Band Calculator

IELTS Band Calculator

While practicing for a test, it is imperative to track your progress by monitoring your score from time to time. Your overall band score is the result of an average of the scores secured in Listening, Reading, Writing & Speaking sections individually.

Below is our IELTS Band Calculator for Reading (General IELTS & Academic IELTS) and Listening sections to help you understand your level of English proficiency. No matter where you take the mock test from, just put your scores in the boxes provided below and get an estimate of your band score.

Raw Score /40 IELTS Band
Listening (out of 40)
General Reading (out of 40)
Academic Reading (out of 40)

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    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

    Speaking

    The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

    Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

    Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

    Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

    Total time: 11-14 minutes

    Reading

    The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

    IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

    Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

    IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

    Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

    Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

    Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

    No. of questions: 40

    Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

    Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)