Sample IELTS Writing report

1. A band for each criterion

Writing is scored on four criteria, so you can see which one is holding the overall band back.

• Task Achievement

  6.5

  Both parts of the question answered, but the second example is thin.

• Coherence and Cohesion

  6.0

  Clear paragraphs, though linking words repeat and one idea is split across two paragraphs.

• Lexical Resource

  6.5

  Good range of topic vocabulary, with a few collocation errors.

• Grammatical Range and Accuracy

  6.0

  Mix of complex sentences, held back by run-ons and article errors.

2. The mistakes behind the score

Each mistake is tagged with its type and the sentence it came from, so patterns are easy to spot.

• a informationsArticle agreement

  information is uncountable, so use no article or "some".

• advicesUncountable noun

  Use "advice" or "pieces of advice".

• Many people thinks thatSubject-verb agreement

  Many people think that.

3. A coach note on what to fix next

“Run-on sentences and article errors are the main reasons Grammatical Range and Accuracy sits at 6.0. Before your next attempt, split any sentence that has more than one main clause, and check every noun for whether it needs an article.”