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Exam details
Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Each is weighted equally at 25% of the writing band score.
At least 250 words. Writing fewer than 250 words risks losing points under Task Achievement. Essays of 280–320 words are typical for a strong Band 7+ response.
30 minutes of recorded audio plus 10 minutes to transfer answers to the answer sheet. The recording is played only once, so careful listening is essential.
Section 1: social context (two speakers). Section 2: social context (monologue). Section 3: educational/training context. Section 4: academic monologue.
40 questions across three passages. The Academic and General Training versions share the same question count but differ in text difficulty and source.