section. Part one of listening has ten questions, part two has ten questions, part three has ten questions, and part four has ten questions as well. After this comes the reading section with three reading passages that take up 40 questions. This is followed by two sections of the writing section, the first task involving some sort of graph or chart or drawing, and the second involving an essay question. This is followed by a prompt for the speaking section of the test, which also has three parts. After the four practice tests, the book contains audioscripts, listening and reading answer keys, sample writing answers, sample answer sheets, and then acknowledgements.
April 3, 2023
i need to give my IELTS xm soon🥲 [3]
November 23, 2023
God bless Cambridge for cranking out one of these books every year. Students preparing for the IELTS have a ton of material to work with, and the books keep pace with changes to the test, even though those changes are pretty minor.
Each book contains:
1. A short introduction that describes the format of the test and how it is scored.
2. Four practice tests with audio provided via QR codes
3. Transcripts of the audio portions.
4. Answer keys.
5. Sample answer sheets
6. Sample essays
There is also a single use code that will grant you access to a "resource bank" online that mostly duplicates the stuff available via the QR codes.
Speaking of the QR codes, it pleases me greatly that Cambridge provides access to the necessary audio without a limited-use code. That means that library patrons and second-hand shoppers can use the books. That compares favorably to the most recent official TOEFL prep material. Those books are useless for library patrons as the audio files can only be downloaded four times.
My only quibble is that the books are pretty expensive considering their slim size.
A few notes for teachers and students:
1. There are 18 editions of this book as of the writing of this review. Each edition has different tests.
2. Editions 13 and above are generally considered to be the most accurate books, as they match slight changes to the end of the listening section.
3. That said, editions 6-12 are pretty darn close to the real test.
4. Editions 1-5 should be avoided as they are quite out of date.
Each book contains:
1. A short introduction that describes the format of the test and how it is scored.
2. Four practice tests with audio provided via QR codes
3. Transcripts of the audio portions.
4. Answer keys.
5. Sample answer sheets
6. Sample essays
There is also a single use code that will grant you access to a "resource bank" online that mostly duplicates the stuff available via the QR codes.
Speaking of the QR codes, it pleases me greatly that Cambridge provides access to the necessary audio without a limited-use code. That means that library patrons and second-hand shoppers can use the books. That compares favorably to the most recent official TOEFL prep material. Those books are useless for library patrons as the audio files can only be downloaded four times.
My only quibble is that the books are pretty expensive considering their slim size.
A few notes for teachers and students:
1. There are 18 editions of this book as of the writing of this review. Each edition has different tests.
2. Editions 13 and above are generally considered to be the most accurate books, as they match slight changes to the end of the listening section.
3. That said, editions 6-12 are pretty darn close to the real test.
4. Editions 1-5 should be avoided as they are quite out of date.
June 17, 2025
In the writing tasks examples they are not quite the best ones. Some of them are scored with the band 5 which doesn’t help to much if you want to get a higher band, so for future please include more examples with higher bands.
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