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 - 157

Question: 1 It's getting very late ........

Correct Answer : 1 [I'll have to hurry]

Notes: It's getting very late I'll have to hurry.

Question: 2 If we leave it any longer, ........

Correct Answer : 2 [we'll miss the train]

Notes: If we leave it any longer, we'll miss the train.

Question: 3 There is a deadline, I'm afraid, ........

Correct Answer : 3 [so you mustn't dither]

Notes: There is a deadline, I'm afraid, so you mustn't dither.

Question: 4 We should have been there 2 hours ago, ........

Correct Answer : 4 [so we're well behind]

Notes: We should have been there 2 hours ago, so we're well behind.

Question: 5 If we leave this minute, ........

Correct Answer : 5 [I'm sure we'll make it]

Notes: If we leave this minute, I'm sure we'll make it.

Question: 6 They arrived in the middle of the night ........

Correct Answer : 6 [because their flight was delayed]

Notes: They arrived in the middle of the night because their flight was delayed.

Question: 7 As the old saying goes: ........

Correct Answer : 7 [He who hesitates is lost]

Notes: As the old saying goes: He who hesitates is lost.

Question: 8 They should have arrived by now. I wonder ........

Correct Answer : 8 [what has kept them]

Notes: They should have arrived by now. I wonder what has kept them.

Question: 9 I'm being as quick as I can. Just don't ........

Correct Answer : 9 [bug me]

Notes: I'm being as quick as I can. Just don't bug me.

Question: 10 I'm giving you your last warning. If you're not ready in five minutes, ........

Correct Answer : 10 [you're on your own]

Notes: I'm giving you your last warning. If you're not ready in five minutes, you're on your own.