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 - 36
Question: 1 The pencils and paper ....... on your desk.
Correct Answer : 1 [are]
Notes: The pencils and paper are on your desk.
Question: 2 ....... do you like to do on the weekends?
Correct Answer : 2 [What]
Notes: What do you like to do on the weekends?
Question: 3 My sister is ....... home today.
Correct Answer : 3 [at]
Notes: My sister is at home today.
Question: 4 ....... am an engineer.
Correct Answer : 4 [I]
Notes: I am an engineer.
Question: 5 The bathroom is ....... to the front door.
Correct Answer : 5 [next]
Notes: The bathroom is next to the front door.
Question: 6 He always works ....... hard.
Correct Answer : 6 [very]
Notes: He always works very hard.
Question: 7 Do you ....... time to go to the store for me?
Correct Answer : 7 [have]
Notes: Do you have time to go to the store for me?
Question: 8 She is ....... athlete.
Correct Answer : 8 [an]
Notes: She is an athlete.
Question: 9 There are 12 ....... in a year.
Correct Answer : 9 [months]
Notes: There are 12 months in a year.
Question: 10 Driving to work in a car is much ....... than riding a bicycle.
Correct Answer : 10 [faster]
Notes: Driving to work in a car is much faster than riding a bicycle.
Question: 1 Why didn't you ....... up for work yesterday?
Correct Answer : 1 [turn]
Notes: Why didn't you turn up for work yesterday?
Question: 2 To be honest I was feeling a bit ....... down.
Correct Answer : 2 [run]
Notes: To be honest I was feeling a bit run down.
Question: 3 Well, I don't think that's a very good reason and you must ....... up with a better explanation.
Correct Answer : 3 [come]
Notes: Well, I don't think that's a very good reason and you must come up with a better explanation.
Question: 4 I'm sorry I'm not sure I can ....... it across any better.
Correct Answer : 4 [put]
Notes: I'm sorry I'm not sure I can put it across any better.
Question: 5 Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to ....... on in your career, you must tell me the truth.
Correct Answer : 5 [get]
Notes: Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to get on in your career, you must tell me the truth.
Question: 6 All right I ....... up, I'll tell you the truth.
Correct Answer : 6 [give]
Notes: All right I give up, I'll tell you the truth.
Question: 7 Now, you're being sensible — ....... on.
Correct Answer : 7 [carry]
Notes: Now, you're being sensible — carry on.
Question: 8 Well, I won't ....... up any more excuses. I wasn't here yesterday because I went to a football match.
Correct Answer : 8 [make]
Notes: Well, I won't make up any more excuses. I wasn't here yesterday because I went to a football match.
Question: 9 Thank you for your honesty. Now ....... up that piece of paper.
Correct Answer : 9 [pick]
Notes: Thank you for your honesty. Now pick up that piece of paper.
Question: 10 Right. What's this? Oh no, you're ....... me out of the firm.
Correct Answer : 10 [throwing]
Notes: Right. What's this? Oh no, you're throwing me out of the firm.
Question: 1 I'm suspicious really because at the back of my ....... I don't trust them.
Correct Answer : 1 [mind]
Notes: I'm suspicious really because at the back of my mind I don't trust them.
Question: 2 He said he'd read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back ....... compliment.
Correct Answer : 2 [handed]
Notes: He said he'd read my funny story and had laughed twice, which was a sort of back handed compliment.
Question: 3 She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she's regarded as unimportant — a sort of back ........
Correct Answer : 3 [number]
Notes: She was a very famous film star some 40 years ago but now she's regarded as unimportant — a sort of back number.
Question: 4 He's having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat ........
Correct Answer : 4 [driver]
Notes: He's having trouble with his mother-in-law because she likes to control everything rather like a backseat driver.
Question: 5 Where we live is a sort of back....... because nobody here knows what's going on in the world.
Correct Answer : 5 [water]
Notes: Where we live is a sort of backwater because nobody here knows what's going on in the world.
Question: 6 She's the sort of person who can't bear being secretive and will never talk about you ....... your back.
Correct Answer : 6 [behind]
Notes: She's the sort of person who can't bear being secretive and will never talk about you behind your back.
Question: 7 There's still some way to go with this latest project but I think we've ....... the back of it.
Correct Answer : 7 [broken]
Notes: There's still some way to go with this latest project but I think we've broken the back of it.
Question: 8 I've lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my ........
Correct Answer : 8 [hand]
Notes: I've lived here all my life and know every single road and street like the back of my hand.
Question: 9 Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she's been ....... on her back.
Correct Answer : 9 [flat]
Notes: Poor woman since she got knocked down by a car, she's been flat on her back.
Question: 10 He's one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to ....... their back up.
Correct Answer : 10 [put]
Notes: He's one of those irritating people who manages within a few minutes of meeting someone to put their back up.