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 - 222

Question: 1 Sue had been saving ....... her money for a long time because she wanted to go on a round the world cruise.

Correct Answer : 1 [up]

Notes: Sue had been saving up her money for a long time because she wanted to go on a round the world cruise.

Question: 2 This had been a dream of ....... since she was a child.

Correct Answer : 2 [hers]

Notes: This had been a dream of hers since she was a child.

Question: 3 And now at it was a reality and her dream was about to be ........

Correct Answer : 3 [fulfilled]

Notes: And now at it was a reality and her dream was about to be fulfilled.

Question: 4 She had paid a ....... , a sum of money that would guarantee her cabin on the cruise.

Correct Answer : 4 [deposit]

Notes: She had paid a deposit, a sum of money that would guarantee her cabin on the cruise.

Question: 5 She had also decided that she would buy herself some new luggage, a ....... of cases that cost a lot of money.

Correct Answer : 5 [set]

Notes: She had also decided that she would buy herself some new luggage, a set of cases that cost a lot of money.

Question: 6 But she didn't really care how much she paid because she simply wasn't ....... about the expense.

Correct Answer : 6 [bothered]

Notes: But she didn't really care how much she paid because she simply wasn't bothered about the expense.

Question: 7 After all as far as she was concerned the cruise was going to be a journey of a ........

Correct Answer : 7 [lifetime]

Notes: After all as far as she was concerned the cruise was going to be a journey of a lifetime.

Question: 8 The night before the start of her holiday she ....... the night in a luxurious hotel very near the airport.

Correct Answer : 8 [spent]

Notes: The night before the start of her holiday she spent the night in a luxurious hotel very near the airport.

Question: 9 She didn't sleep very well, not because of the noise of the planes, since the airport seemed very quiet, but because she was so ....... at the thought of the cruise.

Correct Answer : 9 [excited]

Notes: She didn't sleep very well, not because of the noise of the planes, since the airport seemed very quiet, but because she was so excited at the thought of the cruise.

Question: 10 It was only when she had finished her breakfast that she realised why the airport had seemed so quiet- everyone had stopped work and gone on ....... !

Correct Answer : 10 [strike]

Notes: It was only when she had finished her breakfast that she realised why the airport had seemed so quiet-everyone had stopped work and gone on strike!