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 - 23
Question: 1 Mike: 'I just can't make my mind up. What do you think?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 1 [It's up to you.]
Notes: Mike: 'I just can't make my mind up. What do you think?'Jane: 'It's up to you.'
Question: 2 Mike: 'Hello. I wonder if you're interested in new double-glazing.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 2 [I'm really not interested.]
Notes: Mike: 'Hello. I wonder if you're interested in new double-glazing.'Jane: 'I'm really not interested.'
Question: 3 Mike: 'He offered me a 50% discount. What should I do?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 3 [Bite his hand off.]
Notes: Mike: 'He offered me a 50% discount. What should I do?'Jane: 'Bite his hand off.'
Question: 4 Mike: 'I need some support, right now.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 4 [Well, you can count on me.]
Notes: Mike: 'I need some support, right now.'Jane: 'Well, you can count on me.'
Question: 5 Mike: 'They haven't sent me the bill for a year now. What would you do?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 5 [I'd simply forget it.]
Notes: Mike: 'They haven't sent me the bill for a year now. What would you do?'Jane: 'I'd simply forget it.'
Question: 6 Mike: 'Can you explain why she did that?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 6 [Heaven only knows.]
Notes: Mike: 'Can you explain why she did that?'Jane: 'Heaven only knows.'
Question: 7 Mike: 'Do you think he'll be the next President?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 7 [Your guess is as good as mine.]
Notes: Mike: 'Do you think he'll be the next President?'Jane: 'Your guess is as good as mine.'
Question: 8 Mike: 'That's the 16th job interview I've failed. What should I do?' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 8 [Don't give up.]
Notes: Mike: 'That's the 16th job interview I've failed. What should I do?'Jane: 'Don't give up.'
Question: 9 Mike: 'I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 9 [Good luck.]
Notes: Mike: 'I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.'Jane: 'Good luck.'
Question: 10 Boss: 'And this is our new employee.' Jane: '.......'
Correct Answer : 10 [How do you do?]
Notes: Boss: 'And this is our new employee.'Jane: 'How do you do?'
Question: 1 One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the ....... of great activity.
Correct Answer : 1 [sound]
Notes: One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the sound of great activity.
Question: 2 What you could hear was the ants who were ....... drying grain.
Correct Answer : 2 [busy]
Notes: What you could hear was the ants who were busy drying grain.
Question: 3 Sensibly as all ants do, they had ....... the grain during the summer.
Correct Answer : 3 [collected]
Notes: Sensibly as all ants do, they had collected the grain during the summer.
Question: 4 Their plan was to eat this ....... during the winter.
Correct Answer : 4 [provision]
Notes: Their plan was to eat this provision during the winter.
Question: 5 They were so ....... in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.
Correct Answer : 5 [engrossed]
Notes: They were so engrossed in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.
Question: 6 The grasshopper was so weak he was practically ....... because he hadn't eaten for ages.
Correct Answer : 6 [starving]
Notes: The grasshopper was so weak he was practically starving because he hadn't eaten for ages.
Question: 7 He saw the ants and ....... them with all the strength he could find to let him have a little food.
Correct Answer : 7 [begged]
Notes: He saw the ants and begged them with all the strength he could find to let him have a little food.
Question: 8 The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't ....... up food in the summer.
Correct Answer : 8 [stored]
Notes: The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't stored up food in the summer.
Question: 9 The poor grasshopper ....... he had spent the whole summer enjoying himself singing and dancing.
Correct Answer : 9 [confessed]
Notes: The poor grasshopper confessed he had spent the whole summer enjoying himself singing and dancing.
Question: 10 All the ants laughed and said in that case he would have to dance ....... to bed in the winter.
Correct Answer : 10 [famished]
Notes: All the ants laughed and said in that case he would have to dance famished to bed in the winter.
Question: 1 There was absolutely no hesitation on her part and quick as a ....... she paid the bill.
Correct Answer : 1 [flash]
Notes: There was absolutely no hesitation on her part and quick as a flash she paid the bill.
Question: 2 As a child he had no problems learning foreign languages mainly because he was very quick on the ........
Correct Answer : 2 [uptake]
Notes: As a child he had no problems learning foreign languages mainly because he was very quick on the uptake.
Question: 3 He just couldn't play fast and ....... with his employees any longer simply because they never knew where he was.
Correct Answer : 3 [loose]
Notes: He just couldn't play fast and loose with his employees any longer simply because they never knew where he was.
Question: 4 He ....... a fast one at the entrance because he handed over 4 tickets although there were 5 of them entering the exhibition.
Correct Answer : 4 [pulled]
Notes: He pulled a fast one at the entrance because he handed over 4 tickets although there were 5 of them entering the exhibition.
Question: 5 Since he left the army, he misses the excitement and danger and still wants to live life in the fast ........
Correct Answer : 5 [lane]
Notes: Since he left the army, he misses the excitement and danger and still wants to live life in the fast lane.
Question: 6 You'll have to be quick off the ....... if you want to buy one of those houses because they're selling very fast.
Correct Answer : 6 [mark]
Notes: You'll have to be quick off the mark if you want to buy one of those houses because they're selling very fast.
Question: 7 He's one of the ....... rich quick fraternity who believe in making money as quickly as possible.
Correct Answer : 7 [get]
Notes: He's one of the get rich quick fraternity who believe in making money as quickly as possible.
Question: 8 He sees financial gain everywhere and never misses an opportunity to make a fast ........
Correct Answer : 8 [buck]
Notes: He sees financial gain everywhere and never misses an opportunity to make a fast buck.
Question: 9 Now that the company has made its first million, there's no stopping it and it's full ....... ahead.
Correct Answer : 9 [steam]
Notes: Now that the company has made its first million, there's no stopping it and it's full steam ahead.
Question: 10 I appreciate your hard work but sometimes you're so fast that you miss the details and I think it's a case of more ....... less speed.
Correct Answer : 10 [haste]
Notes: I appreciate your hard work but sometimes you're so fast that you miss the details and I think it's a case of more haste less speed.