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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 - 129

Question: 1 Many people have ....... about winning a big prize in the lottery.

Correct Answer : 1 [fantasized]

Notes: Many people have fantasized about winning a big prize in the lottery.

Question: 2 For many people, their way of life is closely linked to their ....... circumstances.

Correct Answer : 2 [economic]

Notes: For many people, their way of life is closely linked to their economic circumstances.

Question: 3 Most people like the ....... of not having to work.

Correct Answer : 3 [idea]

Notes: Most people like the idea of not having to work.

Question: 4 People who win the lottery are usually advised not to ....... their address and phone number.

Correct Answer : 4 [publicize]

Notes: People who win the lottery are usually advised not to publicize their address and phone number.

Question: 5 There are many stories about people who couldn't ....... how to be rich.

Correct Answer : 5 [learn]

Notes: There are many stories about people who couldn't learn how to be rich.

Question: 6 A sailor from Sweden won three million dollars in the lottery and handed it to ....... shipmates and strangers in the street.

Correct Answer : 6 [former]

Notes: A sailor from Sweden won three million dollars in the lottery and handed it to former shipmates and strangers in the street.

Question: 7 All over the world, lotteries ....... new millionaires every week.

Correct Answer : 7 [create]

Notes: All over the world, lotteries create new millionaires every week.

Question: 8 A 45 year old cook from Sydney ....... three weeks after winning 10 million dollars in the lottery.

Correct Answer : 8 [dropped dead]

Notes: A 45 year old cook from Sydney dropped dead three weeks after winning 10 million dollars in the lottery.

Question: 9 In 1989, a woman from Los Angeles won 7 million dollars in the lottery and immediately went on a ....... spree.

Correct Answer : 9 [spending]

Notes: In 1989, a woman from Los Angeles won 7 million dollars in the lottery and immediately went on a spending spree.

Question: 10 Many people ....... about what they would do with their money if they won the lottery.

Correct Answer : 10 [dream]

Notes: Many people dream about what they would do with their money if they won the lottery.

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