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Tag - IELTS word count

What happens if I write less than 250 words in IELTS Task 2?

The answer to this may surprise you and one of the IELTS examiners that works with us has this to say. The short answer is nothing.  If you write 200 words, you are not penalised.  If you write 100 words, you are not penalised.  Until a few years ago, candidates lost Task Achievement marks for writing answers that were too short.  For example, if you wrote 240 words, your Task Achievement had 1 Band deducted from it. It was a huge...