You scored 155 out of 160.
That is C2 — advanced. You handle complex material comfortably in any register, and express yourself precisely without visible effort.
Scores move a little each sitting. Yours would most likely land between 150 and 160 on another day.
Every institution sets its own requirement, and many also set a minimum for each skill separately. Check the course you are applying to.
Your overall score is the average of these four. The lowest one pulls hardest.
Your four skills are within 10 points of each other. There is no single weak spot to target, so gains here come from raising your general level rather than fixing one thing.
Lifting Speaking by 10 points would take your overall to 160.
These are pairs of the four skills above, averaged. They add no new information — they are on the official report, so they are here too.
In order. The first one is worth the most.
The conclusion restated the introduction. Ending on the strongest point rather than a summary would read as more controlled.
The answer changed direction twice without signalling it. Deciding on two points in the prep time and holding to them would fix this.
Each writing and speaking answer, marked on four things and written up individually.
You identified not just what is in the image but what is happening between the people in it, which is what lifts a description above a list.
Two sentences ran together with a comma where a full stop or a connector was needed — the single most common error in your writing tasks.
Part B genuinely extended your Part A argument rather than restating it, which most responses fail to do.
Your paragraphs each make one point well but do not signal how they connect; a linking phrase at the start of each would raise Coherence.
Precise, concrete vocabulary — "intermittent", "compensate", "downstream" — used correctly and without strain.
The conclusion restated the introduction. Ending on the strongest point rather than a summary would read as more controlled.
You kept going for the full window without running out of things to say, which is where most people stall.
Four pauses over half a second each, all before content words — a sign of searching for vocabulary rather than planning.
You answered all three bullet points in order, which is exactly what the task rewards.
Sentence structures stayed simple throughout. One subordinate clause per answer would lift Grammar.
Clear delivery at a steady pace, easy to follow throughout.
The answer changed direction twice without signalling it. Deciding on two points in the prep time and holding to them would fix this.
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