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IELTS tips, strategies & band-score guides

Practical guides from the IELTSBase team. New posts coming soon.

Writing

How the IELTS Writing band descriptors actually work

A plain-English walk-through of Task Response, Coherence, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range — and where most aspirants lose half a band.

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Reading

Reading: how to skim without missing the answer

A repeatable approach to scanning passages under exam pressure, plus the five question types that cost most students their target band.

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Speaking

Speaking Part 2: the 1-minute prep framework

A structure you can apply to any cue card so you never freeze in front of the examiner.

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