01/08/2026
It's time for 'Ask an IELTS Examiner'!
What questions do you have about your IELTS exam?
If you are preparing for IELTS by yourself, or even if you are taking a class, I bet you have questions about it. 🤓
Write them in the comments, and an IELTS expert will answer them for you, completely free!
What do you want to ask?
31/07/2026
Amazing IELTS results from our student, Hung Thai Nguyen
He found choosing and developing main points for task 2 essays difficult, so we spent time together analysing question types and making plans.
After he wrote the essays, we went through them together, discussing how they could be improved.
His IELTS writing task 2 scored 8.0 overall, with an 8.0 in each criterion!
If you are struggling to reach a high band in IELTS writing, and you would like 1-1 focus on your weak areas to help you improve, send us a DM.
29/07/2026
My IELTS student messaged me in a panic.
"I've seen some of the IELTS Part 3 speaking questions in a 'question bank'" she said.
"I don't know the answers to many of them! I can't do this test! I'm going to fail". 😟
What I told her changed the way she looked at IELTS 'question banks'.
If you aren't aware, many websites show/sell past and current IELTS speaking questions.
IELTS students use them to practice and prepare before their tests.
However, it is important to know what these question banks are, and are not.
✅They are lists of questions past IELTS candidates could remember after their test.
👉IELTS candidates are not all asked the same questions in the speaking test.
👉Even if they have the same topic, the questions are likely to be different.
✅The IELTS speaking examiner chooses questions that are suitable for the level of the candidate.
✅So if your level is B1/B2, you will be asked certain questions.
And if your level is C1/C2, these questions are likely to be different.
✅The IELTS speaking examiner also asks follow-up questions, based on what you say.
These will be different for each candidate, because you do not all give the same answers.
My student needed to get 6.5 for her university application. She was looking at questions from IELTS candidates who needed 7.5-8.0.
When I taught her IELTS Speaking Part 3, I was using questions that were suitable for her level.
While it is fine to practice IELTS speaking on your own, don't let questions you find online scare you. They may not be the questions for you.
If you want to prepare for IELTS speaking with people who understand how the test works, so you prepare for the type of questions you will be asked, then send us a DM and let's talk about how we can help you.
27/07/2026
Happy birthday to Kris!
Some would say the 'better' half of IELTS Kite.
Thanks for all you do to help our students get their IELTS scores.
Here's to many more.
27/07/2026