Once you have successfully registered for your IELTS test with the British Council, you will receive two access codes to log in to the materials.

Please note: We are currently changing access to the online system. There are two different ways to access the material depending on the type of access data you receive:

I. If you received your access data as a 12-digit Login ID and Password
(e.g. 1280-8666-1111 and Password 5B847524):

Go to the login screen here: www.ieltspractice.com/Clarity/RoadToIELTS/login.php

Enter your Login ID (xxxx-xxxx-xxxx) and Password. On the first screen, enter your full name, create a new password, enter your email address, select the date of your IELTS test and then click the ‘Submit’ button. Please note that when trying to access the system after you have logged out, you will have to enter your Login ID (which always remains the same) and the new password you created. Your login details will expire one week after your test date.

If you forget your password, go to the login screen above, click on the ‘Forgot your password?’ link and your password will be sent to you by e-mail.

II. If you received your access data as an IELTS Reference Number
(e.g. GR708-934-5122) in combination with your own email address:

Go to the login screen here: ielts.britishcouncil.org/R2IHome.aspx

Enter your access data as specified in your confirmation email. You will then be able to access the materials directly and work through the lessons. You can exit the system and log back in again as many times as you want. Your login details will expire one week after your test date.

You can use it from the moment of your successful registration until one week after your test date.

Yes. You can log in from anywhere that you can access the internet.

No. The British Council provides Road to IELTS Online for free, exclusively for candidates who are registered for the exam with the British Council.

There is an Academic module and a General Training module depending on which version of the IELTS test you are sitting.

Road to IELTS is provided exclusively for registered IELTS candidates with the British Council. If you would like to purchase access to Road to IELTS, please contact us.

We will be changing the material every few months, so depending on the registration date you may get completely new material to study.

There are three topic-based units using themes which are commonly used in the IELTS test. Each unit will help you prepare for the listening, writing, reading and speaking modules of the test. There is also a vocabulary unit for each topic.

Yes. Each time you do an exercise your score is recorded. It is often a good idea to do an exercise more than once to improve your score.

The intention is that you can take a completely flexible approach to how you use the materials. You can practice a particular skill (reading, writing, etc), a particular task type (multiple-choice, gap-fill, etc), or simply work systematically through the materials unit by unit.

Road to IELTS contains 120 hours of content and is divided into four 30-hour blocks. Therefore, candidates who take IELTS more than once will potentially have access to different practice material. If you would like to buy more modules, please contact us.

It is best to click the close button (‘X’) in the top right corner when you have finished. If you forget, you will still be able to start again but your ‘time spent’ might not be recorded accurately.

Just wait for your connection to be restored and you will be able to keep going. If you click ‘Marking’ while the Internet is down you will lose your score for this exercise.

No. The help file is only written in English and all instructions are only in English. This is good practice for the test!s

No. Road to IELTS is self-study exam preparation material. It does not test you and the progress scores you get for the exercises do not relate to the IELTS score you will get in the test.

No. Your scores in Road to IELTS are only saved for your own information. You can click on the ‘Progress’ button to see what exercises you have done and your score for those exercises.

After each writing task you will see a sample answer. Don’t look at this until you have tried the writing task yourself. Then you can use it to see a model answer. There is no automatic marking of the answer that you write.

You must have the Flash Player installed in your browser. The latest version is best, but if you have version 8 that is sufficient. Download the Flash Player from www.adobe.com. You also need to have cookies and JavaScript enabled.

You probably don’t have the Flash Player installed in your browser. Download the Flash Player from www.adobe.com. You also need to have cookies and JavaScript enabled.

You probably don’t have the latest Flash Player installed in your browser. You need at least version 8, but the latest one is best. Download the Flash Player from www.adobe.com. You should also check that your Internet connection is working well.

Open the exercise again. The second time the audio should play much more quickly.

You probably don’t have the latest Flash Player installed in your browser. You need at least version 8, but the latest one is best. Download the Flash Player from www.adobe.com. You should also check that your Internet connection is working well.

The computer system date might be set incorrectly. Double click the time in the bottom tool bar to check it.

Road to IELTS is provided for you with access until the date of your exam (with a maximum of 3 months). The exam date is either provided automatically, or you selected it during registration. If you try to run Road to IELTS before your exam and are blocked, please contact support@clarityenglish.com and provide your login ID and correct IELTS date, and we will help to update your date.

It is also possible that the computer system date might be set incorrectly. Double click the time in the bottom tool bar to check it.