How it works
From blank page to band score in five steps — with feedback at every stage that is specific enough to act on.
Choose your task
Select Task 1 or Task 2 and pick a question from the practice bank — or paste a prompt from your own study materials. Each question is tagged by topic and category.
- Browse or search the question bank
- See the official-style prompt in full
- Start with topics you know, then expand
Write your essay
Draft in a distraction-free editor with a live word counter and optional timer. Aim for at least 150 words in Task 1 and 250 in Task 2 — the editor tracks your progress.
- Real-time word, paragraph and sentence counts
- Exam-style timer for pacing practice
- Autosave means you never lose a draft
Submit for assessment
Hit submit and the analysis engine reads your essay — checking task fulfilment, structure, vocabulary range, and grammatical accuracy.
- Assessment typically completes in seconds
- Step-by-step progress shown as it analyses
- Submitted essays are stored in your library
Review your score & corrections
Your report shows an estimated overall band plus scores for Task Response, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range & Accuracy — with inline corrections on your original text.
- Read the overview, then each criterion in depth
- Compare your text with the improved version
- See why every correction lifts your band
Follow your action plan
Recommendations are prioritised by impact. Focus on the suggestions that address your weakest criteria first, then write again to lock in the improvement.
- Progress charts show whether you're improving
- The mistake library tracks recurring errors
- Each new essay refines your action plan
A note on scoring
WriteLift produces an estimated IELTS-style assessment for learning purposes. It uses the same four criteria and band-descriptor logic as the official exam, but it is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS and does not guarantee an official score.
Start your first assessment