20+ Top FAQs: IELTS Test Strategy

No, IELTS reading is different for General Training and Academic test takers.

It lasts for 1 hour divided among 3 different passages.

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Generally, it has been found that academic reading is comparatively tough.

There will be 40 questions.

No, there is no negative marking system in IELTS.

Yes, you can.

No, unlike Listening, you don’t have extra minutes to transfer your answer.

No, always a pencil

It is.

No, you have to be very accurate with your grammar.

Yes

No, you can’t.

No, it depends.

You can take your date by visiting the respective country office of their partner company or book it directly from their website.

IELTS is scored under 4 categories ( listening, reading, speaking, and writing ) making it an overall score of 9 combinedly.

Well, it depends on the practice of respective countries. In the context of Nepal, Speaking is taken on a different day prior to or post-writing date. You will be informed before at least 48 hours from your test.

By the time this article is written, it costs you NRS. 23,000 for paper-based and NRS.21,500 for CDT(Computer Delivered Test)

Yes

No. You are strictly advised to use a pencil.

Yes in listening but all the letters must be in capital format.

Of course, it does provide the instructions before each section in listening but you will not have other pauses than going through the questions

No. It is only in the listening part that you get extra ten minutes in the end to transfer your answers.

They remain valid for 2 years.

In the context of our country, It takes 13 days to receive your IELTS result for paper-based, and if it’s CDT then you will have your result within 3-5 days.

You are only entitled to a single TRF unless you need it for some special purposes. The extra cost must be borne by the candidate himself on that condition.

Yes. It is very important.

You can never arrive late for your exam. In fact, you need to arrive and report by the mentioned time in order to stay in the exam.

In that case, you need to contact your IELTS center from where you took your test. You need to provide a copy of your candidate ID and the administrative cost must be paid by you but the copy of a result older than two years can’t be recovered.