IELTS free practice tests and answers

Prepare for IELTS with our free practice tests and answers. Use these tests to carry out timed practice sessions and develop your test technique. 

We strongly advise test takers to practice IELTS. By taking our free practice tests, you will get to know the test format, experience the types of tasks you will be asked to undertake, test yourself under timed conditions and review your answers and compare them with model answers.

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Exercise - 120

Question: 1 One person who made ....... a career based on the sea was Rachel Carson.

Correct Answer : 1 [herself]

Notes: One person who made herself a career based on the sea was Rachel Carson.

Question: 2 Deep-sea divers wear wetsuits to protect ....... under the water.

Correct Answer : 2 [themselves]

Notes: Deep-sea divers wear wetsuits to protect themselves under the water.

Question: 3 If you were a diver, you would buy ....... a JIM suit or helmet.

Correct Answer : 3 [yourself]

Notes: If you were a diver, you would buy yourself a JIM suit or helmet.

Question: 4 Divers use external air supplies to enable ....... to breathe under water.

Correct Answer : 4 [themselves]

Notes: Divers use external air supplies to enable themselves to breathe under water.

Question: 5 Decompression sickness manifests ....... with joint pain, and it can be fatal.

Correct Answer : 5 [itself]

Notes: Decompression sickness manifests itself with joint pain, and it can be fatal.

Question: 6 Rachel Carson's first book, Under the Sea-Wind, described struggles sea creatures find ....... facing.

Correct Answer : 6 [themselves]

Notes: Rachel Carson's first book, Under the Sea-Wind, described struggles sea creatures find themselves facing.

Question: 7 Rachel Carson's life was marked with conservation efforts that we ....... can learn from.

Correct Answer : 7 [ourselves]

Notes: Rachel Carson's life was marked with conservation efforts that we ourselves can learn from.

Question: 8 Rachel Carson put on a diver's helmet and explored the reefs of the Florida Keys for ........

Correct Answer : 8 [herself]

Notes: Rachel Carson put on a diver's helmet and explored the reefs of the Florida Keys for herself.

Question: 9 The bends occurs when divers raise ....... to the top too quickly.

Correct Answer : 9 [themselves]

Notes: The bends occurs when divers raise themselves to the top too quickly.

Question: 10 A diver must supply ....... with a mixture of oxygen and different gasses.

Correct Answer : 10 [himself]

Notes: A diver must supply himself with a mixture of oxygen and different gasses.