IELTS Speaking practice
Practise IELTS Speaking out loud, with feedback on all four criteria
Record answers to original Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 prompts. Three criteria are graded from what you actually said; Pronunciation is scored from the audio itself.
No card needed. Your first Speaking evaluation is free.
What the four criteria reward
IELTS Speaking is marked on four published criteria, scored separately in half bands. Three of them can be judged from what you said; the fourth cannot, which is why it is scored a different way here.
Fluency & Coherence
Flow, hesitation, self-correction and whether your ideas connect. Hesitating to think about the content costs you nothing; hesitating to find the words is what the criterion hears.
Lexical Resource
Range and precision of vocabulary, your ability to paraphrase when the exact word will not come, and idiom where it sounds natural rather than rehearsed.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy
The structures you attempt and how often they go wrong — judged as speech. Fragments and false starts are normal when people talk, and are not marked as though your answer were an essay.
Pronunciation
Scored from the recording by acoustic analysis, not by a model reading a transcript. A text-only checker cannot tell you anything here, which is why most of them quietly leave this criterion out.
How it works
- 1
Pick a part
Part 1 asks four or five short questions on an everyday topic. Part 2 gives you a cue card, one minute to prepare and up to two minutes to speak. Part 3 pushes the same topic into abstract discussion questions.
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Record your answer
Speak into your browser with the preparation and speaking time that part allows. Nothing to install, and no partner to find.
- 3
Read the report
A band per criterion with the reasons behind each one, next to the transcript of what you said — so you can see the hesitations and repeated words you did not notice while talking.
An estimate, not an examiner
The bands here are AI estimates graded against the published assessment criteria — not an official IELTS result, and not produced by a certified examiner. Two honest limits beyond that: the three transcript criteria are graded from a machine transcription of your audio, so a word it mishears is a word the grader never saw, and nobody interrupts you, pushes back on a weak answer or re-asks a question you misunderstood the way a real examiner would. The feedback is a guide to what to practise, which is what it is good at.
Prepare before you record
The Speaking guides behind the criteria, from the same team:
- What band 7 actually sounds like on Fluency and Coherence
- What to do with the one minute before the long turn
- How to extend a Part 3 answer without rambling
- Which hesitations and fillers actually cost marks
- Whether your accent affects your Speaking band
- How to practise speaking when you have nobody to speak to
Questions about Speaking practice
Do I need a speaking partner?
No. You answer original prompts aloud on your own, and the report comes back on your recording. That is the point: the hardest part of preparing for Speaking is usually finding someone to practise with who can tell you anything useful afterwards.
Which parts of the Speaking test can I practise?
All three. Part 1 short questions on a familiar topic, Part 2 cue cards with one minute of preparation and up to two minutes of speaking, and Part 3 abstract discussion questions. Prompts are original and AI-generated — not past papers.
How is Pronunciation scored?
From the audio, by acoustic analysis of your speech, rather than by a model reading a transcript. Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy are graded from what you said; Pronunciation comes from how you said it.
How many Speaking evaluations are free?
A free account includes 1 AI-graded Speaking evaluation (and 1 Writing evaluation), with no card needed. Paid plans remove the limit.
What do I need to record?
A browser and a microphone — a laptop or a phone is fine. Find somewhere quiet if you can: background noise is noise in the transcription too.
Is the Speaking band official?
No. It is an AI estimate graded against the published assessment criteria, not an official IELTS result and not produced by a certified examiner. Use it to decide what to practise next, not to predict your interview.
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