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 - 98

Question: 1 Can you please ....... us some money until we get paid next week?

Correct Answer : 1 [lend]

Notes: Can you please lend us some money until we get paid next week?

Question: 2 I decided to invest in the commodities market as the ....... on offer from the bank was at an all-time low.

Correct Answer : 2 [interest]

Notes: I decided to invest in the commodities market as the interest on offer from the bank was at an all-time low.

Question: 3 Many retailers in Jakarta refuse to exchange purchases unless you can show them your ........

Correct Answer : 3 [receipt]

Notes: Many retailers in Jakarta refuse to exchange purchases unless you can show them your receipt.

Question: 4 My boss informed me that I had been nominated to ....... a sales pitch to one of our company's largest buyers.

Correct Answer : 4 [make]

Notes: My boss informed me that I had been nominated to make a sales pitch to one of our company's largest buyers.

Question: 5 I saw a very good ....... advertised in the newspaper this week.

Correct Answer : 5 [job]

Notes: I saw a very good job advertised in the newspaper this week.

Question: 6 My wife has a ....... job at the department store.

Correct Answer : 6 [part-time]

Notes: My wife has a part-time job at the department store.

Question: 7 The psychiatrist gave his patient a ....... for some medicine.

Correct Answer : 7 [prescription]

Notes: The psychiatrist gave his patient a prescription for some medicine.

Question: 8 When a fire broke out at the Louvre, at least twenty ....... paintings were destroyed, including two by Henri Matisse.

Correct Answer : 8 [priceless]

Notes: When a fire broke out at the Louvre, at least twenty priceless paintings were destroyed, including two by Henri Matisse.

Question: 9 I must remember to fill in my tax ....... before the end of this week.

Correct Answer : 9 [return]

Notes: I must remember to fill in my tax return before the end of this week.

Question: 10 Can you take this money to the bank and make a ....... for me?

Correct Answer : 10 [deposit]

Notes: Can you take this money to the bank and make a deposit for me?