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 - 90

Question: 1 Students were instructed to use the Internet ....... some information about Australia for the class project.

Correct Answer : 1 [to look up]

Notes: Students were instructed to use the Internet to look up some information about Australia for the class project.

Question: 2 The treasurer assured his constituents that he would ....... the scandal shortly after the results of the general election were made public.

Correct Answer : 2 [look into]

Notes: The treasurer assured his constituents that he would look into the scandal shortly after the results of the general election were made public.

Question: 3 My attorney advised me ....... the terms and conditions of the insurance policy several times so that I was fully aware of what I was getting myself into.

Correct Answer : 3 [to look over]

Notes: My attorney advised me to look over the terms and conditions of the insurance policy several times so that I was fully aware of what I was getting myself into.

Question: 4 I have always ....... my grandfather because he has lived such an amazing life.

Correct Answer : 4 [looked up to]

Notes: I have always looked up to my grandfather because he has lived such an amazing life.

Question: 5 I ....... my laptop in car, in my office and even under the bed, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Correct Answer : 5 [looked for]

Notes: I looked for my laptop in car, in my office and even under the bed, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Question: 6 Airport authorities advised passengers to ....... suspicious looking people passing through the international terminal.

Correct Answer : 6 [look out for]

Notes: Airport authorities advised passengers to look out for suspicious looking people passing through the international terminal.

Question: 7 The view from the penthouse suite of the five star hotel ....... over the Pacific Ocean.

Correct Answer : 7 [looks out]

Notes: The view from the penthouse suite of the five star hotel looks out over the Pacific Ocean.

Question: 8 Students were given five minutes to ....... the examination paper before they were told to start writing.

Correct Answer : 8 [look through]

Notes: Students were given five minutes to look through the examination paper before they were told to start writing.

Question: 9 My family finally made the painful decision of admitting my grandmother to a nursing home as she is no longer capable of ....... herself.

Correct Answer : 9 [looking after]

Notes: My family finally made the painful decision of admitting my grandmother to a nursing home as she is no longer capable of looking after herself.

Question: 10 When I blamed the hospital for giving me the wrong medicine, the managment ....... the matter very carefully.

Correct Answer : 10 [looked into]

Notes: When I blamed the hospital for giving me the wrong medicine, the managment looked into the matter very carefully.