After the Practice Tests
Check your answers to the Listening and Reading Tests with the Answer Keys on pages 160 and
159. Check your answers to the Writing Tests with the Model Answers on pages 166 to 169. Ask
a teacher to look at your Writing Tasks and to listen to the tape you recorded for the Speaking
Test in order to estimate your scores.
Then use the Score Interpreter on page 162 to discover how well you did in each Sub-test, and
how much extra English study you may need to do to improve your score. In the actual IELTS
test, your Overall Band Score is the average of the 4 Sub-test Band Scores.
Once you have completed Practice Test One, and have checked with the Score Interpreter, turn
to the Hints Section for help with those questions that caused you difficulty. The guide to using
the 101 Helpful Hints is on page 11. Then continue the test process with Practice Tests Two,
Three and Four on pages 107, 127 and 138 respectively