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The difference
You can write fifty essays. Without someone marking them against the real descriptors, you repeat the same four mistakes fifty times.
How it works
Each one targets a specific criterion the examiner scores you on. Nothing here is decoration.
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Most checkers tell you "grammar needs work." Bandly quotes the clause, explains the rule in one line, and shows the corrected version so you can see the difference instead of decoding it.
In conclusion, I completely agree that governments must prioritise public transport. Such investment would ease congestion and, in the same time, cut urban emissions substantially.
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Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range are marked separately against the public band descriptors, each with its own one line verdict, so you can see which of the four is actually holding the score down.
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Task 2 essays, General Training letters, and Academic Task 1 reports. For Academic Task 1 the chart itself is sent to the marker, so Task Achievement is judged against the data you were actually given rather than against a generic template.
The bar chart compares commuters using four modes of transport in three cities. Overall, Tokyo relies overwhelmingly on rail while Houston is dominated by the car at 88 percent.
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Every sample in the library is a real answer put through the same engine, published with the band it received and the sentences that earned it. Browse by band, by task, or by question type, and read what the level above yours actually looks like.
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Questions
Yes. Your first essay is scored in full with no card required, including the band breakdown and every correction. You only pay when you want to submit more.
Bandly scores your essay against the four published band descriptors using AI, and the result is an estimate rather than a mark from a qualified examiner. We have not validated it against examiner marked essays, so we do not claim an accuracy rate, and it can come out higher or lower than an official result. Use it to see which criterion is holding you back and whether your writing is moving, not as a prediction of your exam day score. Full detail is in our terms.
Task 2 for both Academic and General, Academic Task 1 including charts, tables, maps and processes, and General Task 1 letters across all three registers.
No. Every plan is unlimited. Students who improve the most usually submit between eight and fifteen essays over two weeks.
Yes. Paste any prompt, including one from a book or a past paper, and the essay is marked against it. You can also work from the questions in our sample library, each one published with a marked answer.
Both. Every correction comes with the rule behind it and the rewritten version, and every essay is kept in your history with its four criterion bands, so you can see which one keeps coming back lowest rather than being told to write more.
A grammar checker fixes errors. It has no idea what a Band 7 essay looks like, so it will happily approve a grammatically perfect essay that scores 5.5 for underdeveloped ideas. Bandly marks structure, argument development, cohesion and range, which is where most of your lost points are.
No. It runs in the browser on phone, tablet and laptop. Most students draft on paper, type it in, and read the feedback on their phone.
Email us within 7 days of purchase and we refund in full, usually the same day. You keep any feedback reports you already generated.
No. Bandly is an independent study tool built on the publicly available band descriptors. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Cambridge, the British Council, or IDP Education.
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