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 - 177

Question: 1 Most people don't like ....... seats on airplanes. They usually prefer window seats.

Correct Answer : 1 [aisle]

Notes: Most people don't like aisle seats on airplanes. They usually prefer window seats.

Question: 2 Cindy was so frustrated with the ....... because her suitcases were lost.

Correct Answer : 2 [baggage claim area]

Notes: Cindy was so frustrated with the baggage claim area because her suitcases were lost.

Question: 3 Flight attendants must see everyone's ....... before they are allowed to get onto the plane.

Correct Answer : 3 [boarding pass]

Notes: Flight attendants must see everyone's boarding pass before they are allowed to get onto the plane.

Question: 4 With most airlines, passengers are allowed to bring one piece of ....... luggage with them.

Correct Answer : 4 [carry-on]

Notes: With most airlines, passengers are allowed to bring one piece of carry-on luggage with them.

Question: 5 Pilots and co-pilots usually sit and control the ....... area of an airplane.

Correct Answer : 5 [cockpit]

Notes: Pilots and co-pilots usually sit and control the cockpit area of an airplane.

Question: 6 Right before take-off, the ....... instructed the passengers on what to do in case of an emergency as well as where all emergency exits are located.

Correct Answer : 6 [flight attendant]

Notes: Right before take-off, the flight attendant instructed the passengers on what to do in case of an emergency as well as where all emergency exits are located.

Question: 7 Ben had to run for five minutes, after his plane landed, because his connecting flight's ....... was so far away.

Correct Answer : 7 [gate]

Notes: Ben had to run for five minutes, after his plane landed, because his connecting flight's gate was so far away.

Question: 8 Bette quickly looked around for the ....... on the plane because her little girl wasn't feeling well.

Correct Answer : 8 [lavatory]

Notes: Bette quickly looked around for the lavatory on the plane because her little girl wasn't feeling well.

Question: 9 Sandra had to go through the airport's ....... in the security area three times because she had so many metal hairpins in her hair.

Correct Answer : 9 [metal detector]

Notes: Sandra had to go through the airport's metal detector in the security area three times because she had so many metal hairpins in her hair.

Question: 10 Jack put his carry-on baggage under his seat because the ....... was full.

Correct Answer : 10 [overhead compartment]

Notes: Jack put his carry-on baggage under his seat because the overhead compartment was full.