Hello everyone! I just want to ask if the predicted IELTS questions are true?

Most of you might think that I should be over the moon because of my score. Unfortunately, I need an 8 for speaking for migration purposes.

Planning to get an EOR, how likely is it that they’ll give me a higher score?

Thanks in advance!

IELTS exams reflect your English level, not how many tips or tricks you know

I've had a few students ask recently

“I'm stuck at 5.5-6.0. I need to get Band 7.0 minimum for each skill. How do I do it?"

I often feel that with that question there is a slight misunderstanding of what the IELTS exam actually is. The IELTS exam will simply measure your English level. If you're working at B1 level, you'll get around 5.5. If you're working at a strong C1 level, you'll get 7.5.

The key measure every time is your English level. Not tips and tricks that you know or don't know.

If you want to move from 5.5 to 7.5, you need to improve your English level, not become fixated on finding tips, tricks, apps, resources or practice tests. All of those things are good, but they should be used as practice as part of a proper learning plan.

Yes, you can have a bad day in the exam for many reasons, but in general B1 level students get B1 level results and cannot use any special tips to get a C1 level result. English level improvement is key. You can’t practise skills you don’t have.

Posting it again because I forgot to remove my form number. Thanks to the person who reminded me of it. I prepared for a month, mostly solving the Cambridge tests for reading and listening. For writing Was getting a 6.5 in mock and was happy with the results. For speaking i had watched mock interviews of IELTS advantage on YouTube around 41 videos are there. That helped me a lot. For reading and listening only practice tests helps, the more you solve the better you get. In the mock tests I was getting a band 9 for both. But in the final exam the reading was really difficult. For speaking i had practiced using chatgpt go. It was useful for me. I am really thankful for this community, a lot of people helped me. Every time I saw someone's result it inspired me. Knowing there are people like me also struggling, helped me panic a little less. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. I want to help others as much as possible.

Got my results 2 days after taking the exam (on a Saturday).

Listening- i was so ready to get an 8 or 8.5 because I dwelled too much on one number that I was unable to listen carefully to the next questions. Luckily, making an educated guess worked well to my advantage.

Reading- i probably got my wrong in the matching headings part, but at least the score I got was more than what I expected

Writing- im just thankful I landed a 7 instead of a 6.5. I haven’t really practiced writing for more than a month because writing just takes too much of my time. I only read band 8 answers 2 says before I took the test. 5 minutes left on the clock and I was still 80% into finishing both task 1 and 2. I had to interpret a line graph and I was just so bad at conveying my thoughts and sorting ideas.

Speaking- i was so nervous with speaking the most because I DONT talk to people. I talk to my teacher once a week for 2 months and I think that’s what built my confidence in talking to people. She always praised my pronunciation and the way I talk. I’ve been listening to podcasts and it helped with how I keep it fluent. On the day, I probably wrongly answered a question in part 1, had a 5 second pause in part 2 and had a difficult time regaining myself, and was probably yapping nonsense in part 3. I kept getting cut off, which was not gonna affect my scores, and the examiner also had to realign my answers because it was going nowhere. But one thing’s for sure, I spoke as naturally and had a good rise and fall in my tone.

Hey guys, my name’s Diane, and I’m currently looking for a speaking partner to prepare for the IELTS Speaking test.
I took IELTS two years ago and got 6.5 in Speaking, but I recently took a mock test and got 7.0. I’m hoping to find someone with a similar speaking level so we can practice together, give each other feedback, and hopefully improve our scores! :)
A little about me: I’m a student at the University of Bologna, studying Pharmacy in an English-based program. I also love travelling and meeting new people
If you’re interested, feel free to DM me! 😊

Dear all,

My exam is scheduled in second week of September. I am very confuse from where to prepare. I am not native. Should I prepare from cambridge books or the mock test I got from british council while booking the exam. I have less time so want to go through only most effective material. Please share your suggestions and tips especially for writing and speaking.

Hello everyone,

Last Saturday I did my IELTS exam for the first time and this was my score. I would like to admit I get nervous at my speaking task and everything failed down. I would like to hear some advices to improve to get an overall of 7.5. I only have 30 days and I work Mon-Fri to take it again.

I recognize I didn't study hard, and got overwhelmed by personal situationship.

Hey everyone, I got my results but wasn't happy, so I applied for EOR (speaking & writing). Has anyone recently applied and how many days does it take for EOR?

Did 4 days of focused prep and got 7.5, AMA, happy to help

Phew I'm glad reading went well, and I sort of panicked during the test (cuz I had to take a bathroom break and around 5 mins were sacrificed). Feel free to ask me anything about the test!

On an another note, in the official test score form, you know how they include the picture which they take during the test day? The thing is, my hair is extremely afro-y, and since I was a bit swamped the last two weeks with uni stuff I couldn't take proper care of it and I looked hidious (it usually looks pretty nice otherwise). It took like 10mins for them to properly capture a picture of me cuz my hair was all over the place.

Has anyone had this sort of problem before?? It really was annoying as hell and gave me lot of anxiety before the start of the test, I was worried it might mess up my flow. For an international organization you'd expect them to have a good camera software atleast.

In the end, they managed to take one after me flattening my hair down to reveal more of my forehead, and the picture is just appaling pls. This might feel like such an unprofessional question but surely these universities don't judge people based on appearance? I hope not? I'm really panicking here 😭😭

Hi everyone, I'm delighted with my score.

Listening and Reading are your best friends. If you want to improve your overall score, focus on these two, they’re generally easier to score well in.

Also, you’ll likely score better in the actual test than in your mock tests. AI tools are great for practice, but their scoring can be overly strict, especially for Writing and Speaking. So don’t stress. Consider adding around 0.5–1 band to your mock Writing and Speaking scores as a rough estimate.

Ask me anything :)

My results came back, im happy with all of my skill except writing. I needed a 6.5 minimum to be able to get in my dream uni, should I take a skill retake? :(

This is my first time trying IELTS test. I just did it without any preparation or idea how it works. I got these results and want to know if they are valid and how long do I have to practice for better results.