Free IELTS General Training Writing test with band scores
General Training Writing has two tasks, a letter and an essay, in 60 minutes. Your first band score is free, with corrections on your own sentences.
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By Thanh Tran, co-founder and PTE instructor
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Your band
Writing, Task 26.5
- Task response6.5
- Coherence and cohesion6.5
- Lexical resource6.0
- Grammar6.0
- You wrote
If people would havemore free time, they will be more healthy.- Try
If people had more free time, they would be healthier.
Next step
Rewrite paragraph 2 with one "if" sentence in each of the three forms, then resubmit.
Time and style
Time
60 minutes for both tasks, on one screen. You can move between them at any time.
Style
Task 1 is a letter, as formal as the task asks. Task 2 is an essay in full paragraphs.
Criteria
Task achievement in Task 1 or task response in Task 2, plus coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range and accuracy
How it is scored
Task 2 counts twice as much as Task 1. Our engine marks both tasks on the four IELTS criteria and corrects your own sentences.
How much each task counts
| Detail | Task 1 | Task 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Time | About 20 minutes | About 40 minutes |
| Length | At least 150 words | At least 250 words |
How to get a higher band
Plan your hour
Spend about 20 minutes on the letter and 40 on the essay, because Task 2 is worth more.Write to your reader
The task says who you are writing to. Be friendly with a friend, and polite and formal with a company.Cover all three points
Task 1 gives you three points. Write a paragraph for each one.Answer every part
Many Task 2 questions ask two things. Answer both, or your task response band stays low.
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Common questions
How is it different from Academic Writing?
Task 1 is a letter, not a description of a chart. Task 2 is an essay in both tests, marked the same way.
Do I get feedback on my writing for free?
Yes, on your first letter and your first essay. You get a band for each of the four criteria and corrections on your own sentences. After that, marking is part of Pro.
How accurate is the band score?
Our engine is calibrated to follow the official IELTS marking criteria as closely as possible, using state-of-the-art research models. Use your band to find what to fix next.
Where do the questions come from?
The letters and the essays come from the General Training tests in Cambridge IELTS 4 to 20.
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