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IELTS Guides
Practical IELTS Reading and Listening guides: how band scores are calculated, answer-writing rules, question types, True/False/Not Given, and how to review a practice test.
Reading & Listening
How IELTS Reading and Listening Band Scores Are Calculated
Raw score to band tables for Listening and both Reading modules, plus the rounding rule that decides your overall band.
Read guide · 5 min → ReadingTrue, False, Not Given: How to Get These IELTS Reading Questions Right
What each answer really means, a three-step test for FALSE versus NOT GIVEN, and the word traps examiners use.
Read guide · 5 min → Listening & ReadingIELTS Answer Rules: Spelling, Word Limits, Numbers and Capital Letters
Word limits, spelling, numbers, dates and plurals, plus what brackets and slashes mean in an answer key.
Read guide · 5 min → ReadingIELTS Reading Question Types and a 60-Minute Time Plan
The eleven Reading question formats, which ones follow passage order, and how to split 60 minutes across three passages.
Read guide · 4 min → Reading & ListeningHow to Review an IELTS Practice Test: The Error Log Method
Sort every wrong answer into one of five causes, and use the pattern to decide what to practise next.
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