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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Remember, you will take the Listening, Reading and Writing tests on the same day with no breaks in between, so it’s important to practise under similar conditions.
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Exercise - 75
Question: 1 The flight ....... delayed because of bad weather.
Correct Answer : 1 [was]
Notes: The flight was delayed because of bad weather.
Question: 2 ....... you do much sightseeing when you were on vacation in Madrid?
Correct Answer : 2 [Did]
Notes: Did you do much sightseeing when you were on vacation in Madrid?
Question: 3 They ....... leaving for the airport when I last saw them.
Correct Answer : 3 [were]
Notes: They were leaving for the airport when I last saw them.
Question: 4 I ....... forgotten to set my alarm clock, so I was late for my train.
Correct Answer : 4 [had]
Notes: I had forgotten to set my alarm clock, so I was late for my train.
Question: 5 ....... it raining when you left your office this afternoon?
Correct Answer : 5 [Was]
Notes: Was it raining when you left your office this afternoon?
Question: 6 The employees ....... informed last night that their company was going into receivership.
Correct Answer : 6 [were]
Notes: The employees were informed last night that their company was going into receivership.
Question: 7 The police located the art work which ....... been stolen from the gallery.
Correct Answer : 7 [had]
Notes: The police located the art work which had been stolen from the gallery.
Question: 8 The fire ....... caused by an electrical problem.
Correct Answer : 8 [was]
Notes: The fire was caused by an electrical problem.
Question: 9 She was surprised that he knew her name. She ....... never met him before.
Correct Answer : 9 [had]
Notes: She was surprised that he knew her name. She had never met him before.
Question: 10 How many times ....... your travel documents checked before you boarded the airplane?
Correct Answer : 10 [were]
Notes: How many times were your travel documents checked before you boarded the airplane?
Question: 1 Ah there you ....... ! I wondered where you were.
Correct Answer : 1 [are]
Notes: Ah there you are! I wondered where you were.
Question: 2 She said she'd help him if she ........
Correct Answer : 2 [could]
Notes: She said she'd help him if she could.
Question: 3 He told them he ....... starting work the next day.
Correct Answer : 3 [would be]
Notes: He told them he would be starting work the next day.
Question: 4 I had instructions that I ....... to leave the door unlocked when I came home.
Correct Answer : 4 [was]
Notes: I had instructions that I was to leave the door unlocked when I came home.
Question: 5 He refused to go until he ....... seen all the paintings.
Correct Answer : 5 [had]
Notes: He refused to go until he had seen all the paintings.
Question: 6 Don't worry even if you make a mistake because if you ......., it doesn't matter.
Correct Answer : 6 [do]
Notes: Don't worry even if you make a mistake because if you do, it doesn't matter.
Question: 7 He ....... silly things like this. Take no notice now.
Correct Answer : 7 [is always doing]
Notes: He is always doing silly things like this. Take no notice now.
Question: 8 The man who ....... walking down the road just then, lives next door.
Correct Answer : 8 [was]
Notes: The man who was walking down the road just then, lives next door.
Question: 9 It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he ....... at you last night.
Correct Answer : 9 [shouted]
Notes: It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he shouted at you last night.
Question: 10 Come on tell me honestly what you ....... to do now.
Correct Answer : 10 [want]
Notes: Come on tell me honestly what you want to do now.