IELTS

Your IELTS results may be withheld for several reasons, primarily related to the integrity and quality of the testing process. Common reasons include:

• Quality Control Checks

• Identity Verification Issues

• Unusual Test Patterns

• Suspected Malpractice

You must be judicious about your time. Try to allocate more time to those sections that trouble you. If IELTS writing task 2 is posing more problems, then allocate more time to it. There is no definite number of IELTS essays that you must practice in order to score above 7.0. However, you must appear for as many mock tests as possible. Moreover, go through the official IELTS websites and Cambridge IELTS books thoroughly. These must be at the base of your preparation.

IELTS Essay has four performance descriptors: Task response, Coherence and cohesion, Lexical resource, and Grammatical range and accuracy.

IELTS Essay involves various question types such as opinion questions, advantage/ disadvantage questions, problem/ causes questions, etc.

IELTS Writing Task 2 involves various topics/ themes such as business, education, environment, government, etc. Specific ideas are explored within these themes, based on which questions are asked.

For IELTS Writing Task 1, at least 150 words of written work is required. For IELTS Writing Task 2, at least 250 words of essay are required. Anything lower than the minimum requirement will attract a penalty.