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 - 46
Question: 1 If I am not right I am ........
Correct Answer : 1 [wrong]
Notes: If I am not right I am wrong.
Question: 2 If you are not taller you are ........
Correct Answer : 2 [shorter]
Notes: If you are not taller you are shorter.
Question: 3 The car is not ....... , it is slow.
Correct Answer : 3 [fast]
Notes: The car is not fast, it is slow.
Question: 4 Today it is not hot, it is ........
Correct Answer : 4 [cold]
Notes: Today it is not hot, it is cold.
Question: 5 If I am not weak I am ........
Correct Answer : 5 [strong]
Notes: If I am not weak I am strong.
Question: 6 I do not get up ....... , I get up early.
Correct Answer : 6 [late]
Notes: I do not get up late, I get up early.
Question: 7 He is the heaviest and I am the ........
Correct Answer : 7 [lightest]
Notes: He is the heaviest and I am the lightest.
Question: 8 What goes up must come ........
Correct Answer : 8 [down]
Notes: What goes up must come down.
Question: 9 At the stop sign do not turn right, turn ........
Correct Answer : 9 [left]
Notes: At the stop sign do not turn right, turn left.
Question: 10 My mom's hair is not straight, it is ........
Correct Answer : 10 [curly]
Notes: My mom's hair is not straight, it is curly.
Question: 1 Personally I don't believe a word of it and if you want my opinion I think it's all stuff and ........
Correct Answer : 1 [nonsense]
Notes: Personally I don't believe a word of it and if you want my opinion I think it's all stuff and nonsense.
Question: 2 You know the kind of things politicians talk about: health care, education, welfare and stuff ....... that.
Correct Answer : 2 [like]
Notes: You know the kind of things politicians talk about: health care, education, welfare and stuff like that.
Question: 3 He'd carefully avoided having any alcohol until he was twenty-five and then he had a small drop of the ....... stuff.
Correct Answer : 3 [hard]
Notes: He'd carefully avoided having any alcohol until he was twenty-five and then he had a small drop of the hard stuff.
Question: 4 You shouldn't really have any difficulties with the work they're doing as it's very basic in fact you could call it ....... stuff.
Correct Answer : 4 [kids']
Notes: You shouldn't really have any difficulties with the work they're doing as it's very basic in fact you could call it kids' stuff.
Question: 5 It's quite clear she's studied the subject very thoroughly and when she lectured, you could tell she ....... her stuff.
Correct Answer : 5 [knew]
Notes: It's quite clear she's studied the subject very thoroughly and when she lectured, you could tell she knew her stuff.
Question: 6 Now remember when you get up to speak, we're all relying on you to impress everyone and we expect you to ....... your stuff.
Correct Answer : 6 [do]
Notes: Now remember when you get up to speak, we're all relying on you to impress everyone and we expect you to do your stuff.
Question: 7 It's very difficult to make him enjoy himself, relax and take it easy because he always behaves like a stuffed ........
Correct Answer : 7 [shirt]
Notes: It's very difficult to make him enjoy himself, relax and take it easy because he always behaves like a stuffed shirt.
Question: 8 ....... the stuff! I want to hear it loud and clear and as much of it as you can manage. Well done!
Correct Answer : 8 [That's]
Notes: That's the stuff! I want to hear it loud and clear and as much of it as you can manage. Well done!
Question: 9 If you really want to lose weight, the only way is to eat less and stop stuffing your ....... every five minutes!
Correct Answer : 9 [face]
Notes: If you really want to lose weight, the only way is to eat less and stop stuffing your face every five minutes!
Question: 10 It came as a great shock to him when he heard the news and quite ....... the stuffing out of him for days.
Correct Answer : 10 [knocked]
Notes: It came as a great shock to him when he heard the news and quite knocked the stuffing out of him for days.
Question: 1 As a troubleshooter he was often ....... to sort out problems in different area offices.
Correct Answer : 1 [sent]
Notes: As a troubleshooter he was often sent to sort out problems in different area offices.
Question: 2 I don't believe it myself but ....... to the newspapers he is supposed to have exaggerated the firm's profits.
Correct Answer : 2 [according]
Notes: I don't believe it myself but according to the newspapers he is supposed to have exaggerated the firm's profits.
Question: 3 He finds himself in a very difficult situation since you could say he's ....... a rock and a hard place.
Correct Answer : 3 [between]
Notes: He finds himself in a very difficult situation since you could say he's between a rock and a hard place.
Question: 4 Eventually they made their minds up and ....... to appoint the outsider to the job.
Correct Answer : 4 [decided]
Notes: Eventually they made their minds up and decided to appoint the outsider to the job.
Question: 5 In ....... to prevent any industrial espionage all employees had to sign a document preventing them from talking about their work.
Correct Answer : 5 [order]
Notes: In order to prevent any industrial espionage all employees had to sign a document preventing them from talking about their work.
Question: 6 With a view to providing a better environment for their children the couple decided to move ....... from the city to the countryside.
Correct Answer : 6 [away]
Notes: With a view to providing a better environment for their children the couple decided to move away from the city to the countryside.
Question: 7 The boss wants you to explain why there is a discrepancy in the figures and ....... for the sudden drop in profits.
Correct Answer : 7 [account]
Notes: The boss wants you to explain why there is a discrepancy in the figures and account for the sudden drop in profits.
Question: 8 The charity is finding it very difficult to continue operating and that's why it's ....... for the government to help.
Correct Answer : 8 [calling]
Notes: The charity is finding it very difficult to continue operating and that's why it's calling for the government to help.
Question: 9 The government are erecting concrete blocks around the Houses of Parliament to ....... the buildings against possible terrorist attacks.
Correct Answer : 9 [defend]
Notes: The government are erecting concrete blocks around the Houses of Parliament to defend the buildings against possible terrorist attacks.
Question: 10 It wasn't really a serious crime but it was pointed out to him that by parking there he was in ....... of a local byelaw.
Correct Answer : 10 [violation]
Notes: It wasn't really a serious crime but it was pointed out to him that by parking there he was in violation of a local byelaw.