Mock test1:
I was finally able to revert to formal study routine in early October and purchased the pearson official gold kit in mid October. I solved the practice questions and planned a mock test on a weekend. Saturday being half day work, i had heavy lunch and locked my room after office staff left. I told watchman not to disturb me until I come out of the room.
Mock test started off. I must say that mock test is not exactly as the real test. For example, questions might not move to next even after you have used up your time. I felt that the timer wasn't strict but I remained honest and followed exact countdown that was given to me.
I was overwhelmed by speaking tasks and felt awkward speaking to computer because I wasn't getting spoken response. Anyway I tried to calm down but fumbled in many places. When I returned home after the test, i was totally disappointed and had no clue about what to do. The test was so difficult that I thought I'd not get anywhere close to desired score.
For me, toughest sections were describe image, repeat sentence, retell lecture, entire reading section especially mcsa and mcma because they eat up half of your time.
I was a bit relaxed in listening and writing because i found allocated time ample.
Result takes a few minutes to be uploaded. I had a ray of hope looking at my result s-75 r-77 w-90, l-90.
Change of strategy :
Looking at above scores i was confident that little practice was required for listening and writing sections. This reduced my burden and I needed to practise only reading and speaking. I went through webinars again, wrote down strategies and practised question types one by one. I had already read forum posts stating that pearson gold kit mock tests are tougher than actual exam. But I'd say that anxiety of actual exam adds to its difficulty especially for a poor person like me.
Mock test 2 a week later:
I went into it prematurely. Wasn't able to prepare my best in a week after test 1. As a result, I performed as bad as I had done in mock test 1. In general , mock test 2 of gold kit is tougher than mock test 1.
As expected, result was worse than mock test 1 - l90 r75 s73 w85. My wife who is the sole person aware of my migration plan said that there was no hope left. My writing score was lowered because I chose e2 essay structure. So I went back to ieltsadvantage.com essay structure in my actual test and scored 90 in writing. Note than I had used ieltsadvantage.com essay structure in mock test 1 and had scored 90 over there as well.
(to be continued)
I was finally able to revert to formal study routine in early October and purchased the pearson official gold kit in mid October. I solved the practice questions and planned a mock test on a weekend. Saturday being half day work, i had heavy lunch and locked my room after office staff left. I told watchman not to disturb me until I come out of the room.
Mock test started off. I must say that mock test is not exactly as the real test. For example, questions might not move to next even after you have used up your time. I felt that the timer wasn't strict but I remained honest and followed exact countdown that was given to me.
I was overwhelmed by speaking tasks and felt awkward speaking to computer because I wasn't getting spoken response. Anyway I tried to calm down but fumbled in many places. When I returned home after the test, i was totally disappointed and had no clue about what to do. The test was so difficult that I thought I'd not get anywhere close to desired score.
For me, toughest sections were describe image, repeat sentence, retell lecture, entire reading section especially mcsa and mcma because they eat up half of your time.
I was a bit relaxed in listening and writing because i found allocated time ample.
Result takes a few minutes to be uploaded. I had a ray of hope looking at my result s-75 r-77 w-90, l-90.
Change of strategy :
Looking at above scores i was confident that little practice was required for listening and writing sections. This reduced my burden and I needed to practise only reading and speaking. I went through webinars again, wrote down strategies and practised question types one by one. I had already read forum posts stating that pearson gold kit mock tests are tougher than actual exam. But I'd say that anxiety of actual exam adds to its difficulty especially for a poor person like me.
Mock test 2 a week later:
I went into it prematurely. Wasn't able to prepare my best in a week after test 1. As a result, I performed as bad as I had done in mock test 1. In general , mock test 2 of gold kit is tougher than mock test 1.
As expected, result was worse than mock test 1 - l90 r75 s73 w85. My wife who is the sole person aware of my migration plan said that there was no hope left. My writing score was lowered because I chose e2 essay structure. So I went back to ieltsadvantage.com essay structure in my actual test and scored 90 in writing. Note than I had used ieltsadvantage.com essay structure in mock test 1 and had scored 90 over there as well.
(to be continued)
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