IELTS: Facts Not Many People Know There are many aspects in IELTS that people find surprising, usually when it hits them hard. It is quite a paradox � the information is right there, available to everyone, yet people are still in the dark post by haiyan902. Allow me to draw your attention to several facts you don�t want to be surprised about.Usually extensive answer is considered a very good one, but not in IELTS. When instructions say �give one answer� or �answer in 3 words�, it means �give us two answers or 4 words and we�ll fail you�. The reason for this limit is quite simple and obvious � there is not enough room for more than 3 words on Answer Sheet. By the way, articles �a� and �the� count as one word, while common assumption is that they don�t.People tend to forget that they are graded by Answer Sheet and not by what they wrote in IELTS booklet. Any correct answer not copied to Answer Sheet will result in exactly 0 points. There is an option of submitting appeal and ... Read more »