The Listening, Reading and Writing components of the test are always completed immediately after each other in the same order.

Only pens, pencils and erasers. Mobile phones must be switched off and placed with personal belongings in area designated by the test supervisor. You also need to bring the identification documents which will be checked by the test administrator and the Speaking examiner. The information in your IDs must match the information on your application form.

No, but 20 minutes is the recommended time that you should allow. If you use more time then you may not have enough time to complete Task 2 successfully.

Yes, you will be penalised because it is not possible to complete the task effectively in fewer words than the minimum requirement.

The writing tasks are assessed according to the following 4 criteria; task achievement/response; coherence and cohesion; lexical resource; grammatical range and accuracy. There are separate band score descriptors for Task 1 questions and Task 2 questions.

Yes. Accurate spelling is part of the grammatical range and accuracy criteria, so it's always advised to check your answer for spelling mistakes when you've finished writing.

No. Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the overall writing score.