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 - 131

Question: 1 Please take these separate lists and ....... them into one document.

Correct Answer : 1 [merge]

Notes: Please take these separate lists and merge them into one document.

Question: 2 This pet store sells rare tropical fish and other ....... creatures.

Correct Answer : 2 [exotic]

Notes: This pet store sells rare tropical fish and other exotic creatures.

Question: 3 I guarantee that your hot temper will ....... cause you trouble.

Correct Answer : 3 [inevitably]

Notes: I guarantee that your hot temper will inevitably cause you trouble.

Question: 4 My teacher mumbled so softly that I could only ....... understand him.

Correct Answer : 4 [vaguely]

Notes: My teacher mumbled so softly that I could only vaguely understand him.

Question: 5 After the terrible tsunami our oderly lives became ........

Correct Answer : 5 [chaotic]

Notes: After the terrible tsunami our oderly lives became chaotic.

Question: 6 If the cookie recipe is complete, it will ....... the ingredients you need.

Correct Answer : 6 [specify]

Notes: If the cookie recipe is complete, it will specify the ingredients you need.

Question: 7 Peter was the best swimmer, but ....... he lost the final of the swimming competition.

Correct Answer : 7 [ironically]

Notes: Peter was the best swimmer, but ironically he lost the final of the swimming competition.

Question: 8 Our final idea for the product was much better than our ....... one.

Correct Answer : 8 [initial]

Notes: Our final idea for the product was much better than our initial one.

Question: 9 After I fell down the steps, I felt unsteady and ........

Correct Answer : 9 [giddy]

Notes: After I fell down the steps, I felt unsteady and giddy.

Question: 10 During our walk along the beach we noticed the shifting reflectons on the ....... surface of the water.

Correct Answer : 10 [undulating]

Notes: During our walk along the beach we noticed the shifting reflectons on the undulating surface of the water.