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Work out your IELTS Listening and Reading bands from the number of correct answers, add your Writing and Speaking bands, and see your overall score. Free, and it works for both Academic and General Training.
Enter your Listening and Reading scores to see your bands.
IELTS gives a band from 0 to 9 for each of the four skills. Your overall band is the average of the four, rounded to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 goes up to the next half band, and one ending in .75 goes up to the next whole band. Anything below .25 rounds down, so 6.125 becomes 6.0.
Listening and Reading are marked out of 40 and converted to a band. Writing and Speaking are marked by examiners on four criteria each, and Task 2 counts for twice as much as Task 1 in Writing.
These are the conversion tables the calculator uses. General Training Reading is stricter than Academic.
| Correct (of 40) | Band |
|---|---|
| 39 to 40 | 9.0 |
| 37 to 38 | 8.5 |
| 35 to 36 | 8.0 |
| 32 to 34 | 7.5 |
| 30 to 31 | 7.0 |
| 26 to 29 | 6.5 |
| 23 to 25 | 6.0 |
| 18 to 22 | 5.5 |
| 16 to 17 | 5.0 |
| 13 to 15 | 4.5 |
| 10 to 12 | 4.0 |
| 8 to 9 | 3.5 |
| 6 to 7 | 3.0 |
| Correct (of 40) | Band |
|---|---|
| 39 to 40 | 9.0 |
| 37 to 38 | 8.5 |
| 35 to 36 | 8.0 |
| 33 to 34 | 7.5 |
| 30 to 32 | 7.0 |
| 27 to 29 | 6.5 |
| 23 to 26 | 6.0 |
| 19 to 22 | 5.5 |
| 15 to 18 | 5.0 |
| 13 to 14 | 4.5 |
| 10 to 12 | 4.0 |
| 8 to 9 | 3.5 |
| 6 to 7 | 3.0 |
| Correct (of 40) | Band |
|---|---|
| 40 | 9.0 |
| 39 | 8.5 |
| 37 to 38 | 8.0 |
| 36 | 7.5 |
| 34 to 35 | 7.0 |
| 32 to 33 | 6.5 |
| 30 to 31 | 6.0 |
| 27 to 29 | 5.5 |
| 23 to 26 | 5.0 |
| 19 to 22 | 4.5 |
| 15 to 18 | 4.0 |
| 12 to 14 | 3.5 |
| 9 to 11 | 3.0 |
Your overall band is the average of your four section bands (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), rounded to the nearest half band. An average ending in .25 rounds up to the next half band, and one ending in .75 rounds up to the next whole band. For example, bands of 7.0, 6.5, 6.5 and 6.5 average 6.625, which rounds to 6.5.
In Listening you need 30 out of 40, in Academic Reading 30 out of 40, and in General Training Reading 34 out of 40.
No. General Training Reading uses a stricter table, so the same number of correct answers gives a lower band than in Academic Reading. Listening uses the same table for both.
A trained examiner marks each on four criteria and the four marks are averaged. In Writing, Task 2 counts for twice as much as Task 1.
No. It uses the published conversion tables as a guide, and the exact conversion can differ slightly from one test version to the next. Use it to plan and practise, and treat your official result as final.
GradMate IELTS marks Writing and Speaking on the four official criteria and shows what to fix first. You can also sit full timed mocks for all four skills.
See GradMate IELTS