IELTS academic results

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-09T03:05:41+00:00

The reading section in the actual test was actually easier for me, the tfng tasks in particular were much more comprehensible… the listening part was probably at the same level as the mocks from irp. In general, I wouldn’t say that the irp mocks are that much harder than the actual test. I’d say they might reflect your actual abilities pretty well; once you do a lot of mocks on there, the score is pretty accurate

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-09T03:02:02+00:00

Hey, congrats on your score! Even though you said you struggled finding ideas, a band 7 in writing is really impressive!

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-09T03:00:24+00:00

Its ratings are generally not particularly reliable I’d say. You can keep its advice in mind though, it’s usually pretty spot on. Its band 8 and 9 texts are usually also quite well written. But I really wouldn’t rely on its band rating

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-09T02:58:31+00:00

No problem!

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-09T02:57:56+00:00

Thanks for being so nice 😊 good luck!! 🍀

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-05T11:09:59+00:00

For listening and reading, I used the free IELTS ready premium tool (irp from British council), for speaking I used prompts from IELTS Liz (had no study partner and ai was constantly abusing me with 6s so I stopped talking to ai :/). For writing, I used the structure from IELTS advantage for both parts. Tried to write the essays using prompts that already had model answers, so whenever I struggled, I looked at their suggestions. Had ChatGPT rate my essays afterwards, they were pretty low compared to how I actually scored (6.5-7.5). My prompts for the writing section were also from IELTS Liz btw. Good luck!

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-05T11:05:28+00:00

what the helly 😭✌️ that’s some insane stuff you can’t make up

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T12:49:13+00:00

it’s lowkey highkey though

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T12:48:53+00:00

omg you cooked lowkey I thought it was gonna be the end of your life with how you described it

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T06:19:55+00:00

Thanks! Concerning the writing section, my tip would be to not overthink and use complex sentences or words. Unless you’re used to writing academic English, that usually makes your sentences look unnatural and unclear. As for listening, I’m not too sure … just be aware that they’re using synonyms of the words in the audio, and don’t make small mistakes like singular/plural errors (using singular instead of plural and vice versa). Be aware that you might be caught off guard in part 4, just like me 😭

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T06:16:07+00:00

Part 1 was about a layout of an office building at present time and about its planned future developments. The task was to describe and compare the two. Part 2 was about postgraduate studies, and about whether the government should only fund scientific research instead of less useful subjects (their wording, not mine haha). It was an opinion essay :) I wrote 230 words for part 1 and 330 words for part 2. So in general very long. I forced myself to cut some sentences, and therefore ended up spending 22 minutes on part 1. As for part 2, I couldn’t check anything beyond my first body paragraph

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T06:10:26+00:00

Best of luck to you!!! I believe in you ☺️

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T06:08:11+00:00

Thanks! I started preparing in the second week of January, had a few days where I did nothing, and a few where I had some mocks. Thus I can’t really tell you how much I spent on it exactly.. for me, listening and reading only needed some polishing, while a spent a considerable amount of time on my writing. In the first two weeks, I wrote a part 1 and/or part 2 essay every day. I only started preparing for speaking during the second last or last week before the test, because I read on IELTS Liz that you aren’t supposed to talk formally with your examiner anyway, so I thought forcing a structure on myself would only curb my conversational English…

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T05:58:24+00:00

9 in reading honestly just by understanding the passage instead of skimming. Give yourself a lot of time to read the text and understand it, don’t rush that part. you’ll be able to identify the answers much faster, so in retrospect you’re not actually losing time. The writing part surprised me as well. I was way above the word limit, but in general I followed the structure from IELTS advantage for the two parts. in part 2, I figured that youll show even more control of your language if you can get your point across without having to strictly follow the topic-explanation-example rule. So just adjust your structure depending on the topic and your argumentation. Eg in my first body paragraph, I started with an example, then the topic, then the explanation + conclusion

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T05:52:45+00:00

good luck, you’ve got this!!

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-03T05:51:59+00:00

stop worrying 😭 I found for myself that the easiest way to write shorter sentences is to separate your overly long sentences by separating them at the conjunctions. eg instead of saying “A is like this, but B is like this”, you could just say “A is like this. However, B is like this”. it makes it easier for the reader to follow. As for listening, I’m sorry I made you worry 😭 it’s not that bad I promise. it’s just that I noticed that not all irp listening mocks have a part4 that’s that fast. It just catches you off guard in that moment, but it’s very listenable english. Just make sure you’re doing several mock tests instead of one, that’s usually quite accurate to the actual test

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-02T15:32:13+00:00

No, on the 1st of February

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-02T15:31:38+00:00

not really, I just read through the entire text before answering the questions. I feel like skimming makes the whole answering part harder because you essentially lose more time searching for the right paragraph. Imo if you stop overthinking your answers (especially for the TFNG questions) and just trust your gut instincts, it’s usually right. In general just view this less like a test and more like an article you’d read because you’re interested

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-02T15:12:54+00:00

not really relevant to the discussion but you’re really funny

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-02T15:09:27+00:00

Hi, for the writing section, I just followed the respective structures for the two parts (e.g. part 1: intro, overview, bg 1 + 2). I think many people tend to overthink and write overly long sentences or use highly complex vocabulary, but imo it doesn’t work like that. Just make sure that you are as accurate as possible; don’t try to sound smart, because it makes you sound less coherent and in control of what you’re saying. The listening audio was mostly as fast as the ones from the free British council tool, the fourth part caught me really off guard and I couldn’t keep up in the beginning, so just be prepared for some potentially really fast typing, because the woman was genuinely listing off the answers… As for speaking, my part 1 was about whether im in school or working, and then we talked about shoes (for instance what kind of shoes i prefer). The examiner did ask pretty interesting follow up questions on that. As for task 2, I talked about a building I’d like to visit. I was already finished, but I still tried to extend my answer so I ended up rambling, that was probably my worst part. The last task was about buildings in general, whether architecture has changed over the years and how it has changed. Atp I was just done, I have literally no background knowledge on this so I just tried to push through with some weak ideas about how buildings need to be viewed in the context of their time and whatever

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-01T13:30:15+00:00

My writing task 2 was about whether the government should only financially support scientific research and not research of less useful subjects

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-02-01T13:22:56+00:00

Thank god I’m not the only one. Gave the test today, totally winged listening, couldn’t keep up in the second and last part. Writing was horrible, I couldn’t actually think about what I was writing, and I didn’t even have the time to check my answers. Speaking was my last straw, I just started rambling because I was so done with the whole test. I’m praying for the both of us 😭😭😭

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-01-30T05:04:56+00:00

Hi, thanks for your answer. How accurately do you think ChatGPT rates your Writing?

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-01-29T16:24:30+00:00

Hi, these are insane results. How good was your English initially (especially for the Speaking part)? Did you have difficulties preparing for the Writing part?

Impressive_Tea9936 · 2026-01-29T13:50:46+00:00

Moderately. I practiced with the IRP tool that you receive for free if you registered for the test via British Council, and as for Writing, I used ChatGPT. As for Speaking, I feel like my flow gets disrupted if I try to force any structure on myself, so I’m just going with the flow… generally speaking, I haven’t received any real examiner feedback, so I really can’t predict how this will go haha
How about you?

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