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 - 50

Question: 1 Charles: I don't think I've ....... you before in this pub.

Correct Answer : 1 [seen]

Notes: Charles: I don't think I've seen you before in this pub.

Question: 2 Deborah: No, this is my first ........

Correct Answer : 2 [visit]

Notes: Deborah: No, this is my first visit.

Question: 3 Charles: And I see you've ....... your little dog with you.

Correct Answer : 3 [brought]

Notes: Charles: And I see you've brought your little dog with you.

Question: 4 Deborah: Yes, he goes ....... with me.

Correct Answer : 4 [everywhere]

Notes: Deborah: Yes, he goes everywhere with me.

Question: 5 Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his ....... with a knife and fork.

Correct Answer : 5 [food]

Notes: Charles: It's very good the way he sits at the table and eats his food with a knife and fork.

Question: 6 Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's ....... eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.

Correct Answer : 6 [finished]

Notes: Deborah: Oh yes. He's very good. At home when he's finished eating, he goes into the kitchen and washes up his plates.

Question: 7 Charles: That's really ....... I find that difficult to believe.

Correct Answer : 7 [amazing]

Notes: Charles: That's really amazing I find that difficult to believe.

Question: 8 Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do ....... things that people do.

Correct Answer : 8 [most]

Notes: Deborah: Believe me — he's a really wonderful dog and can do most things that people do.

Question: 9 Charles: The one thing I've ....... is that he doesn't say anything.

Correct Answer : 9 [noticed]

Notes: Charles: The one thing I've noticed is that he doesn't say anything.

Question: 10 Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a ....... throat.

Correct Answer : 10 [sore]

Notes: Deborah: Yes, that's right. He's not talking today because he's got a sore throat.

Question: 1 Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just ....... and pieces.

Correct Answer : 1 [bits]

Notes: Charlie didn't have much in the way of property — just bits and pieces.

Question: 2 In fact this was a piece of ....... for Charlie as it happened.

Correct Answer : 2 [luck]

Notes: In fact this was a piece of luck for Charlie as it happened.

Question: 3 Because when the ....... of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.

Correct Answer : 3 [villain]

Notes: Because when the villain of the piece arrived in the shape of a burglar to steal something, he didn't find anything valuable.

Question: 4 Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't ....... to pieces, he stayed calm.

Correct Answer : 4 [go]

Notes: Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn't go to pieces, he stayed calm.

Question: 5 The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the ....... and fled.

Correct Answer : 5 [action]

Notes: The burglar also had an assistant with him who clearly didn't want to get involved and have a piece of the action and fled.

Question: 6 Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his ........

Correct Answer : 6 [mind]

Notes: Charlie decided he would say exactly what he thought of the burglar and give him a piece of his mind.

Question: 7 He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a ....... piece of work.

Correct Answer : 7 [nasty]

Notes: He told him he was a wicked person and further he was a nasty piece of work.

Question: 8 The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece ........

Correct Answer : 8 [work]

Notes: The burglar explained that he didn't have a proper job and only did piece work.

Question: 9 Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was ....... of a piece with burgling.

Correct Answer : 9 [all]

Notes: Charlie laughed and said he was doing the same now — it was all of a piece with burgling.

Question: 10 Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in ....... piece.

Correct Answer : 10 [one]

Notes: Eventually the police arrived and were pleased to see Charlie was still all right and in one piece.

Question: 1 You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly ....... to the other makes in this garage.

Correct Answer : 1 [superior]

Notes: You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly superior to the other makes in this garage.

Question: 2 It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and ....... to slander.

Correct Answer : 2 [amount]

Notes: It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and amount to slander.

Question: 3 He ....... to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.

Correct Answer : 3 [claims]

Notes: He claims to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.

Question: 4 In this biography she is ....... as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.

Correct Answer : 4 [depicted]

Notes: In this biography she is depicted as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.

Question: 5 He had to be ....... from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.

Correct Answer : 5 [isolated]

Notes: He had to be isolated from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.

Question: 6 It's not that I don't trust you ....... I must have some evidence of your identity.

Correct Answer : 6 [but]

Notes: It's not that I don't trust you but I must have some evidence of your identity.

Question: 7 The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and ....... with the latest equipment.

Correct Answer : 7 [provided]

Notes: The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and provided with the latest equipment.

Question: 8 People used to think the cinema would be ....... by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

Correct Answer : 8 [supplanted]

Notes: People used to think the cinema would be supplanted by television but it never happened because people still go to the pictures.

Question: 9 She ....... to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.

Correct Answer : 9 [appeared]

Notes: She appeared to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.

Question: 10 There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better ....... with one another.

Correct Answer : 10 [collaborating]

Notes: There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better collaborating with one another.