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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 - 130

Question: 1 Pablo Picasso showed his ....... from a very young age.

Correct Answer : 1 [genius]

Notes: Pablo Picasso showed his genius from a very young age.

Question: 2 Picasso hated school and often ....... to go unless he could take his pet with him.

Correct Answer : 2 [refused]

Notes: Picasso hated school and often refused to go unless he could take his pet with him.

Question: 3 Picasso's ....... of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong places.

Correct Answer : 3 [portraits]

Notes: Picasso's portraits of people were often made up of triangles and squares with their features in the wrong places.

Question: 4 Picasso died of heart failure during an ....... of influenza in 1973.

Correct Answer : 4 [attack]

Notes: Picasso died of heart failure during an attack of influenza in 1973.

Question: 5 Picasso's work ....... ideas about art around the world.

Correct Answer : 5 [changed]

Notes: Picasso's work changed ideas about art around the world.

Question: 6 Picasso was ....... on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain.

Correct Answer : 6 [born]

Notes: Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain.

Question: 7 Picasso ....... to be one of the twentieth century's greatest painters.

Correct Answer : 7 [grew up]

Notes: Picasso grew up to be one of the twentieth century's greatest painters.

Question: 8 Picasso's genius as an artist was ....... by many people.

Correct Answer : 8 [recognized]

Notes: Picasso's genius as an artist was recognized by many people.

Question: 9 When Picasso was 90 years old, he was honored by an ....... at the Louvre in Paris.

Correct Answer : 9 [exhibition]

Notes: When Picasso was 90 years old, he was honored by an exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

Question: 10 Picasso ....... over 6,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures.

Correct Answer : 10 [created]

Notes: Picasso created over 6,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures.

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