Match the format
Academic Reading and General Training Reading use different conversion patterns. Select the format you will actually sit.
Free IELTS score tool
Choose Academic or General Training, select Reading or Listening, and see an approximate planning band from your correct answers out of 40.
Choose the test format and skill. The table is a planning estimate for Listening or Reading, not an official score conversion.
Estimated skill band
Academic Reading
Use the result to choose your next practice block.
Raw-score thresholds can vary by test version, and Writing and Speaking are scored by examiners rather than converted from 40 questions. Use this as a study signal, then review real performance.
Why the estimate is approximate
Question difficulty and conversion thresholds can vary by test version. Writing and Speaking do not use a 40-question raw-score table. Use this tool to choose a practice focus, then review a representative task under realistic conditions.
Academic Reading and General Training Reading use different conversion patterns. Select the format you will actually sit.
A missed answer may reflect vocabulary, timing, attention, or question-type control. The next session should investigate why.
Keep the practice moving
Take the estimated band into PrepRoadRunner and work on the skill, format, or mock section that will make the result more useful.
Open the web practice platform or continue on iPhone. Your academy plan stays the starting point.
Inside the practice room
From raw score to routine
Build a realistic study rhythm around your target, current evidence, and available time.