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About your IELTS result

The Academic and General Training papers are graded to the same scale. Find out
more about the IELTS 9-bandscale.

How your overall band score is calculated

Your overall band score is calculated by taking the mean score of the four test components
(Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking). The score for each component is equally weighted.
Your overall band score is rounded to the nearest whole or half band.
For example:
If you achieve 6.5 for Listening, 6.5 for Reading, 5.0 for Writing and 7.0 for Speaking, you will be
awarded an Overall Band Score of 6.5.
Total score of 25 4 = 6.25 which is a band score of 6.5.
If you achieve 4.0 for Listening, 3.5 for Reading, 4.0 for Writing and 4.0 for Speaking, you would
be awarded an Overall Band Score of 4.0.
Total score of 15.5 4 = 3.875 which is a band score of 4.0.

Listening and Reading scores

IELTS Listening and Reading components each contain 40 questions. Each correct item is
awarded one mark, therefore the maximum raw score you can achieve for each component is
40. Band scores ranging from Band 1 to Band 9 are awarded to candidates on the basis of their
raw scores.
The tables are indicative of the number of marks required to achieve a particular band score.
Note: In order to equate different test versions, the band score boundaries are set so that all
candidates results relate to the same scale of achievement. This means, for example, that the
Band 6 boundary may be set at a slightly different raw score across versions.

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There are 40 questions and each correct answer

is worth one mark.
IELTS band score
5

Number of correct
answers required

Please note: this tool provides an approximate band score only.*

There are 40 questions and each correct answer

is worth one mark.
IELTS band score
4

Number of correct
answers required

Please note: this tool provides an approximate band score only.*

There are 40 questions and each correct answer

is worth one mark.
IELTS band score
5

Number of correct
answers required

Please note: this tool provides an approximate band score only.*

Writing and Speaking scores

When marking the Writing and Speaking components of the test, examiners use detailed
assessment criteria which describe written and spoken performance at each of the 9 IELTS
bands.
Writing: Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Task Achievement (for
Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and
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Grammatical Range and Accuracy. The four criteria are equally weighted.
Speaking: Examiners award a band score for each of four criterion areas: Fluency and
Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy and Pronunciation. The four
criteria are equally weighted.

Assessment criteria
To get a better understanding of the level of performance required to attain a particular band
score, you should familiarise yourself with the assessment criteria.

Why is myIELTS result valid for only two years?

The IELTS partners recommend that a Test Report Form which is more than two years old
should only be accepted if it is accompanied by proof that you have actively maintained or tried
to improve your English.

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