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What is an IELTS Academic Practice Test?
An IELTS Academic practice test is a mock version of the real exam. It allows you to:
Familiarise yourself with the test format
Practice under timed conditions
Understand the types of questions asked
Check answers with official answer keys
These tests simulate the actual exam experience, helping you improve accuracy and confidence.
Note: The Listening and Speaking tests are the same for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training, but the Reading and Writing tests are different.
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IELTS Academic practice test with answer key - Listening section
The IELTS Academic Listening test is divided into four sections, each featuring different types of audio recordings, such as conversations and monologues, to simulate real exam conditions. It has 40 questions overall and is to be completed in 40 minutes. To prepare well, access our IELTS Listening practice test PDF.
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 1 - Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 2 – Note completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 3 – Plan, Map, Diagram labelling: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 4 – Multiple choice (more than one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 5 – Multiple choice (one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 6 – Short answers: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 7 – Table completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 8 – Sentence completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 9 – Flow chart completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Listening practice test 10 – Familiarisation test: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic practice test with answer key - Reading section
The IELTS Academic Reading test has three sections of reading passages and questions to be completed in 60 minutes. To prepare yourself better, access our IELTS Reading practice test PDF.
(A) Computer-based questions with answers
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 11 – Matching feature: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 12 – Matching sentence endings: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 13 – Sentence completion: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 14 – Summary completion (select words from text): Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 15 – Summary completion (select from a list of words): Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 16 – Note completion: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 17 – identifying information (True/False/Not Given): Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 18 – Multiple choice (more than one answer): Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 19 – Multiple choice (one answer): Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 20 – Table completion: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test 21 – Familiarisation test: Question | Download answer key
(B) IELTS on Paper questions with answers
IELTS Academic reading practice test 22 – Matching features: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 23 – Table completion: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 24 – Summary completion selecting from a list of words: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 25 – Summary completion selecting words from the text: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 26 – Multiple choice one answer for Task 2: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 27 – Multiple choice one answer for Task 1: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 28 – Multiple choice sample task: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 29 – Multiple choice sample task 2: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 30 – Matching headings sample task 1: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 31 – Identifying writer’s views: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 32 – Identifying information: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 33 – Identifying information (True/False/Not given): Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 34 – Flowchart completion: Download PDF
IELTS Academic reading practice test 35 – Diagram label completion: Download PDF
IELTS Academic practice test with answer key - Writing section
The IELTS Academic Writing test includes two tasks to be completed in 60 minutes. Task 1 requires you to describe visual information, such as a graph or chart. Task 2 asks you to write an essay on a given topic. To perform well, access our IELTS Writing practice test PDF.
(A) Computer-based questions with answers
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice test 36: View Task | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 practice test 37: View Task | Download answer key
Familiarisation test practice test 38: Writing demo
(B) IELTS on Paper questions with answers
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice test 39: View Task | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 practice test 40: View Task | Download answer key
IELTS Academic practice test with answer key - Speaking section
The IELTS Academic Speaking test will assess your use of spoken English. The test will last between 11 and 14 minutes where you will discuss a variety of topics with an IELTS examiner. To score well, access our IELTS Speaking practice test pdf.
Speaking Part 1 practice test 41: Prompt | Recording | Transcript
Speaking Part 2 practice test 42: Prompt | Recording | Transcript