IELTS practice test




The IELTS test assesses your abilities in all four skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking – in under three hours.

Test format – Speaking (1114 minutes)

Begin your Practice Speaking Test

Download the following IELTS Practice Speaking test and think of “model” responses to the questions in parts 1-3 of the test. We suggest you practice the speaking test with a study partner and complete all 3 parts of the test without a break, to make your practice as realistic as possible. You will have approximately 11-14 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test. 

IELTS Practice Speaking Test (pdf)

IELTS examiners rate the IELTS Speaking test using 4 assessment criteria - Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation. View videos of IELTS Speaking test samples below:

Speaking test sample - Part 1
Speaking test sample - Part 2
Speaking test sample - Part 3

Test format – General Training Writing (60 minutes)

Begin your Practice General Training Writing Test

Download the following IELTS Practice General Training Writing test then begin your sample practice test. You will only have 60 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test. You should spend approximately 20 minutes on Writing Task 1 and approximately 40 minutes on Writing Task 2.

Once you have completed the sample practice test, review the sample “model” response and feedback based on the IELTS assessment criteria used to mark the test.

IELTS Practice General Training Writing Test (pdf)

Test format – Academic Writing (60 minutes)

Begin your Practice Academic Writing Test

Download the following IELTS Practice Academic Writing test then begin your sample practice test. You will only have 60 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test. You should spend approximately 20 minutes on Writing Task 1 and approximately 40 minutes on Writing Task 2.

Once you have completed the sample practice test, review the sample “model” response and feedback based on the IELTS assessment criteria used to mark the test.

IELTS Practice Academic Writing Test (pdf)

Test format – General Training Reading (60 minutes)

Begin your Practice General Training Reading Test

Download the following IELTS Practice General Training Reading test and Blank Answer Sheet, then begin your sample practice test. You will only have 60 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test.

IELTS Practice General Training Reading Test (pdf)
IELTS Practice General Training Reading Test Blank Answer Sheet (pdf)

Check your answers on your Practice General Training Reading Test


Once you have completed the sample practice test, download the following IELTS Practice General Training Reading Test Answer Key and check your answers. Each correct answer receives 1 mark and scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale.

IELTS Practice General Training Reading Test Answer Key (pdf)

Test format – Academic Reading (60 minutes)

Begin your Practice Academic Reading Test

Download the following IELTS Practice Academic Reading test and Blank Answer Sheet, then begin your sample practice test. You will only have 60 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test.

IELTS Practice Academic Reading Test (pdf)
IELTS Practice Academic Reading Test Blank Answer Sheet (pdf)

Check your answers on your Practice Academic Reading Test


Once you have completed the sample practice test, download the following IELTS Practice Academic Reading Test Answer Key and check your answers. Each correct answer receives 1 mark and scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale.

IELTS Practice Academic Reading Test Answer Key (pdf)

Test format – Listening (30 minutes)

Begin your Practice Listening Test

Download the following IELTS Practice Listening test and Blank Answer Sheet, then begin your sample practice test. The audio files for each section of the Practice Listening test are provided in the box below. You will only have 30 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test.

IELTS Practice Listening Test (pdf)

Practice Listening Tests Audio Files
IELTS Practice Listening Test - Section 1
IELTS Practice Listening Test - Section 2
IELTS Practice Listening Test - Section 3
IELTS Practice Listening Test - Section 4                                                     

IELTS Practice Listening Test Blank Answer Sheet (pdf)

Check your answers on your Practice Listening Test


Once you have completed the sample practice test, download the following IELTS Practice Listening Test Answer Key and check your answers. Each correct answer receives 1 mark and scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale. 

IELTS Practice Listening Test Answer Key (pdf)

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