Free IELTS Speaking Checklist

Six things that quietly cap a Band 6 at Band 6, and how to fix each one before test day

Most IELTS Speaking scores don’t stall because of vocabulary. They stall because of a handful of small, repeatable habits, translating instead of thinking in English, over-hedging out of caution, linking words that never move past ‘and’ and ‘but’. This checklist covers the six I see most often, with a specific fix for each one.

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