IELTS Writing Checker — Free AI Band Score for Task 1 & Task 2
Submit an IELTS Task 1 or Task 2 essay and get a structured correction in minutes: a band estimate across the four official criteria, the specific sentences holding you back, and a clear list of what to fix next. Built for candidates who want to know why their writing scores where it does — not just a number.
Built for IELTS Writing candidates
How IELTS Writing correction works
Paste or write your essay
Choose Task 1 (report or letter) or Task 2 (essay) and submit your response, with or without the prompt.
Get a criteria-based band estimate
The AI evaluates your writing against the four IELTS Writing criteria: Task Achievement / Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy.
See sentence-level corrections
Specific edits are highlighted in your text — awkward phrasing, grammar slips, repetition, and ideas that don't fully answer the question — each with a short reason.
Practise the fixes and resubmit
You get a focused list of what to work on. Rewrite, resubmit, and watch which criteria move. For high-stakes attempts you can add a real-professor correction.
Feedback that tells you what to fix
A band estimate per criterion
Not one overall number — a breakdown across all four criteria so you know whether grammar, vocabulary, structure, or task response is the real bottleneck.
Inline sentence edits
Corrections sit on the exact sentence that needs them, with a plain-English explanation of the rule or the clarity problem.
Task-response analysis
Whether you actually answered every part of the prompt, covered both sides where required, and supported your position — the part candidates most often lose marks on.
A prioritised fix list
The two or three changes most likely to move your band, so practice time goes to what matters instead of guessing.
Optional human professor correction
For attempts that count, a qualified corrector can review your essay and feedback alongside the AI estimate.
Some people believe that universities should focus on practical job skills, while others think they should prioritise academic knowledge. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
- Task Response
- Both views are introduced, but the second is underdeveloped — one example, no explanation of why employers value academic depth. Add a supporting reason to balance the discussion.
- Coherence & Cohesion
- Paragraphs are logical, but three sentences open with “Moreover”. Vary linking and use referencing (this, such graduates) to connect ideas more naturally.
- Lexical Resource
- “Good”, “important”, and “a lot of” repeat. Targeted upgrades: substantial, employability, vocational competence — used precisely, not stacked.
- Grammar
- Strong control overall; two article errors (“the university” → “universities”) and one run-on sentence. Splitting it would lift accuracy.
Why a band number alone doesn't help
Most free checkers return a single score and a generic “improve your vocabulary” tip. That tells you nothing actionable. IELTS Writing is marked on four equally weighted criteria, and two essays can share the same overall band for completely different reasons — one loses marks on task response, another on grammar.
Useful correction isolates which criterion is costing you and shows the exact sentences responsible. That is the difference between knowing you are a Band 6.5 and knowing that your Band 6.5 is a coherence problem you can fix in a week.
Task 1 and Task 2, Academic and General
Academic Task 1 asks you to describe a chart, graph, table, map, or process; General Training Task 1 is a letter. Both reward an accurate overview and well-grouped detail, and both are easy to over-write. Task 2 — the essay — carries more weight and is where most candidates plateau.
The correction adapts to the task type: overview and data-grouping checks for Academic Task 1, tone and convention checks for General letters, and full argument analysis for Task 2.
IELTS Writing Task 1 checker: graphs, charts, maps and letters
Task 1 is the part people rush, and it shows. Whether it's a line graph, a pie chart, a table, a map or a process, the examiner looks for the same things: a clear overview of the main trends, the key features picked out and compared, accurate language for numbers and change, and at least 150 words. Miss the overview and your Task Achievement band is capped, however good your grammar is.
The Task 1 check marks your answer against those points and shows where the overview is missing or buried, where you've listed data instead of comparing it, and which sentences to tighten. For General Training, it checks the purpose of the letter, the three bullet points and the tone.
AI checker or professor review?
Use the AI checker for volume. It answers in minutes, so you can write, read the feedback, rewrite the weak paragraph and submit again in a single study session. That loop is where most of the improvement comes from, and no human marker can keep up with it.
Add a professor review when the stakes rise — a mock a few weeks before your test date, or an essay type you keep getting wrong. A qualified corrector reads your essay against the same four criteria and tells you what the estimate can't: whether your argument would convince a real examiner.
Why not just ask ChatGPT to mark it?
A general chatbot will give you a number, but it isn't anchored to anything. Ask twice and the band can change; ask it to be strict and it marks you down. It also tends to rewrite your essay, which feels helpful but leaves you with someone else's sentences.
This checker scores each of the four IELTS criteria separately, ties every comment to a sentence you wrote, and keeps a record of your attempts so you can see whether Task Response or Grammar is actually improving. It's still an estimate, not an official result — but it's a consistent one.
Common questions
Find out what's capping your Writing band
Submit one essay and get a criteria-based correction in minutes — free to start.
Langujet is an independent exam-preparation platform. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to IELTS, the British Council, IDP, Cambridge Assessment English, ETS, or TOEFL. Band and score estimates are guidance to support your practice, not official results.