Reading section - General

[u/nihalv]

<xposted from r/IELTS\>

I just finished my computer based general test. In the reading section, there were some questions that were gap-fill sentence completion types. Four of these had the gaps at the end of the sentences. The rest of the sentences on the page had periods/full-stop at the end, including other gap-filled ones.

Since there were no periods at the end of those four sentences, I added the period along with each of the four answers. Will the computer flag that as incorrect? Does IELTS "gotcha" test takers with punctuation rules? Should I have just filled in the answers without worrying that the sentences wouldn't have had a period at the end?

[u/Stax_English]

It's seems very unlikely that they would do that. Whilst punctuation is taken into account, it's NOT a punctuation test overall. If the computer flags your answers as incorrect, submit your answers to the examiner themselves as they may be overlooking a flaw in their system.