Measure
A rapid four-skill diagnostic.
IELTS practice, inside Telegram
Know what to practise next.
Most IELTS learners have plenty of material and no clear next step. NineStride remembers what keeps tripping you up, gives you the practice that targets it, and then checks it again on a task you have not seen.
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. No separate app to install.
NineStrideIELTS, instrumented
First run
Your IELTS campaign starts here
Ready to level up your band?
Set a target, take a four-skill diagnostic, and get an honest Band Forecast that moves as you train.
Forecast
A predicted range from real evidence.
Train
Practice biased toward the gaps your evidence shows.
No empty XP.Progress counts only when practice adds band-relevant evidence or completes work on an identified weakness.
Step 1 / 4
Target
What band are you aiming for?
Your target sets the campaign pace.
Step 2 / 4
Test day
When is test day?
A real deadline lets NineStride build backwards.
TEST DATE
Step 3 / 4
The why
What is this score for?
Your reason anchors the campaign and its notifications.
Origin story
Review
Review your setup
- Target
- Band 7.0
- Test date
- Goal
- University admission
- Timezone
- Asia / Tashkent
The gap will be real.Next you'll face a 12-minute diagnostic. It's the opening trial, not a test — mistakes are the signal.
NineStrideOpening trial
Ready
Diagnostic ready
Your four-skill trial is prepared.
Target Band 7.0. Completed skills restore safely if you close the app.
Estimated time12–15 min
Tasks4 skills
1
Listening
Form completion — Signal
Note completion · placement2
Reading
True / False / Not Given — Scan
Judgement · Band 6.03
Writing
Task 2 essay — Forge
Criterion-scored · placement4
Speaking
Part 2 cue card — Stage
Fluency features · placementOpening trial · 2 of 4
ReadingReading · TFNG Judge
Do the statements agree with the passage?
Remote work adoption accelerated sharply after 2020. While some firms reported productivity gains, researchers caution that the long-term effects on collaboration remain unclear. Several studies note reduced spontaneous communication among distributed teams.
1. Remote work adoption increased after 2020.
2. All firms reported higher productivity.
3. Remote work improves employee salaries.
Opening trial · 3 of 4
WritingWriting · Sentence Promotion
Upgrade this Band 5 sentence toward Band 7.
GIVEN
“Technology is a good thing but it also has bad things.”
“Technology is a good thing but it also has bad things.”
Building your review
Calculating your Band Profile
Combining all four skills into your opening forecast, with AI feedback on your Writing.
ListeningReadingWriting…Speaking
Band ProfileDiagnostic complete
DoneOpening trial complete
Estimated Band 5.5
Current forecast range 5.0–6.0. Here's the evidence — and the gap.
DiagnosticTarget 7.0
You're at 5.5. Band 7.0 by Dec 6 means closing 1.5 bands in 10 weeks. Here's the plan.
SAMPLE DATA — CONCRETE AND PERSONAL.
Skill by skill
Listening
6.5
Reading
6.0
Writing
5.0
Speaking
5.5
NineStrideForecast
24
Predicted band
6.5±0.5
+0.3 this week
Confidence6.0–7.0
Now6.5
Target7.0
Test day · Sun, Dec 6
Week 3 / 958 days left
on trackToday's route · Technology world
STANDARD · 12–18 MIN1
Warm-up6 collocation cards due for review
2
Reading drill — Scan RaceBiased toward your weakest criterion
3
Writing rep — Task 1 SprintEvery day ends on a productive skill
Your Writing signal is going stale.
Six days without a scored essay widened your range. A 4-minute Task 1 rep keeps Band 7 on track — decay is shown honestly, never faked.
Campaign mapRoute to Band 7.0
2458 days · 9 worlds
The map is the syllabus.
Each week transfers one topic across all four skills, built backwards from exam day.
✓
Week 1 · complete
Environment
Sustainability collocations locked in across L·R·W·S.
✓
Week 2 · complete
Education
First TFNG streak · 41-word Task 1 baseline.
3
Week 3 · in progress
Technology
Milestone: hold Band 7 lexis in a full Task 2 essay.
ListeningReadingWritingSpeaking
★
Milestone · raid event
Mini-boss — Timed Reading
Pre-commit a slot. Squads can raid it together.
4
Week 4
Health
Cause–effect cohesion · Part 3 abstract answers.
5
Week 5
Urbanization
Map & process description · Task 1 range.
9
Week 9 · final boss
Full Mock Test
Recalibrates the forecast with heavy weight.
TrainChoose your depth
24Today's session
Every session ends on a productive rep.
Or jump into a game mode
CollectionDeck → Lexical Resource
24Deck strength → Lexical Resource
Band 6.5Cards are earned by using the phrase correctly in a production task — never by recognition. Collection pressure becomes production practice.
