Using All Capital Letters in the IELTS

Listening and Reading Tests

by Moktadir
(Sydney, Australia)
Is it alright to answer in all capital letter in listening and reading section?
I always make mistakes in capitalization. Most of time instead of starting a word with
a capital letter, I use lower case, such as for Central Bank - I write either central
bank or Central bank, which both are wrong answer. In this case, if I write CENTRAL
BANK - will it be correct/wrong?

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Oct 01, 2012

Using capital letters in the IELTS test

by: IELTS buddy
Hi,
Yes, it is fine to use all capital letters. This is taken from the
British Council IELTS website:
"As you listen, write your answers on the question paper. At
the end of the test, you will have 10 minutes to transfer your
answers to the answer sheet in pencil.You may write your
answers in lower case or capital letters."
So if you do have problems with knowing whether to choose
capitals or not, this can help.
It's the same for the reading, but most of your responses in the
reading come from the text, so you should be able to see if it
is capitals or not.
Thanks

Oct 01, 2012

Improve Your IELTS Bands

by: Syed Hussain
Hi.

Yes You can use all capital letters because CENTRAL BANK
is a Noun.
Thanks,
Syed
Oct 14, 2012

Captial letter
by: Anonymous
What if, we written a word starting with a capital letter
(Central) as answer in IELTS listening test? Is it wrong?

Oct 17, 2012

Using capital letters in the IELTS test

by: IELTS buddy
If it is a word that NEEDS a capital letter, then you must use
one, and your answer will be correct. For example the name
of a city:
"Paris"
If it does not, then don't use a capital letter.
Or, as discussed above, you could put all your answers in
capitals.

Nov 07, 2012

Doubt
by: Anonymous
I have mentioned HI in capital letters. Is it wrong?

Nov 08, 2012

IELTS capitalization
by: Anonymous
Hi friends, "nothing is wrong".
For example, if the word "public" is the answer in your
listening test, u can write it as Public or PUBLIC or public not a problem at all.
Because i wrote my IELTS exam recently and feared a lot
thinking that my listening module will get zero marks as I
answered in all the above said formats for different questions.

I got 8.5 in my listening. write as you like.

But, be on safer side by writing either in all capitals
(PUBLIC) or all small letters (public).
In cambridge esol IELTS 8 book, on page 8, under listening
and reading header in third paragraph see the line in first
bullet.
Upper case or lower case.
all the best
Feb 11, 2013

Thank you
by: Mew
It's useful. Thank you very much.

Feb 22, 2013

doudt about listening and reading

by: sundeep
hello I have a doubt regarding listening and reading, some
answers are from between the sentences(like The ----- eat) can
we write in capital letters or is it mandatory to write in small
letters.

Feb 26, 2013

Capitals in IELTS
by: IELTS buddy
Hi,
Always just check the instructions. If it says you can use
capital letters, then this is ok, wherever it is.
Thanks

Mar 03, 2013

Using capital letters in the IELTS Reading test

by: Anonymous
Hi,
Recently I appeared in IELTS exam and I wrote all my
answers for reading section in capital letters. For e.g.
HOUSE. Is it correct???
(yes, that is ok. IELTSbuddy).

Mar 08, 2013

Is it ok to write all answers in CAPITAL letters in ielts

exm

Apr 04, 2013

writing the letters

by: Anonymous
hi friends recently complete my ielts exam .in that exam i
write the upper case and lower case both are mixing like for
example "the word is library"then i write"Library"is it wright
or wrong plese tell me guys.....

May Upper and lower case

06, by: Anonymous
2013
Hi,
I found this article but am not sure about its veracity:
http://www.idp.co.th/IELTS/A_WhenMustCandidatesUseCapitals.aspx
Please post if you have some information if this is right or through.
It says that writing words in listening text can be marked as correct ether it
is written for ex "China", "china" or "cHina".
Jun 20, 2013

Indepth doubts clarication

by: Anonymous
If you choose to answer all question either in lower case or
upper case capital letter both have different doubts.
Firstly in lower case how do you answer Q needs to be
answered option of A-Z here is it ok to answer 'a' or A and
also about true, false or not given or True,False or Not Given
or all letters in capital
Secondly in capital letter case how do I write the roman
letters for exp (i, ii, III and iv) or else (I, II, III and IV )

