How to get a score of 7 in the rating
Below are the criteria you see that are needed to get a score of 7. When scoring, you will be given a score for each of the following, and finally the average scores will be considered for the final score. So if you got a score of 6.5, it means that you did not meet the standards required in the table below to get a higher score.
IELTS Band 7 Descriptors Criteria
Addresses all parts of the task
Presents a clear position throughout the response
Presents, extends and supports main ideas, but there may be a tendency to over-generalize and / or supporting ideas may lack focus
Task Achievement
Logically organizes information and ideas; there is a clear progression throughout
Uses a range of cohesive devices appropriately although there may be some under- / over-use
Presents a clear central topic within each paragraph
Coherence & Cohesion
Uses a sufficient range of vocabulary to allow some flexibility and precision
Uses less common lexical items with some awareness of style and collocation
May produce occasional errors in word choice, spelling, and / or word formation
Lexical Resource
Has good control of grammar and punctuation but may make a few errors
Products frequent error-free sentences
Uses a variety of complex structures
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Scoring criteria
Task Achievement
In this section, the examiner looks for how far you have come in achieving the goal of the question and what you have been asked to do and have an acceptable result. In other words, this section shows your understanding of the question form, the complete answer to the question, and how well you have been able to support your ideas. Consider the following example:
Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crime.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
In this section you should consider both points of view and also express your opinion. Now, if you do not write your opinion and review a point of view, you will not succeed in getting a score of 7 from the Task achievement section.
One of the big problems with getting a score of seven is that your idea is not completely clear or you change your idea throughout the text.
Coherence and cohesion
This section considers your organization and how you are progressing. In this section, you should know that you should have a clear central theme or reference in each paragraph. For example, if you are writing about the pros and cons of a topic, you should consider a specific paragraph for each of them. Therefore, the important things to consider in coherence and coherence include:
Organizing section 1 (in the academic exam and section 2 essay)
Coherence tools (pronouns, conjunctions, definition letters, etc.)
Reference (replacing a noun or noun phrase with a pronoun) and substitution (replacing another form of words and phrases instead of repeating them)
Lexical resource
In this section you should show that you know the words that are less common and have a higher level and you can use them in the right place.
Grammatical range and accuracy
This section assesses your grammar level. In this section you should show that you can use a wide range of sentence structures and be very careful in using them. Having a few complex sentences with words like because, if and although is not enough and you have to use more complex structures. This is one of the biggest challenges for applicants. In other words, most sentences should not have grammatical errors. It will not be easy, you almost have to be a skilled writer.
What is important in this section is to use different types of structures that have the least amount of error. So do not forget that using simple structures is worthless even with a zero error and you will not receive a perfect score.
We hope this article has been helpful to you and that we have been able to introduce you to Band Descriptors.
