{"id":75658,"date":"2025-07-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=75658"},"modified":"2025-07-27T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:12:36","slug":"speaking-and-writing-scores-are-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/speaking-and-writing-scores-are-low\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1502: Why Your IELTS Speaking and Writing Scores Are Low"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever gotten a score on an exam that was much lower than you expected?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t want this to happen when you take IELTS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today you&#8217;ll find out why students score band 5 on IELTS Speaking and Writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn how to move your score from a 5 or 6 to a band 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube 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structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can satisfy this by using compound and complex sentences as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One mistake students make is focusing too much on the grammar score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can make a lot of mistakes and still score band 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, it can take up to a year to raise your grammar score a full band point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be better to focus more on improving the other scores if you have a limited amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-writing\"><strong>#2: Writing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also not enough on IELTS Writing to answer the question \u201ccorrectly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scoring system requires specific things to be included in your essays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll break down each score and let you know what the Examiner is looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ielts-writing-score-vocabulary\"><strong>IELTS Writing score: Vocabulary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You need a variety of high-scoring, less common vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For General Training Task 1, vocabulary must be informal, semiformal or formal depending on who the letter is being written to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it is informal, you will need slang, idioms and phrasal verbs to set a consistent formal tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For formal letters and Task 2, your vocabulary must be more formal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In every essay, you must avoid vocabulary repetition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t repeat phrases from the topic in your essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, paraphrase it or use synonyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ielts-writing-score-cohesion-coherence\"><strong>IELTS Writing score: Cohesion\/Coherence<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To score 7 or higher, you need a variety of linking phrases in your essays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These help you to smoothly and clearly transition between ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your essay must also be well-organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This applies for both Task 1 and Task 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Academic Task 1, divide information from charts or graphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will then include this information in separate body paragraphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ielts-writing-score-task-response\"><strong>IELTS Writing score: Task Response<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every idea in your Task 2 essay must be fully supported with details and examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic must be fully addressed, with nothing excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Academic Task 1, you must include an Overall Trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All important numbers or 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