Be ready for your test day; take a step in the house of success
IELTS test center staff is very honest, friendly, and very professional. Make sure that the test is conducted fairly in a comfortable environment where the candidate can perform to the best of his/her abilities.
How to spend a week before the test
Check out when your actual test will be conducted by contacting the concerned office. Make a plan for how to reach the center on time.
Recheck your place of the test before going there; it can be a different building where the IELTS center is situated.
Have a look at the full IELTS test and make some practice before leaving home before the test day.
What to do on IELTS test day
Be at a time or at least a little bit before the time. If you get late, you may not be allowed to enter the examination room.
If you take your cell phone with you then switch it off because you will give your belongings to the staff before entering the examination hall.
The total test duration will be about 2 house and 40 minutes including listening, reading, speaking, and writing without any breaks.
Only water in a transparent bottle is allowed in the test room if you feel thirsty, eat something before entering test room, you will not be allowed to eat anything in the test room.
Prove your identity and recent passport size photographs
After arrival at the destined center, the staff will check your identity, keep your original and personal ID with you on the test day. Otherwise, you will miss the test. 2 passport size recent photographs should also be in your wallet they can also demand this as well.
Test Day Photography
Some IELTS test centers have this facility of taking your digital photograph at the spot, and afterward, that is embossed on your scorecard to increase the security of your test. Your respective test center will inform you about this activity before the test. For more information about identity verification, you can visit IELTS candidate identity verification.
During the IELTS test
Only a pen, pencil, eraser are allowed in the test room with your ID card at your desk.
You are allowed to go to the bathroom during the test, you can attract the invigilator by raising your hand quietly, don’t disturb another candidate while taking permission for going to the bathroom.
You are also expected to raise your hands while you have any questions regarding the written test.
While taking the listening test, make sure that you can hear the voice loud and clear, otherwise don’t proceed with the test, let the staff know there is any fault in the audio device.
You will be given 10 minutes to solve a question paper after hearing the recorded voice, make sure for filling/writing the question paper within the prescribed time. You will not be allowed any extra time at all.
End of the test
Be at your allotted seat until the concerned person allows you to go out.
If you think about some confusion or any other issues which have affected your performance in negative terms, let the supervisory staff know immediately.
If you have any complaints about the test, make sure to file them within one week after the test to the concerned authorities.
At the end of the test, you will be given a “Test Day Incident Form”, fill this out by sharing your experience of this test.
Special arrangements for special persons
If you have any disability and want to make some arrangements during the test for your suitability, inform the center before the test, it will be done on the test day.
Tips for Test Day
Understating the Assignment
Be careful in writing, test require a specified length of characters of any word, so choose the words wisely, increase you vocabulary beforehand.
Give the due time to each Question
Keep a check on the clock on the wall, and compete the time while solving the paper. Defeat the time and be up to the mark.
Be calm and cool and achieve your Goal
If you take the stress of fear of the test it will go against you, don’t take the stress, believe in yourself and stay calm, convince yourself that you can do it. Remember that cooler you are the best you perform.
