Guides
What the descriptors actually ask for, what the screen does on the day, and the mistakes that cost bands. Written by the people who mark the papers.
Skimming and scanning for IELTS Reading, with the arithmetic behind them: 60 minutes, 40 questions, up to 2,750 words — and why a matching keyword is not an answer.
A working plan for the IELTS Reading hour: roughly 15, 20 and 25 minutes across the three sections, why that is a guideline and not a rule, and what to do in the last five minutes.
An IELTS mock test at a centre in Bangladesh costs BDT 275 to 1,500 each. Online, a full mock with Writing and Speaking marked costs about BDT 43.
Paper IELTS ended in Bangladesh on 31 January 2026. What actually changes in your preparation: transfer time, on-screen highlighting, and typed essays.
A simple IELTS Writing Task 2 structure that works for every question type, a full sample answer with notes, timing for 40 minutes, and why templates cost marks.
Most IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 advice quotes a band descriptor retired in 2023. Here is the current wording, and what a missing overview actually costs you.
A 6.5 in IELTS Writing hides eight criterion scores you never see. Two annotated Task 2 scripts show exactly where band 6 stops and band 7 starts.
The ninety-second rule is not in any published descriptor. What the IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card is actually scored on, and how the minute of prep works.
Common IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions on work, study, home and hobbies, with sample answers, how long to speak, and why memorised answers fall apart.
