16 out of 40 in IELTS General Training Reading: what band is it?

16 out of 40 in IELTS General Training Reading is band 4.0. 3 more correct answers would make it 4.5. One fewer would still be band 4.0.

Band 4.0 covers 15 to 18 correct answers. The figures are IDP’s published table, which IELTS calls indicative because the cut-offs vary slightly between test versions.

Correct answers

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Your General Training Reading band

16 of 40 correct

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3 more correct answers would make it 4.5.

16/40 in IELTS General Reading is about band 4.0.

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16 out of 40 in the other papers

IELTS General Training Reading4.03 more correct answers would make it 4.5.
IELTS Listening5.02 more correct answers would make it 5.5.
IELTS Academic Reading5.03 more correct answers would make it 5.5.

What 4.0 in Reading meets

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From 16/40 to every band

Correct answers	Band	From 16
40	9.0	+24
39	8.5	+23
37–38	8.0	+21
36	7.5	+20
34–35	7.0	+18
32–33	6.5	+16
30–31	6.0	+14
27–29	5.5	+11
23–26	5.0	+7
19–22	4.5	+3
15–18	4.0	Your score
0 to 14	No band published	−2