Remember, if you've already scored a 6. It could be answering all components of the question, improving your spelling, or increasing the range of English words you use. Study the assessment criteria. For Speaking and Writing, the examiner grades you against assessment criteria.
The criteria is very detailed, and if you look at it carefully, you can get a very good idea of what skills you need to be able to show. The Test Report Form provides your overall band score and band scores for each of the four sections: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.
The overall band score is the average of the four sections scores, rounded to the nearest whole or half band. The sections scores are weighted equally.
If the average of the four sections ends in. Each correct answer is awarded one mark. As this is not a possibility for everyone, it is up to you to find out what your weaknesses are. This will stop you from passing and can cost you hope, time and money. Once you identify your specific weaknesses, you need to take action and find out how to correct them.
Practice wisely. Seeking advice from a trustworthy IELTS expert or tutor will provide you with a focused approach to the exam. This will let you know exactly what you need to do to get the band you need. If you tell yourself that you are never going to pass, you probably never will. Try to remind yourself every so often that it is okay to be weak in a particular area, whether you struggle to understand written English or spoken English or with a specific section of the IELTS exam.
It is a natural part of learning something new to be challenged, so try to focus on your long-term goal: to pass the IELTS exam and change your life for the better. I hope this blog post has helped you gain a clearer understanding of the workload required to get a Band 7 or above. If so, your answer must not contain more than that maximum number of words. Do you have to name two items that you must hear on the tape, or find in a reading passage? If so, your answer must contain two items only; three items would be incorrect.
Always know exactly what type of information you need to give and what you have to do with it. Read the instructions carefully: Candidates who do not read or listen to the instructions carefully may believe they are saving time,but the instructions contain vital information which must be understood in order to answer correctly.
The instructions may contain information about the passage topic which helps to predict what you may hear or read.
The instructions tell you what to do, what kind of answer to give, and, in the case of the Listening Test instructions, they tell you when to answer. It is important to read the instructions quickly and accurately. You might not have time to complete the test if you are too slow at reading the explanatory information. Always look at the example:The example is given to you for a number of very good reasons. Some candidates believe they can save time by not looking at the example.
This is a mistake. If you do not know how to give the answer, you are very likely to give an incorrect answer or a correct answer in the wrong form.
The example tells us 3 very important pieces of information about the task The example tells you how to give the answer to questions. The example gives you information about the listening or reading passage. The example tells you when to start listening, or where to start reading to find the answers. Use question keywords to find the answer: The keywords or key phrases in the questions help you in your search for the answers. This is true for both the Listening and Reading Sub-tests.
First, you must choose which word or phrase to listen for on the tape, or search for in the reading passages. There may be more than one keyword or keyword phrase in a question, and they can be placed before or after the answer.
Do not forget to make logical guesses: In the Reading Sub-test, if you are having trouble completing the questions to a particular passage,you should leave a minute or so at the end of each advised time period for that passage usually 20 minutes to guess those questions that can be guessed. In the Listening Sub-test, you are given a minute of silence after each section has finished.
Candidates who forget to give a logical guess to questions they cannot otherwise answer, do not give themselves any chance at all to get a mark! Are your answers grammatically correct? While it is true that not all words and phrases given as answers to questions in the Listening and Reading Tests need to be grammatically correct, it is often possible to work out the correct answer by using your knowledge of grammar. Always consider whether your choice of answer is grammatically acceptable before making your final decision.
Verb forms, plural forms and other grammatical forms can be important when you give Listening and Reading Test answers. A good rule is to always try to give the answer in correct grammatical form.
Give one answer only: Give just one answer to a question, unless you are specifically requested to give more than one answer. Even if one of the multiple answers you give is correct, you might score zero if too many of the other answers are incorrect. Surprisingly, candidates sometimes give more answers than necessary! If you are asked to name just three items that you hear or read about in a passage, it makes no sense to give four items as your answer.
You will score zero, even if all four items are correct. Remember the Golden Rule. Note that with short-answer questions, especially in the Listening Test, there is sometimes a variety of words or phrases that can give the correct answer. However, you waste valuable time if you give more than one of the correct answers to short-answer questions.
Alternative answers are given to various questions in the Answer Keys for the Listening and Reading Tests contained in this book. Check your spelling: In the Listening and Reading Tests exact spelling is not always essential. It is only necessary in the Listening Test if a word answer is spelt out for you on the tape. Other correct answers in the Listening and Reading Tests can be incorrectly spelt and still count towards your Band Score, but they must be sufficiently well spelt to indicate the correct answer.
Copy answers from the passages accurately in the Reading Test. In the Listening Test, if you are unsure of the spelling, write an approximation of the way the answer sounds. Make sure your answers are easy to read: You cannot expect to do well if your answers cannot be read.
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