IELTS Test - Basic Hints
Note that with short-answer questions, especially in the Listening Test, there is sometimes a variety
of words or phrases that can give the correct answer. However, you waste valuable time if you give
more than
one of the correct answers to short-answer questions. Alternative answers are given to
various questions in the Answer Keys for the Listening and Reading Tests contained in this book.
CHECK YOUR SPELLING
In the Listening and Reading Tests exact spelling is
not always essential. It is only necessary in the
Listening Test if a word answer is
spelt out for you on the tape.
• Look at Question 6 in Listening Test One:
Family Name:
You must spell George's family name exactly as spelt out letter by letter on the tape.
Other correct answers in the Listening and Reading Tests can be incorrectly spelt and still count
towards your Band Score, but they must be sufficiently well spelt to indicate the correct answer.
Copy answers from the passages accurately in the Reading Test. In the Listening Test, if you are
unsure of the spelling, write an approximation of the way the answer sounds.
O Look at Question 7 in Listening Test One:
Nationality:
It would be unlikely for the spelling
"Sweterlan" to be accepted as
"Switzerland" because it
is not close enough to indicating the country. Besides, you are asked to give the
nationality,
not the country. Remember the Golden Rule. (See IELTS Test - Basic Hint 7.)
MAKE SURE YOUR ANSWERS ARE EASY TO READ
You cannot expect to do well if your answers cannot be read. Candidates may be unaware that their
answers cannot be understood by the examiners who mark the tests. Be careful!
Words: If you have trouble with English letters, you could write your Listening and Reading
Test answers in BLOCK LETTERS. Practise, so your letters look like these:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Your letters must be distinguishable from each other. Pay particular attention to:
E
and
F
I,
J
and
L
M,
N
and
W U
and
V I
and
T
(It is often hard to tell the difference between these letters when candidates write them quickly.)
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