Jul
yes
31, by: Anonymous
2013
yes you can write all answers in capital or in small only in case of listening
and reading.
http://www.ielts.org/pdf/Information%20for%20Candidates_2013.pdf
Aug 18, 2013

Transfer to answer sheet

by: Anonymous

In readng part , if write down capital letter of yes or no , is it

problem,
like i wote down Y instead of yes or NG instead of not given
Sep 19, 2013

ANSWERS in CAPITAL
by: Anonymous
I appeared in IELTS exam on 17th August. I wrote all the
answer in Capital for both listening and reading modules. I
got 7.5 and 7.0 respectively. So, it is best idea to answer all
question in capital. But never write in short i.e NG instead of
NOT GIVEN.

Sep 21, 2013

hi in ilets exam idp

by: Anonymous
can we write NG T F for not given true false in answer sheet

Sep 29, 2013

capital letters
by: Anonymous
is it right to write all the reading answer in capital even they
are from text(lower case in text)
can any one tell me
pls thanks

Sep 30, 2013

Answer in Capital Letter

by: Himanshu
Yes you can write in Capital letters without considering main
text

Nov 20, 2013

Word
by: Anonymous
is there any problem if I mixed with upper case and lower
case letter

Nov 23, 2013

IELTS uppercase
by: Himanshu
No, You have to follow only one kind of pattern. Either lower
case or upper case. If you always right in upper case, it will

make easy to forget when to write in lower case and when to

in upper case (i.e. The French Revolution, here T, F and R
must be in Capital)
Nov 25, 2013

Dilemma in Listening and Reading Answers

by: Anonymous
Hello Sir/Madam;
I wrote my IELTS Exam on 9th of november 2013
I wrote all my Answers from reading and writing in Upper
case (capital letters).....for Instance: EXAM
I hope that I did well during the exam time but after I got my
results I was shocked with my score
:(
I never got 5.5 Bands in listening and I expected at least 7 or
7.5 what happened I didn't understood I got 5.5 both in
listening and reading very sad :(((
Please help me friends I got depressed .......

Nov 25, 2013

IELTS Exam
by: Himanshu
There is nothing wrong that you wrote in capital letters. It is
really bad feeling as you got only 5.5 in L & R module. There
might be something wrong with your answer or you might
have lost your calm. If you are quite sure about your god
performance during exam, you can go for rechecking option.

Nov 30, 2013

DATE IN CAPITAL LETTER

by: RAMAN & CHAGAN
HI, Can anyone tell me that is it right or not in listening test?
18TH APRIL
If i want to use all capital letter in exam.
If this date above is wrong. then how i can write
plz help me

Nov 30, 2013

RECOMMENDATION
by: Anonymous
of course, I will recommend all my friend to check this
website before you start any type of preparation for IELTS.

Dec 12, 2013

tell me sone tips

by: Anonymous
i appear on 9 nov 2013 i got 5.5 in listening i expect 7 i don't
know why i got such low score i got 6.5 in speaking 6 in
writing and reading .

Dec 13, 2013

Need help
by: Anonymous
can we write NG T F for not given true false in answer
sheet?? Some one please tell me . I couldn't find answer of
this question

Dec 29, 2013

Advice required - should roman numerals be capital

letters in IELTS reading and listening
by: Anonymous
I got 7.5, 6.5, 7.5 and 6.5 in my previous ielts test and then I
applied capital letter rule in reading and listening and wrote
all the answers in reading and listening answer sheet in capital
letters.
I got 8, 5.5, 7, and 7 in my recent ielts test I am shocked to get
5.5 in reading test, as far as i know i made a mistake to write
roman numbers in lower case like i ii iii instead of I II III
otherwise I wrote all English words in capital.
Does it matter for roman numbers to write in lowercase and
uppercase or can be written in any case. I think I lost marks
only due to lowercase of roman numbers.
Please share personal experience...

