IELTS preparation, examiner-grade

Know your band before the examiner does.

Full IELTS sittings under real exam conditions. Every essay marked sentence by sentence against the four official criteria. One report that shows exactly what is capping your band — and the next move.

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Listening
  • Speaking

FREE TO START — NO CARD REQUIRED

The climb
5.57.5

The distance between where you are and the band you need is the only number that matters. BandUp measures it every sitting — and names the criterion holding it down — so the climb is never a guess.

What you get

The sitting, the marking, the verdict.

Examiner-grade marking

Every sentence, accounted for.

Essays are marked against Task Achievement, Coherence, Lexical Resource and Grammar — with inline annotations on the exact phrases that cost you the half-band.

In conclusion, while both arguments have merit, a flexible hybrid model offers the most productive arrangement for the modern workplace.

The paragraph would gain from a sharper topic sentence, and “in today’s world” adds little.

TA6.5CC6.0LR6.5GR6.0
Exam conditions

The full exam, clock and all.

Reading passage by passage. Listening played once, with transfer time. Writing two tasks, timed. Speaking in three parts with a cue card.

  • Reading60 MIN
  • Writing60 MIN
  • Listening30 MIN · PLAYS ONCE
  • Speaking~13 MIN
Band tracking

One report, every sitting.

Each mock closes with an overall band, four section bands, and the trend across weeks — so you always know the distance to your target.

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Overall — Mock 08
+0.5 SINCE LAST SITTING
How it works

Three steps. No noise.

  1. Set the target.

    Name the band you need and where you are headed — study, work, or residency. The plan is tuned to the gap between you and that band.

  2. Practise against the criteria.

    Short daily sessions across the four modules, chosen for the criteria currently pulling your band down.

  3. Sit a mock. Read the verdict.

    A full sitting under exam conditions, reviewed in minutes — the criteria, the annotations, and the next move.

From recent learners
Overall band
6.07.07 WEEKS
Hit my band 7 in seven weeks. The writing feedback alone is what got me there.
Karthik R. · Mumbai
University of Toronto
Overall band
6.07.510 WEEKS
I knew what was capping my band the moment I saw the annotations. No tutor had pointed that out.
Priya M. · Hyderabad
University of Sydney
Overall band
6.57.56 WEEKS
I'd sat IELTS twice before BandUp. Got my 7.5 the first time after using it.
Tran V. · Hanoi
UBC Vancouver
Band7.5
04 — Begin

Find out what is capping your band.

Sign in and take your first session. The criteria, the annotations, and the exact next move — in minutes.

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