Practice tests in an interface built to match the real computer-delivered exam — then a band score against the four official assessment criteria, with the evidence behind every judgement.
Start the Writing test How the marking worksTask 1 and Task 2, 60 minutes. Marked on Task Response, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range & Accuracy.
Start test →Timed passages, auto-marked instantly — then see exactly where in the passage every answer you missed was hiding.
Start test →4 recordings, 40 questions, 30 minutes. Audio plays once, exactly as in the real test.
In developmentAll three parts with a real examiner, 11–14 minutes, recorded in your browser. Full test experience — band scoring is still in development.
Start test →Writing and Speaking came first because they are the two modules you cannot mark yourself — and the two where students currently have to rely on a teacher of unknown quality. Reading and Listening auto-mark, so they follow quickly once the question banks are written.
No email, no password. You get a short ID that stores your results so you can track progress across every module. Save it — it cannot be recovered.
Most automated IELTS checkers ask an AI “what band is this essay?” and report whatever comes back. That produces confident, inconsistent guesses. This works differently:
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Measure | Your response is analysed for length, paragraphing, sentence variety, cohesive-device use and overuse, lexical diversity and repetition. No AI — just counting, so it is identical every time. |
| 2. Score each criterion separately | Four independent judgements against the official band descriptors. A weak vocabulary score cannot drag down your grammar score. |
| 3. Compare to marked scripts | Every judgement is made against real scripts carrying official examiner bands, so it is a comparison rather than a guess. |
| 4. Quote the evidence | The marker must quote your own words before it may award a band. |
| 5. Score three times | Each criterion is marked three times and the middle score taken, so resubmitting the same response gives the same band. |
Treat any band as accurate to about ±0.5. That is roughly the level of agreement between two human examiners marking the same script — IELTS reports an inter-rater reliability of 0.92 for Writing, and even machine-marked Listening carries a standard error of about 0.43 bands. No marker, human or automated, produces a single exact truth.
This is practice, not a prediction. Use it to find weaknesses and track improvement, not to decide whether to book your test.