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We want you to succeed in your IELTS test. To help you prepare, we’ve compiled official IELTS Academic practice test PDFs with answers. These will help you:
Get used to the test format
Experience the types of tasks involved
Test yourself under timed conditions
Review your answers and compare them with model answers.
Note: The Listening and Speaking tests are the same for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training, but the Reading and Writing tests are different.
IELTS Academic Listening practice test pdf with answers
The IELTS Academic Listening test has 4 sections and 40 questions to complete in 40 minutes. Each section features conversations, discussions, or monologues.
Access practice tests below:
Test 1 - Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 2 – Note completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 3 – Plan, Map, Diagram labelling: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 4 – Multiple choice (more than one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 5 – Multiple choice (one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 6 – Short answers: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 7 – Table completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 8 – Sentence completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 9 – Flow chart completion: Play Audio | Download answer key
Test 10 – Familiarisation test: Play Audio | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Reading practice test pdf with answers
The Academic Reading test has 3 passages and 40 questions to complete in 60 minutes.
Sample practice questions include:
(A) Computer-based questions with answers
Matching feature: Question | Download answer key
Matching sentence endings: Question | Download answer key
Sentence completion: Question | Download answer key
Summary completion (select words from text): Question | Download answer key
Summary completion (select from a list of words): Question | Download answer keNote completion: Question | Download answer key
Identifying information (True/False/Not Given): Question | Download answer key
Multiple choice (more than one answer): Question | Download answer key
Multiple choice (one answer): Question | Download answer key
Table completion: Question | Download answer key
Familiarisation test: Question | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Writing practice test pdf with answers
The IELTS Academic Writing test includes two tasks to be completed in 60 minutes. Task 1 requires you to describe visual information, such as a graph or chart. Task 2 asks you to write an essay on a given topic. To perform well, access our IELTS Academic Writing practice test PDF.
Sample practice tests:
(A) Computer-based questions with answers
IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice test 1: View Task | Download answer key
IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 practice test 2: View Task | Download answer key
Familiarisation test 3: Writing demo
IELTS Academic Speaking practice test PDF with answers
The IELTS Academic Speaking test will assess your use of spoken English. The test will last between 11 and 14 minutes, during which you will discuss a variety of topics with an IELTS examiner. To score well, access our IELTS Academic Speaking practice test PDF.
Sample practice:
Speaking Part 1 practice test 1: Prompt | Recording | Transcript
Speaking Part 2 practice test 2: Prompt | Recording | Transcript