Jan 12, 2014

writing in numbers
by: Hajjsitd
Hi,
I will be taking my IELTS this week. I am just wondering if
we can write numbers in numbers (i.e. 13th, 75th, 16, 11)
instead of words (eleventh, Ninth, a thousand.)
Thank you

Jan 20, 2014

hi

Jan 20, 2014

Answer in Capital
by: Himanshu
Only in CAPITAL, It will be helpful

Jan 25, 2014

capital letter
by: Anonymous
I hsve one question that in previous ielts exam question was
asked with ? Indication and i wrote answer in capital letter
( Camel ) it is write or wrong please tell me

Jan 27, 2014

Capital Letter
by: Himanshu
Yes, you can write CAMEL.

Jan 30, 2014

Important
by: Anonymous
If I wrote "car" and the answer key is "a car" is that
considered a wrong answer in the ielts ?

Jan 30, 2014

Answers of Answer key

by: Himanshu
Yes, IT is wrong as we need to write answer as per rules of
Grammer. But, if you have doubt you can write answer (A)
CAR i.e. article A in bracket. Same you can apply for plural
i.e. WAITER(S).

Feb 01, 2014

doubt in ielts writing

by: Abhi
hi..
i had my ielts test today ...
in writing i feel more tense and even i forgot to leave space
between each paragraph ..
will it be penalised...

Feb 01, 2014

Essay Paragraph
by: Himanshu

Hi, ABHI,
It would be good,if you had written with a space b/w each
paragraph as it is quite easy to read and understand. But, It
will not effect your marks.
Could you tell me, what was the topic ? How many
paragraphs did you write in?
Feb 02, 2014

Here is my prompt
by: Abhi
i had written 5 paragraphs including introduction and
conclusion...
My prompt is:
"some people think there must be a break between
secondary and univ edu while some people think that
there should be no break student have to go straight to
univ" ....
i wrote firstly while starting the body of first para and
secondly at the starting of 2nd para and however at 3rd para ...
finally I mentioned In conclusion ...

Feb 05, 2014

ESSAY
by: Himanshu
Hi, Abhi
I hope you started with Introduction and ended with a proper
conclusion. Also, It is necessary to paraphrase both the
sentence before starting each paragraph. Elaborated reasons
with proper Grammar and Punctuation would give you
desired result.

Feb 09, 2014

HOW TO WRITE ANSWERS ON IELTS

ANSWERSHEET
by: NTR
How to write the answers on ielts answer sheet, is it in capital
or small letters (Eg:LISTENING or listening and Listening).
Plzzz get me this help getting confused

Feb 09, 2014

answer

by: Himanshu
It is good idea to write in capital all letters. It will help you to
write error free words according to grammar rules. I got 7:5
and 7.0 in listening and reading by this practice.
Mar 07, 2014

Writing academic
by: Anonymous
Today writing academic topic
Some people think young people should study full time
education till 18 yrs of age
Do u agree or disagree

Mar 09, 2014

words with Hyphen

by: Anonymous
Hi,
Is it correct to write co-operative as cooperative?
Again I also am confused writing a word using capital &
small letters (the way we generally do). For example say:
What is the name for a group of family doctors working in the
same building together?
Ans: 'Practices' or 'practices'?
I believe 'Practices' should be the right one as it is the name of
a group. But in the book the answer is given as practices.
What should i do?

Mar 09, 2014

Answer in Capital letter

by: Himanshu
You must write CO-OPERATIVE. And for second question:
to avoid such kind of confusing situation, it is better to write
all alphabets in capital.

Apr 10, 2014

letter case
by: Anonymous
how can i write like date eg: seventeenth centuary
and fifth day
PARADE

May 01, 2014

Answer in Answer Keys

by: Vrajesh J
it has become difficult for me to evaluate my right scores of
practice exams,confusions causes due to below reasons
when my answer is Stereo System,in the pass key its given (a)
(Stereo)System...
So whats implication of bracket given in answer key,is it
showing optional or mandatory words of 'a' and 'Stereo'
alongwith word 'System'.
>when my answer is 25, in the pass key its give ($)25,let me
tell you question itself was containing $ sign but it has been
repeated in answer key with bracket..got confused
same confusion with a,an,the many of the answers are given
in answer key with a,an,the in bracket..
Kindly revert asap.
m appearing exam this May

May 02, 2014

Words in brackets in the IELTS listening test

by: IELTS buddy

Hi Vrajesh,
A word in brackets means that you can have it in your answer
or not, both is ok.
I don't understand why the dollar sign would have been in
brackets if it appeared on the actual test. That seems strange.
Maybe it was an error on the paper you were looking at.
May 03, 2014

Thanks
by: Anonymous
Thanks Ielts Buddy
For clear and to the point Answer.
Appreciated!!

