IELTS Writing Test Criteria – What The Examiners Will Look For?

Do you have that flair for writing? Are you a good writer? Have you ever tried out writing – short essays, personal or corporate letters, summaries? Well, if you are the one who has got the skills to write, it would be easy to get through IELTS writing test but if you are the one who doesn’t possess such great skills, it would be difficult for you.

It should also be mentioned that even the best of the best, those who have got good level of English language or those who are even good at expressing themselves English fail to make a good impression and do not manage to get a band score 5 or 6. This low score doesn’t mean that they are not good at writing. But, the thing is IELTS evaluation of written test is done in a much more scientific way. The examiner would not just look at what you have written; the examiner will pay more attention to how you may written as well.

Here, in today’s article, we have come up with some information which might help you with improving your writing test score. If you can focus on following points, you will surely be in a state to get a good band score.

Correcting Grammar is Essential

First things first, if your grammar is weak, we would suggest you do not apply for the IELTS because, poor English grammar will not bring good score. One will have to be more proficient at grammar. The test-taker will have to be much more acquainted with the grammar rules, how the particular tenses should be used, how to come up with sentences with no errors at all.

Choice of Words

Your words matter a lot. If you make use of more effective words, you can expect to get higher score but if you make use of words that may not reflect the thoughts in the right way, the score may go down. And it should also be mentioned that you should not make use of difficult-to-understand or high-profile words. It would be good to make use of simple and easy-to-understand words. For instance, make use of the words such as “he reached the level of perfection” rather than “zenith of perfection”. It would be good to select common but effective words.

Look for Coherence

Each and every word you use should convey right thoughts. Each and every sentence should be much more relevant to given subject (what the question wants you to). If you write something different from actual subject, this would destroy the level of coherence and will provide wrong impression. You will get less score if you don’t maintain relevance throughout the essay or letter.

Test Achievement

Whether you have fulfilled the given task or not, whether you have written as per the instruction or not. Whether your answer carries 150 or more than that (for the task 1), whether it has 250 words as suggested or not (for the task 2). If you do not manage to achieve desired goals within the given instructions, the score will be lowered down.


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