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6.5overall
Target 7.0
- Listening7.0
- Reading6.5
- Writing6.0
- Speaking6.5
Writing is holding the average. Half a band there lifts the overall to 7.0.
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All 38 guidesListening
IELTS Listening Test Format: Length, Questions and Scoring
Four parts, ten questions each, forty marks, about thirty minutes, and the recording plays once. The questions follow the order of the recording, the same test is used for Academic and General Training, and your raw score out of 40 converts to a band.
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Listening
How to Write Numbers, Dates and Times in IELTS Listening
The recording says the number; the answer sheet decides the mark. Digits are safer than words, hyphenated words count as one, going over the word limit loses the mark, and IDP says a misspelling is marked wrong even when you heard it right.
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General
What to Expect on IELTS Test Day
You sit Listening, Reading and Writing back to back with no breaks. Speaking may be the same day or up to a week either side, though IDP says a computer test puts it on the same day. Bring the exact ID you booked with and leave every electronic device outside the room.
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General
What Is IELTS UKVI? How It Differs From Academic and General Training
IELTS for UKVI is the Academic or General Training test booked under the extra security the Home Office requires, at an approved centre. What changes is where you can sit it, which routes accept it, and that Life Skills is a separate Pass or Fail test of Speaking and Listening only.
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