May 06, 2014

Reading
by: awais
Hi can anyone tell me if i get 28 or 29 right answers in
reading section what will be my band?
I understand if i get 30 right my band is 7.

May 06,
2014

IELTS band score

by: Himanshu
For academic
6.5 for 27 to 29 marks
For general
5.5 for 27 to 29 marks
This is an approximate
Check
http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_Band_Scores.html

May 11, 2014

writing time
by: nimbby
Hi. I'll be taking the IELTS exam soon. And I'm preparing
right now. How do you write the time for listening? As in the
practice test, the answer is 9.30 (am). My answer was 9:30
a.m. Does it mean I'm wrong?

May 11, 2014

Capital and Paragraph

by: Himanshu

you can write either 9.00 AM or 9.00 AM. But, it is always

good to follow the examples given in set of questions.
Sometimes, it could be written 9/ 9.00 / 9.00 AM. In short, if
your answer is within the required word limit, no need to
worry.
May 17, 2014

Right or wrong
by: Kasir
Can anybody tell me, I write all my answers in reading and
writing ,1st word capital and other small?? For an instance
Police, will it consider right or not?

Jun 01, 2014

Using upper case in listening

by: Aanita
Hi,
I have always problem with upper/ lowercase. If I want to use
upper case, do I have to write all 40 answer in upper case or
we can write upper case only confusing answers? For instance
all my answers are correct expect 2 or 3 and I am confused
about it.. So I can write all upper case letter for that 3
questions.

Jun 01, 2014

Answer in uppercase
by: Himanshu
I strongly recommend you to write all your answers in
UPPERCASE regardless of question type.

Jun 06, 2014

Write Dollar or Pounds instead of the sign

by: Danny
Is is OK to write the the letter dollar/Pounds instead of the
sign?

Jun 07, 2014

Dollar or pound sign

by: Himanshu
Generally, it is not harmful to write in full instead of sign of
dollar or pound. But, it is quite necessary to take care if you
are going to write answer of table where former or letter
answer is in sign.

Jun 07, 2014

answers
by: katrin b
Hi, is it wrong to write True,False,NOT GIVEN in reading...
I didn't write all capitals

Jun 09, 2014

Capital answer
by: Himanshu
Katrin, Sorry but your question is not clear.

Jun 09, 2014

reading
by: Anonymous
Do I have to write True, False, Not Given answers all in
capital in reading test or just start with capital is fine?
for example,
True or TRUE
False or FALSE
Not Given or NOT GIVEN
Which one is correct?

Jul 14, 2014

Writing NG instead of 'not given'

by: Anonymous
i wrote NG instead of 'not given' in ielts exam coz i was in so
pressure n hurry.......will i get marks if my answers are still
correct?

Jul 20, 2014

confusion
by: M
i am always confusing in upper case and lower case in ielts
lisetening section.what should i do to get higher score in ielts?
Help me

Jul 22, 2014

CAPITAL LETTERS
by: Anonymous
Do IDP accept all the answers written in UPPER CASE?

Aug 15, 2014

Wrong date
by: Anonymous

Aug 17, 2014

wrong answer
by: IELTS buddy
If you put in the wrong answer it will be marked wrong.

Aug 18, 2014

confusion about including articles in listening test

by: Anonymous
Hi!
I have recently given my ielts test through Idp and I scored
6.5 in listening as well as in reading, individually.
I was shocked to look at my scores as I had very well
prepared for the test.I have practiced a lot and still got a
disappointing result to me. Am giving the test again next
month through British council as am not satisfied with the
score I got. I want to know how we should write the answers
in the listening test.
I was able to write all the answers correctly but sometimes
making mistakes while including the articles. I crosschecked
the audio where they said the rajdooth hotel but in the answer
sheet they gave the answer only as rajdooth. Can we write the
articles in our answers if they are mentioned in the audio?
Kindly give me some suggestions that I can make to improve
my score.
Thank you!

