Writing the wrong thing on the IELTS reading answer sheet

by Narendra

I wrote T F NG instead of True False and Not given. Do I loose marks?

Writing the word instead of the letters

by Mike

In 'fill in the gaps' questions which give items labeled by letters to choose from, do we lose mark if we write the words in the answer sheet rather than the letters, provided that the question says '...write the letters....'.

For example:

Over time ..... are accumulated.

A. stones
B. sediments
C. sands

If the correct answer is 'A. Stones' and we write the word 'stone' in the answer sheet rather than the letter 'A', do we lose mark? or It receives mark.

I wrote the word instead of the letter - will I lose the mark?

by merry

I have a question

In reading instead of writing A, B, C, or D I wrote the whole word?

Do I loose marks?

Wrong Spelling

by Mary

Hi,

In the reading test on the question "WRITE NO MORE THREE WORDS" I have written 3 words as the question asked.

The spelling of the first 2 words is correct but the spelling of the third word was wrong.

For example: the correct answer is "big swimming pool" and the answer I wrote was "big swimming poul".

Will I get marks for the correct words I wrote? or my whole answer will be considered wrong??

Word Limits

by Nancy

Hi,

On the reading question "WRITE NO MORE TWO WORDS"..I wrote "gardener's calendar" does this considered as two words or three words?

thank you

Correcting a Wrong Answer in Pen

by Sara

Hi,

I have written my answer on the reading answer sheet with a pen.

But I found out that the answer I have written was wrong and there is no space to write my correct answer on it, even if I deleted the wrong answer there still no space.

Can I delete the wrong answer and write my correct answer on the bottom of the answer sheet and put the number of the question in front of it, so the examiner will know that is the correct answer??

I'm confused. Please what should I do if I face this problem again??

Writing too many words

by Katrin Bujari
(Kosovo)

Is it wrong if I write more words in the answer than needed?

For example: I wrote "colorful lithography" but in the answer key is just "lithography".

In the question it said that NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS so I did not past the limit.

Is this wrong writing a word more? Thank you

Articles in the IELTS Reading Answers

by agodhani

In the fill in the blanks part, is it always necessary to write the articles along with the main answer. For example what if I write "young age" instead of "a young age." Would my answer be marked incorrect?

Different Answers

by Hamza
(Islamabad)

I just noticed that in some answers, your answers can slightly differ from what exactly IELTS management would consider.

For example from sample from British Council, I wrote "roll" where official answer sheet had "class roll", similarly I wrote "written warning" but answer sheet had "final written warning".

My question is, in such cases, will I still be considered correct?