Six ways to win back lost IELTS marks
Six things built into every exercise. Each one fixes a common way students lose marks.
Six ways students lose marks, and what fixes each one
The exact line to fix
Not just “improve your grammar.” We show the exact sentence, a better version, and the mark it lifts.
The real test screen
The same layout as the real computer test: split view, a timer, and a notes area.
Map questions
Section 2 maps are where students lose easy marks. Here you practise them by clicking the map.
Your band, your visa
See what each band means for your Canada or Australia points. Your score is your visa.
Spot the trick answer
In Listening, the speaker often says one answer, then changes it. We show you the trick so you stop losing marks to it.
Your weekly plan
Your weakest skill gets the most practice days. The plan changes as your scores change.
Common questions
What happens when I submit a writing answer?
It comes back marked against the four official criteria: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. You get a band for each one, not just an overall number, and the specific sentences that earned it, so you can see which line cost you the mark rather than guessing.
How long does the feedback take?
About a minute for the full report, with a first band arriving well before that. It is fast enough to write, read the marking, fix the weakest paragraph and resubmit in one sitting, which is the loop that actually moves a band.
Is this the same as being marked by a real IELTS examiner?
No, and nobody's AI is, whatever they call it. A certified examiner marks to a standard we can approximate but not match. What we do that most tools do not is publish the gap: the measured deviation, the size of the reference set and who labelled it are all on the quality page, updated weekly including the weeks it gets worse.
Does it score speaking as well as writing?
Yes. You record an answer to a real cue card and it is marked on fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation. Speaking is the module most people practise least, because until now it needed another person in the room.
Can I try it without paying or making an account?
Yes. You can score an answer and see your real band across all four modules on the free plan, which does not expire. The detailed line-by-line feedback is the part that unlocks when you upgrade.
Does it look like the real IELTS test?
The practice screens follow the computer-delivered layout, which matters more than it used to: IELTS is withdrawing the paper-based test from mid-2026, so nearly everyone now sits it on a screen. Typing 250 words under time pressure is a different skill from writing them by hand, and it is worth practising in the format you will actually face.
More detail: how the scoring works step by step, the measured accuracy and its limits, and the writing checker itself.
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