There are still a few months before the IELTS test. What should I pay attention to when writing listening answers? Is it uppercase or lowercase?

"There is a word in my hearing that should be lowercase. Will writing capital be deducted? "

"What are the requirements for IELTS listening and spelling?"

"Will you lose points if you read True/False/Not and write it as T/F/NG?"

"The first line I wrote was not indented. Will I lose points? "

I believe many test ducks have had these doubts.

Cases and abbreviations of IELTS test

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Case, spelling, abbreviation, typesetting format

How to write in various formats?

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Case and spelling problems in IELTS listening

In the IELTS listening test, many students are not sure whether they are proper nouns or not, and they are confused about whether the first letter should be capitalized. The official answer is "accurate spelling is very important, and case can be ignored".

(Image from official listening standard)

If the answer is: station, you can write station, STATION or Station correctly.

However, I suggest you form good habits here. After all, it is not so easy for tutors to study abroad and write papers in the future. Here are some examples for you to determine the usage of capitalization:

Capitalization of proper nouns

Subject name, building name, book title, organization name, name, address, country, planet, festival, magazine name, movie name, location, day of the week, month, specific title, etc. For example:

Name: Professor John Smith

Place name: Gold Coast

Month: September

Magazine: Fortune Magazine

2) The first letter of the first word of a complete sentence should be capitalized.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

3) When letters and numbers are together, the letters are capitalized.

Postal code: RA6 7BU；; BH246GL

Passport number: AL2880

Flight number: AC937

Registered member number: UK765024EG

In the IELTS listening test, the official pointed out that spelling is very important. Spelling mistakes will be regarded as wrong answers. Mainly put forward two requirements:

(Image from IELTS official guide)

You can use American spelling or British spelling, but you should be consistent.

Those words have both American spelling and British spelling. Here are some examples:

Words containing hyphens count as one unit.

In the IELTS listening test, some words must be written together, some words need to be written separately, some words can be written separately and together, and some words need to be hyphenated. Here we give you some examples to illustrate these situations:

Words that must be written continuously, such as:

Submarine seabed

Firewood firewood.

timetable

foot bridge

Words that must be written separately, such as:

Eye drops

Photo card

Curtain blinds

Icrink skating rink

side door

Words that can be written together or separately, such as:

A showroom or showroom

Rest day or rest day?

Mailbox or mailbox

Greenhouse or greenhouse

Hyphenated words, such as:

Self-discipline;

triangular

Inactive

Orderly order

air conditioner

Abbreviation for IELTS reading

Can IELTS reading judgment questions True/False/Not Given and yes/no/notgiven be abbreviated?

The answer is: it can be abbreviated as T/F/NG and Y/N/NG. When time is tight, you can abbreviate it.

If the topic of T/F is accidentally written as Y/N, can you score?

The answer is: in fact, there is no clear answer to this question. Some old roast ducks also score by writing strings, but I suggest you try your best to ensure that you don't write strings and write them strictly according to the requirements of the topic! In addition, even if you call the official, you will receive such a reply: "Sorry, we can't directly provide marking regulations. Please read the instructions above the topic carefully. "

Abbreviations and formats of IELTS writing

Abbreviation problem

Can you abbreviate in IELTS writing, for example, write "It is" as "it's"? "I wrote it." Then write it as "or something?

Although official answers can be abbreviated, they cannot be abbreviated in standard academic writing. Therefore, in view of this, although the official said that it would not deduct points, it is still suggested that roast ducks should not use abbreviations or omit conjunctions like that/which in their writing, and develop good habits, which will be helpful for studying abroad and writing papers in the future.

Format problem

IELTS writing has two formats: indented or parallel.

Indentation is the same as Chinese. The first paragraph does not need to be indented. Starting from the second paragraph, there are three letter spaces at the beginning of each paragraph, and there are no blank lines between paragraphs.

There is no space (top box) at the beginning of a paragraph, but there is a line between paragraphs. Both formats are ok, but you should remember that these two formats cannot be mixed.

Demonstration of indenting non-empty lines in the first sentence:

Demonstration of blank lines in the top grid: