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 →3 passages, 40 questions, 60 minutes. Auto-marked against the official band conversion table.
In development4 recordings, 40 questions, 30 minutes. Audio plays once, exactly as in the real test.
In developmentAll three parts, recorded in your browser. Marked on Fluency & Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammar, and Pronunciation.
In developmentWriting is live because it is the hardest module to get feedback on and the one where a bad estimate does the most damage. 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.