Aug 23, 2014

confusion about including articles in listening test

by: Anonymous
Please someone respond to my questions about how to
include articles with the answers. Please help me with this, as
my exam is in 2 days.

Aug 27, 2014

Articles in speaking
by: IELTS buddy
Hi,
Sorry I just saw your post. It is too late now as you have taken
the test.

I don't know about the specific test you are talking about with
the hotel (I'd need to see it to see what you mean) but there is
not a special rule for the IELTS test and articles.
The answers must be grammatically correct. If an article is
needed to make it grammatically correct then it should be put
in.
Like I say, I can't really commment on your hotel example
without seeing it.
Thanks
Sep 06, 2014

ielts reading
by: Anonymous
in ielts reading I have written whole answer instead of writing
only the option what they have instructed to do.
will it reduce the mark??

Sep 11, 2014

Reply for this please..

by: Anonymous
Is it rite if we put T for true, F for false and NG for not given

Sep 16, 2014

T, F, NG
by: IELTS
What did it say in the instructions? Always read them
carefully and follow exactly what they say.

Sep 18, 2014

T,F,NG
by: HIMANSHU
If one is asked to write TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN in full,
and answer will be written T,F, NG, candidate will be
punished in marks.

Sep 29, 2014

IELTS READING
by: Sekar
Hi,
In RC I have written the complete answers instead of writing
the options as (B),(C) or what ever Will there be any

punishment in marks for what I have done in RC..

Kindly clarify me.
Thanks!
Oct 02, 2014

Answer in the test

by: IELTS buddy
Hi,
If you didn't follow what you were told in the instructions
then it will probably be wrong.

Oct 21, 2014

reply me its very urgent

by: Anonymous
hi
2 days before i gave the ielts exam.i have one question that in
reading or listening i wrote all answer in small but started
with capital.even fill in the blanks also i started in capital
letter and rest was smaller like (Simple)..so i have dought that
for doing this they will cut my marks or not..i am very
worried 4 this..plz clear my doubt soon

Oct 22, 2014

plz rply me
by: Anonymous
no one is here to solve my problem..plz rply my question

Oct 22, 2014

Capital letter or small

by: IELTS buddy
Hi,
This is what it says on the official IELTS site:
"You may write your answers in lower case or capital letters".
So from this, I can only deduce that "Simple" would be ok.
However, if you wrote something that needs a capital letter
but did not have it then that would be wrong - for example
"penny lane" should be "Penny Lane".
Thanks

Oct 23, 2014

reply plz

by: Anonymous
If i write `Combination` between the sentence,so they will cut
my marks...you know I wrote all answer in like that in fill in
the blanks.plz reply me
Oct 25, 2014

Capital letter or small

by: IELTS buddy
Sorry but I don't understand your question

Oct 25, 2014

i am worried
by: Anonymous
i mean, in reading, between fill in the blanks if i write lower
case but start with capital letter like (Innocent or Help). so
they will cut my band.

Nov 09, 2014

worried abt listening an reading

by: raghuram
Hello
Recently on november 8 i took my test, here in test of reading
and listening, i gave my test in all capitals...example for
business i wrote BUSINESS,is it okay? and for the rest of
answers i did the same for listening and reading for all 40
questions .. am bit worried about it? is it fine? plz tell me?

Nov 11, 2014

if there is mistake can i erase it and write

by: Anonymous
I started writing the answers from leftside providing an very
small gap....is it ok....and i have written in capital first letter
rest small letter.....is it ok....or it is wrong ...and for wrong
answer i erase the word and re-written on the space....for these
i will loose band?....in lisenting and reading
Thank you

Nov 13, 2014

TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN question

by: JC
Hi,
I noticed this question had been raised a few times in this

discussion but so far no complete answers had been given. I

only manage to write T/F/NG in the TRUE, FALSE, NOT
GIVEN question due to time constraints during my previous
exam. May I know if this would directly lead to a red-light
fail or I will only be penalised for doing so. If it is the latter,
may I know how many marks would be deducted?
Thanks.