Legendary
an inextricable link
a connection impossible to separate — C1–C2 register
Used correctly in your Task 2 essay
Epic
a double-edged sword
something with both clear benefits and drawbacks
Deployed in Part 3 speaking
Rare
a growing body of evidence
an increasing amount of research supporting a claim
Used in a Sentence Promotion
Common
take into account
to consider something when making a decision
Mastered · 8 correct uses
Band profileUpdated live
24DiagnosticNowTarget
You started at 5.5. Three weeks in, you're at 6.5 — half a band from target with 58 days to spare.
FORECAST · +1.0 SINCE DIAGNOSTIC · RANGE NARROWING
Per-skill signal
Listening
7.0 ▲.5
Reading
6.5 ▲.5
Writing
6.0 ▲1.0
Speaking
6.0 ▲.5
Skill tree · next node
WritingCohesion DevicesComplex SentencesHedging
This week's league
Band 7 · September cohortWarm-up · 1 / 3
Spaced repetition · Technology deck
Rare · Band 7 collocation
at the expense of
Skill drill · 2 / 3
Reading · TFNG Judge
Resist the overclaim.
A recent survey found that many commuters would prefer to work from home at least twice a week. The report stopped short of claiming this would raise national productivity.
“The report proves working from home raises national productivity.”
✓ Correct → “Not Given”. Streak ×4 — the exam's #1 miss, defused. +45 XP
Production rep · 3 / 3
Writing · Task 1 Sprint
Describe the trend in three sentences. 4 minutes.
The chart shows smartphone ownership in three countries, 2010–2024: a steep rise everywhere, converging near 90% by 2024.
Session complete
Practice banked.
XP earned+240
Streak25 days
Writing 5.5 → 6.0 trending
forecast range narrowed to ±0.5 · the tick you came back for
Card pack · 1 new
Rare
at the expense of
to the detriment of something else
Earned — you used it correctly just now
Forge · Essay Boss
Task 2 · AI feedback on the four criteria
"Some believe technology isolates us. To what extent do you agree?"
Overall this attempt
6.0 / 9
last essay
Task Response
6.0
Coherence & Cohesion
6.5
Lexical Resource
5.5
Grammar Range & Accuracy
6.0
Your one next fix
Swap three plain words — “good, bad, big” — for precise academic choices (“beneficial, detrimental, substantial”). That single habit targets Lexical Resource. Nothing else this round.
+180 XP
Production rep · banked to forecastNineStride — interactive sample. Walk the first-run setup, or tap the bottom tabs and run a daily session. Made-up numbers; nothing you enter is saved.
How it works
A loop that closes, instead of a pile of exercises.
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Diagnose
Start with a short check across all four skills, set against the band and test date you are aiming for.
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Find the pattern
Mistakes are logged as specific, recurring patterns, so you see what actually keeps happening rather than a vague skill label.
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Practise it
Short sessions are built around your biggest gap and your deadline, with practice chosen to match the problem.
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Check it fresh
The same pattern is tested again on a new task. Finishing an exercise is not treated as proof.
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See honest progress
Progress moves only on evidence that counts, then your plan updates and the loop starts again.
Practice
Four skills, played in short rounds.
Listening
Transcription reflexes for the tricks Sections 1 & 4 love.
- Dictation RushType what you hear, faster each level
- Accent RouletteUK · AU · NZ · N. American
- Distractor HuntCatch the self-correction
Reading
Speed and scanning — the hidden bottleneck at Band 7+.
- Scan RaceFind the fact, ranked in seconds
- TFNG JudgeResist the overclaim · streak ×
- Speed GateWPM with comprehension checks
Writing
Instant AI feedback on the four writing criteria.
- Sentence PromotionBand 5 → Band 7, explained
- Task 1 SprintA chart in 3 sentences, 4 min
- Essay BossPer-criterion bands + one fix
Speaking
Fluency under a depleting timer ring, with AI feedback on what you said.
- Part 2 SurvivalTwo full minutes, no gaps
- Hesitation MeterLive filler & pause counter
- AI ExaminerAdaptive Part 1→3 interview
Play a round
Three card games, playable right here.
These are the same card games you'll find in NineStride. Pick one and play a round.
Our promise
We would rather be honest than flattering.
Practice apps are good at making you feel productive. NineStride is built to tell the difference between doing the work and the work having stuck.
- Coaching, points and finishing a task never count as independent progress.
- Writing and Speaking feedback comes from AI. It is practice guidance, not an official IELTS band.
- Speaking is scored from the transcript only. Pronunciation notes are practice-only.
- Only the real exam gives you a real band. Nothing here stands in for it.
FAQ
Questions
Who is it for?
Independent or teacher-supported learners aiming to move up from around Band 5 to 6.5 and beyond, who want a clear next step rather than more material.
Do I need to install anything?
No. NineStride runs as a Telegram Mini App, so you open it from a chat on your phone or desktop.
Is it an official IELTS product?
No. NineStride is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS, the British Council, IDP or Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
Can I trust the AI feedback?
Treat it as a practice aid. We label AI-graded Writing and Speaking as such, and we do not present it as examiner-equivalent.
Find out what to practise next.
Open NineStride in Telegram, set your target band, and take the short diagnostic.
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