S.No	Section	Duration
1.	Listening	30 minutes (plus 10 minutes transfer time)
2.	Reading	60 minutes
3.	Writing	60 minutes
4.	Speaking	11-14 minutes

To Take the IELTS Test the candidates are expected to pay around £115 GBP, €190 Euros or $200 USD. But the Fees may from country to country and it is set by test centers.

Listening

The Listening Module of the IELTS Exam consists of four sections, with ten questions in each section. The total duration of this section is 40 minutes, where 30 minutes for testing, plus 10 for transferring the answers to an answer sheet. Among the four sections, the first two sections are about everyday social situations, which means the Section 1 has a conversation between two speakers (for example, a conversation about travel arrangements) and section 2 has one person speaking (for example, a speech about local facilities). The Section 3 and Section 4 are about educational and training situations. Which means the section 3 is a conversation between two main speakers (for example, a discussion between two university students, perhaps guided by a tutor) and section 4 has one person speaking about an academic subject. The first three sections have a break in the middle of the test to allow test takers to look at the remaining questions. Each section is heard only once.

Reading

The reading paper in IELTS Exam contains three sections which comprise a variety of question types such as multiple choice, short-answer questions, identifying information, identifying writer’s views, completing a summary using words taken from the text, labeling diagrams, and matching information/headings/features in the text/sentence endings. In this section, for every incorrect spelling and grammar, you will lose marks, so the test takers should be careful when writing down their answers.

Writing

The Writing paper in IELTS Exam consists of two tasks. Where the test taker should complete both the tasks in 60 minutes. In task 1 the test taker should write at least 150 words in 20 minutes and in task 2, test takers should write at least 250 words in 40 minutes. If the answer is too short or does not relate to the topic, the test takers will be penalized. And test taker should not use notes or bullet points, they should write answers in full sentences.

Speaking

The Speaking Test is a face-to-face interview between the test-taker and examiner. It comprises of three sections. In the first section, the test takers may be asked about hobbies, interests, reasons for taking IELTS exam as well as other general topics such as clothing, free time, computers and the internet or family, and it lasts for 4 to 5 minutes only. In the second section, the candidate has to speak about the given topic after preparing for one minute on a given topic. And the third section involves discussion between the examiner and the candidate, generally on questions relating to the theme.