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. 

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Exercise - 40

Question: 1 ....... one of you is coming to my house later?

Correct Answer : 1 [Which]

Notes: Which one of you is coming to my house later?

Question: 2 ....... are you going to get home from work?

Correct Answer : 2 [How]

Notes: How are you going to get home from work?

Question: 3 ....... is that guy talking to your sister?

Correct Answer : 3 [Who]

Notes: Who is that guy talking to your sister?

Question: 4 She wants to know ....... you like your coffee.

Correct Answer : 4 [how]

Notes: She wants to know how you like your coffee.

Question: 5 Let me know ....... you hear from your mother.

Correct Answer : 5 [when]

Notes: Let me know when you hear from your mother.

Question: 6 ....... would you like on your hamburger?

Correct Answer : 6 [What]

Notes: What would you like on your hamburger?

Question: 7 ....... dog is that?

Correct Answer : 7 [Whose]

Notes: Whose dog is that?

Question: 8 This is ....... I want to be when I grow up.

Correct Answer : 8 [what]

Notes: This is what I want to be when I grow up.

Question: 9 My mother is the one ....... sings on TV every morning.

Correct Answer : 9 [who]

Notes: My mother is the one who sings on TV every morning.

Question: 10 ....... shoes are those?

Correct Answer : 10 [Whose]

Notes: Whose shoes are those?

Question: 1 Will the driver of the blue Ford Fiesta XYZ 343 please ....... their car.

Correct Answer : 1 [move]

Notes: Will the driver of the blue Ford Fiesta XYZ 343 please move their car.

Question: 2 The reason for this is that the Fiesta is ....... our delivery lorry from leaving the premises.

Correct Answer : 2 [preventing]

Notes: The reason for this is that the Fiesta is preventing our delivery lorry from leaving the premises.

Question: 3 We ask the ....... of this vehicle to go back to their car as soon as possible and park their car in another space.

Correct Answer : 3 [owner]

Notes: We ask the owner of this vehicle to go back to their car as soon as possible and park their car in another space.

Question: 4 This is a customer ........ We have a special offer at the moment on bananas.

Correct Answer : 4 [announcement]

Notes: This is a customer announcement. We have a special offer at the moment on bananas.

Question: 5 For the next hour it will be possible to buy just one ....... of bananas and get one more free.

Correct Answer : 5 [bunch]

Notes: For the next hour it will be possible to buy just one bunch of bananas and get one more free.

Question: 6 Further to our ....... for the Ford Fiesta to be reparked, this matter is now very urgent. Our lorry cannot get out.

Correct Answer : 6 [request]

Notes: Further to our request for the Ford Fiesta to be reparked, this matter is now very urgent. Our lorry cannot get out.

Question: 7 We have to inform our customers that the store will be closing in half an hour's ........

Correct Answer : 7 [time]

Notes: We have to inform our customers that the store will be closing in half an hour's time.

Question: 8 We would like to ....... our customers that over the Christmas period we will be closing an hour earlier than usual.

Correct Answer : 8 [remind]

Notes: We would like to remind our customers that over the Christmas period we will be closing an hour earlier than usual.

Question: 9 There are now only ten minutes remaining for you to make your ....... and go to the checkout.

Correct Answer : 9 [purchases]

Notes: There are now only ten minutes remaining for you to make your purchases and go to the checkout.

Question: 10 A final ....... for the driver of the Ford Fiesta: there is no need now to repark as our delivery lorry has done that for you!

Correct Answer : 10 [message]

Notes: A final message for the driver of the Ford Fiesta: there is no need now to repark as our delivery lorry has done that for you!

Question: 1 There are late risers and early risers, those who need a lot of sleep and those who need only a ....... ,

Correct Answer : 1 [little]

Notes: There are late risers and early risers, those who need a lot of sleep and those who need only a little,

Question: 2 some who take ....... to wake up and some who jump straight out of bed first thing,

Correct Answer : 2 [ages]

Notes: some who take ages to wake up and some who jump straight out of bed first thing,

Question: 3 but whatever the required ......., all of us need sleep at some time during the day or night.

Correct Answer : 3 [amount]

Notes: but whatever the required amount, all of us need sleep at some time during the day or night.

Question: 4 And so it's not surprising the many ways we have of ....... it.

Correct Answer : 4 [describing]

Notes: And so it's not surprising the many ways we have of describing it.

Question: 5 To start with there is a special ....... for children.

Correct Answer : 5 [language]

Notes: To start with there is a special language for children.

Question: 6 The sandman is coming is what we say to ....... children

Correct Answer : 6 [sleepy]

Notes: The sandman is coming is what we say to sleepy children

Question: 7 following the old story about that strange man who ....... to drop sand in their eyes near bed time.

Correct Answer : 7 [is supposed]

Notes: following the old story about that strange man who is supposed to drop sand in their eyes near bed time.

Question: 8 ....... we talk of the need for a child to start on his journey to slumber land or the land of nod

Correct Answer : 8 [Alternatively]

Notes: Alternatively we talk of the need for a child to start on his journey to slumber land or the land of nod

Question: 9 and parents of a musical ....... of mind can speed their children on their way to this land of sleep with a lullaby.

Correct Answer : 9 [turn]

Notes: and parents of a musical turn of mind can speed their children on their way to this land of sleep with a lullaby.

Question: 10 Of course as you grow older, you ....... in the luxury of short sleeps during the day.

Correct Answer : 10 [indulge]

Notes: Of course as you grow older, you indulge in the luxury of short sleeps during the day.