IELTS Writing Mark Schemes

Task Achievement #

Coherence and Cohesion

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full& satisfies all the requirements of the tas' clearl& (resents a full& de)elo(ed res(onse co)ers all requirements of the tas' sufficientl& (resents, highlights and illustrates 'e& features bullet (oints clearl& and a((ro(riatel&

uses cohesion in such a uses a wide range of )ocabular& with )er& uses a wide range of structures with natural and so(histicated control of le*ical full fle*ibilit& and accurac&+ rare wa& that it attracts no features+ rare minor errors occur onl& as ,sli(s- minor errors occur onl& as ,sli(sattention s'ilfull& manages (aragra(hing sequences information and ideas logicall& manages all as(ects of cohesion well uses (aragra(hing sufficientl& and a((ro(riatel&

uses a wide range of )ocabular& fluentl& and fle*ibl& to con)e& (recise meanings s'ilfull& uses uncommon le*ical items but there ma& be occasional inaccuracies in word choice and collocation (roduces rare errors in s(elling and or word formation

uses a wide range of structures the ma.orit& of sentences are error"free ma'es onl& )er& occasional errors or ina((ro(riaces

IELTS Academic Reading marking schemes

For the academic reading test, which also contains 40 questions, but is more difficult, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table. Band Score Score 40

9 39-40

8.5 37-38

8 35-36

7.5 33-34

7 30-32

6.5 2!"2#

6 23"26

5.5 $#"22

5 $5"$%

4.5 $3"$4

4 $0"$2

3.5 %"#

3 6"!

2.5 4"5