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 - 82
Question: 1 I'm sorry, James isn't ....... at the moment. Can I take a message?
Correct Answer : 1 [in]
Notes: I'm sorry, James isn't in at the moment. Can I take a message?
Question: 2 We've run ....... sugar. Could you please buy some more?
Correct Answer : 2 [out of]
Notes: We've run out of sugar. Could you please buy some more?
Question: 3 I don't know how you ....... with such noisy brothers. It would drive me crazy.
Correct Answer : 3 [put up]
Notes: I don't know how you put up with such noisy brothers. It would drive me crazy.
Question: 4 You've borrowed such a great deal of money from me lately. I need to ....... exactly how much you owe me.
Correct Answer : 4 [work out]
Notes: You've borrowed such a great deal of money from me lately. I need to work out exactly how much you owe me.
Question: 5 Can you ....... the time of the next train to Munich?
Correct Answer : 5 [find out]
Notes: Can you find out the time of the next train to Munich?
Question: 6 That maths exam was incredibly difficult. It took me ages to ....... some of the answers.
Correct Answer : 6 [work out]
Notes: That maths exam was incredibly difficult. It took me ages to work out some of the answers.
Question: 7 I don't mind helping you bake a cake, but just make sure you ....... everything when you've finished.
Correct Answer : 7 [put away]
Notes: I don't mind helping you bake a cake, but just make sure you put away everything when you've finished.
Question: 8 I'm broke. I have to ....... an idea for making money.
Correct Answer : 8 [come up with]
Notes: I'm broke. I have to come up with an idea for making money.
Question: 9 Our teacher told us to ....... our work quietly.
Correct Answer : 9 [get on with]
Notes: Our teacher told us to get on with our work quietly.
Question: 10 The government wants to ....... a new scheme to encourage people to start their own businesses.
Correct Answer : 10 [try out]
Notes: The government wants to try out a new scheme to encourage people to start their own businesses.
Question: 1 It's almost completed now because all we have to do is sign a few documents and then the paper....... is finished.
Correct Answer : 1 [work]
Notes: It's almost completed now because all we have to do is sign a few documents and then the paperwork is finished.
Question: 2 They've tried to keep the truth from you but nothing's changed as all they've done is paper ....... the cracks.
Correct Answer : 2 [over]
Notes: They've tried to keep the truth from you but nothing's changed as all they've done is paper over the cracks.
Question: 3 If you keep the window open all the time, you'll need something heavy like a ....... to stop things blowing away.
Correct Answer : 3 [paperweight]
Notes: If you keep the window open all the time, you'll need something heavy like a paperweight to stop things blowing away.
Question: 4 The professor is ....... an important paper on sociolinguistics tonight in the main hall.
Correct Answer : 4 [delivering]
Notes: The professor is delivering an important paper on sociolinguistics tonight in the main hall.
Question: 5 I shouldn't worry too much about him. He looks very frightening but underneath he's really a paper ........
Correct Answer : 5 [tiger]
Notes: I shouldn't worry too much about him. He looks very frightening but underneath he's really a paper tiger.
Question: 6 The reason why I knew all about the story in the village is because it was on the front page of the ....... paper.
Correct Answer : 6 [local]
Notes: The reason why I knew all about the story in the village is because it was on the front page of the local paper.
Question: 7 As soon as the story about the scandal became known, it didn't take long to ....... the papers.
Correct Answer : 7 [hit]
Notes: As soon as the story about the scandal became known, it didn't take long to hit the papers.
Question: 8 You really shouldn't ....... everything you read in the papers.
Correct Answer : 8 [believe]
Notes: You really shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers.
Question: 9 She makes a loaf of bread last a very long time because she cuts each slice paper ........
Correct Answer : 9 [thin]
Notes: She makes a loaf of bread last a very long time because she cuts each slice paper thin.
Question: 10 Do you know how many ....... of wallpaper are needed to decorate this room?
Correct Answer : 10 [rolls]
Notes: Do you know how many rolls of wallpaper are needed to decorate this room?