IELTS scores

[kryt0n]

Thank you!! I'm pretty chuffed myself

If only I could put my poor reading scores down to bad eyesight. I thought I had done okay but I guess I didn't

It's easy to miss, especially under stress. Rest assured that as per all languages, sometimes the brain reads what it wants to, not what is there.

More practice maybe

I'm redoing mine in Dec (they expire in Jan) and I am hoping to squeeze that extra few points out

 

[syedarsalan]

I hope they don't deduct for hand writing

 

[mukulabd]

Ouch for that 6.5! I was scared of getting a 6.5 in speaking but managed to get a 7, which was a big relief. It kind of sucks that a 6.5 can bring everything down but that's how it is. Go with full confidence for your next test!

 

[dpinsent]

It's easy to miss, especially under stress. Rest assured that as per all languages, sometimes the brain reads what it wants to, not what is there.

More practice maybe

I'm redoing mine in Dec (they expire in Jan) and I am hoping to squeeze that extra few points out

Definitely a lot of stress involved.. I hate exams!!

Good luck with your test in Dec.

I am looking at asking for a re-evaluation of my reading scores but I will only hear back after 2 months. The problem is if I do decide to go down this route, I cannot upload my current scores and with me being at the top end of the age bracket, I might lose points on that score if I wait 2 months. So between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
The 6.5 reading score should see me through though right?

 

[dpinsent]

I hope they don't deduct for hand writing

Don't worry they won't unless they can't make sense of it at all. Good luck with your test.

 

[farazafzal]

Definitely a lot of stress involved.. I hate exams!!

Good luck with your test in Dec.

I am looking at asking for a re-evaluation of my reading scores but I will only hear back after 2 months. The problem is if I do decide to go down this route, I cannot upload my current scores and with me being at the top end of the age bracket, I might lose points on that score if I wait 2 months. So between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
The 6.5 reading score should see me through though right?

No issues... Just make your profile with the current score. You can always modify your results. I know this ageing feeling with points loosing. So don't wait and use the current results for your profile. I have gone through the same route and just in time I also applied to retake IELTS..

Two options I was left with:

1. If rechecking yield me half a band I will be good and refund will be given all happy..
2. If rechecking did not yield anything I loose two months, I will still have to pay for new IELTS and I will go out of age window... SO I did rechecking and booked a next date for IELTS and I scored. L = 9, Reading 8.5, Writing 8, Speaking 8...

I never knew if I could score 9 in writing. Did you followed the paid material of BC for this?

Good luck

 

[thestunner316]

No issues... Just make your profile with the current score. You can always modify your results. I know this ageing feeling with points loosing. So don't wait and use the current results for your profile. I have gone through the same route and just in time I also applied to retake IELTS..

Two options I was left with:

1. If rechecking yield me half a band I will be good and refund will be given all happy..
2. If rechecking did not yield anything I loose two months, I will still have to pay for new IELTS and I will go out of age window... SO I did rechecking and booked a next date for IELTS and I scored. L = 9, Reading 8.5, Writing 8, Speaking 8...

I never knew if I could score 9 in writing. Did you followed the paid material of BC for this?

Good luck

thats awesome scores man...
L 8.5
R 8
S 7.5
W 7.5

if you get those scores or above on all then you get CLB10 ,

 

[Wolverine17]

Definitely a lot of stress involved.. I hate exams!!

Good luck with your test in Dec.

I am looking at asking for a re-evaluation of my reading scores but I will only hear back after 2 months. The problem is if I do decide to go down this route, I cannot upload my current scores and with me being at the top end of the age bracket, I might lose points on that score if I wait 2 months. So between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
The 6.5 reading score should see me through though right?

Retake the exam and practice reading its no use to re evaluate the reading or listening since marking is straight forward

 

[kryt0n]

Coming from a native speaker who can just about read this, I salute all you bilinguals:


REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN:



These are excerpts from various Richard Lederer articles and the anonymous poem, "The English Lesson." Similar lists circulating in e-mail exchanges and listservs with minor variations. This particular adaptation appeared on the ChaucerNet listserv. The earliest individual passing it along in that chain was Nicholas C. Burbules, Department of Educational Policy Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, though he himself is not the compositor.

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object.
11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13. They were too close to the door to close it.
14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

 

[DelPiero07]

My personal favorite:

All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.

 

[kryt0n]

My personal favorite:

All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.

