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IELTS band score calculator
Work out your overall band from four section scores, and turn a Listening or Reading score out of 40 into a band. Runs in your browser.
Sample answer library
Task 2 essays, General Training letters and Academic Task 1 reports, browsable by band and question type. Each band shown is a software estimate, not an examiner mark.
Writing band descriptors explained
The four Writing criteria in plain English, with what separates one band from the next.
IELTS Writing guides
Worked examples for each task type, common errors, and how the bands are calculated.
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The tools above are free and need no account. To get an estimated band for an essay you wrote, with the sentences behind each of the four criteria, create an account; your first essays are free. It is a practice estimate from software, not an IELTS score. If you are weighing Bandly against other options, the comparison pages say where each alternative is the better pick.