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 - 225

Question: 1 The one day that most people hate is Monday because that's when they have to go back to their ....... of work.

Correct Answer : 1 [place]

Notes: The one day that most people hate is Monday because that's when they have to go back to their place of work.

Question: 2 The one day that many people love is Friday because that is when they can think about their time ....... at the weekend.

Correct Answer : 2 [off]

Notes: The one day that many people love is Friday because that is when they can think about their time off at the weekend.

Question: 3 Usually Saturday and Sunday just ....... by more quickly than the other 5 days of the week.

Correct Answer : 3 [fly]

Notes: Usually Saturday and Sunday just fly by more quickly than the other 5 days of the week.

Question: 4 But then what would ....... to us if we didn't do any work?

Correct Answer : 4 [happen]

Notes: But then what would happen to us if we didn't do any work?

Question: 5 In the first place we'd have no money to buy food and we'd probably ........

Correct Answer : 5 [starve]

Notes: In the first place we'd have no money to buy food and we'd probably starve.

Question: 6 Mind you it could be a way of ....... weight and becoming slimmer.

Correct Answer : 6 [losing]

Notes: Mind you it could be a way of losing weight and becoming slimmer.

Question: 7 But in the end we would probably find that doing nothing all day could be very uninteresting and ........

Correct Answer : 7 [boring]

Notes: But in the end we would probably find that doing nothing all day could be very uninteresting and boring.

Question: 8 So let's not complain too much about it because we simply have to accept it as a ....... fact of life.

Correct Answer : 8 [necessary]

Notes: So let's not complain too much about it because we simply have to accept it as a necessary fact of life.

Question: 9 Just remember and never ....... that some people aren't able to work even when they want to.

Correct Answer : 9 [forget]

Notes: Just remember and never forget that some people aren't able to work even when they want to.

Question: 10 One way is to ....... , even if it's not true, and tell yourself that the new name for Monday is Friday!

Correct Answer : 10 [pretend]

Notes: One way is to pretend, even if it's not true, and tell yourself that the new name for Monday is Friday!