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One of the IELTS examiners that works with us and gives IELTS classes answers this question.

6 months is a sensible amount of time to prepare.  Firstly though, you need to know where you are now so you know how much work you have in front of you. Get an IELTS practice book, and do the reading and listening tests. This will give you a very good idea of what your reading and listening scores are at the moment. You can get practice books from here if you can’t find any.

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Then you need to see what your writing and speaking are like and what you will get if you did the exam tomorrow. This is the difficult part as the only people that can really tell you this are (ex) examiners and the only place we know of where you can find them is here!  You can do a writing and speaking test with us and we will give you a very accurate score and highlight what you need to do to get a higher mark. This will cost you around 43 GBP (For a full writing and speaking test).

So, you have your IELTS score. Let’s say you get 7+ in reading, speaking and listening but 6.0 in writing. Now you know which part of the exam you need to work on and whether 6 months is enough or not.  If you need to go up 0.5 overall then it is possible.  If you need to increase your score by more then you have a lot of work ahead of you. Upmyielts examiners though will also tell you what you need to do to get to, for example, Band 7+ in your writing. Nowhere else does this, or does it accurately and it will save you hundreds of pounds/dollars/euros etc having to do the exam again, and possibly again.

You should have enough time but you need to know where to start from. Good luck.

If you want classes with an IELTS examiner then you can book one here.