It took me a second reading that before I noticed what was wierd about it.

 

[thestunner316]

Definitely a lot of stress involved.. I hate exams!!

Good luck with your test in Dec.

I am looking at asking for a re-evaluation of my reading scores but I will only hear back after 2 months. The problem is if I do decide to go down this route, I cannot upload my current scores and with me being at the top end of the age bracket, I might lose points on that score if I wait 2 months. So between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
The 6.5 reading score should see me through though right?

i would strongly receommend not to revaulate reading scores - becoz answer is either right or wrong.... there is no grey area like speaking or writing where marking can vary...

practise the reading part, its usually the easiest - last 2 ielts i wrote i got a 9 in reading both times... one tip i can give you is as follows... this is for true false not given type of question.

i had bananas for breakfast - statement

question - did i have milk for breakfast ? true, false, not given ??
answer - not given, becoz i didnt say i had ONLY bananas for breakfast... i could have had bananas plus milk...

see what i mean ? you need to look at questions like a lawyer and find loopholes lol

usually also if there are 6 true false not given statements... answers are 2 of each - true false NG (its the norm, its not a hard and fast rule) but say if you are getting 4 true, 2 false and none as not given - then you probably have some answers wrong.... (again its just a norm, it is not a rule)

good luck

 

[vensak]

i would strongly receommend not to revaulate reading scores - becoz answer is either right or wrong.... there is no grey area like speaking or writing where marking can vary...

practise the reading part, its usually the easiest - last 2 ielts i wrote i got a 9 in reading both times... one tip i can give you is as follows... this is for true false not given type of question.

i had bananas for breakfast - statement

question - did i have milk for breakfast ? true, false, not given ??
answer - not given, becoz i didnt say i had ONLY bananas for breakfast... i could have had bananas plus milk...

see what i mean ? you need to look at questions like a lawyer and find loopholes lol

usually also if there are 6 true false not given statements... answers are 2 of each - true false NG (its the norm, its not a hard and fast rule) but say if you are getting 4 true, 2 false and none as not given - then you probably have some answers wrong.... (again its just a norm, it is not a rule)

good luck

What you have shown is a bit simple, but how about this example:

i had plantain for breakfast - statement

question - did i have bananas for breakfast ? true, false, not given ??
answer -
not given - for person who is sitting in some smaller area where this fruit is not supplier and never heared of it, so has not much idea what is it.
OK, this one will be most likely incorrect, also to be fair the question is already somewhat specific and even natives come around many words and things they heared about for the first time

yes - if you consider it generaly (usually being from country where bananas are not produced, so you do not distinguish)

no - if you are comming from places where this type of fruit is growing. For you of course, banana is not plantain (normal banana is sweater and you can eat it raw, while plantain is more starchy and you have to cook or fry it).

And now tell me which answer is correct - yes or no? This does really depend on how exactly you define banana - a Word that identify family of fruits or a word that defines one exact type of the family. Is the banana Word further defined? Not. So you are left just with what is common in your country or in the area where you use English.
Even if you consult internet you will find support for both (some pages listing it under banana section, while others describing differencies).

As you can see even in such simple question there is not always just one answer correct.

 

[kryt0n]

What you have shown is a bit simple, but how about this example:

i had plantain for breakfast - statement

question - did i have bananas for breakfast ? true, false, not given ??
answer -
not given - for person who is sitting in some smaller area where this fruit is not supplier and never heared of it, so has not much idea what is it.
OK, this one will be most likely incorrect, also to be fair the question is already somewhat specific and even natives come around many words and things they heared about for the first time

yes - if you consider it generaly (usually being from country where bananas are not produced, so you do not distinguish)

no - if you are comming from places where this type of fruit is growing. For you of course, banana is not plantain (normal banana is sweater and you can eat it raw, while plantain is more starchy and you have to cook or fry it).

And now tell me which answer is correct - yes or no? This does really depend on how exactly you define banana - a Word that identify family of fruits or a word that defines one exact type of the family. Is the banana Word further defined? Not. So you are left just with what is common in your country or in the area where you use English.
Even if you consult internet you will find support for both (some pages listing it under banana section, while others describing differencies).

As you can see even in such simple question there is not always just one answer correct.

I have never heard of the word plantain. :S

 

[vensak]

I have never heard of the word plantain. :S

Do not worry, you are only native English speaker.