IELTS practice, computer-delivered style

Practise for IELTS the way you will take it.

30 full practice tests for Academic and General Training. Timed, scored instantly, with an estimated band and an explanation for every answer.

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Take the free 35-minute diagnostic: short Listening and Reading papers and an optional essay. You get a band estimate for each skill and a study plan that shows what to practise next.

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Academic or General Training?

Academic: For university study or professional registration. Reading uses longer academic texts; Writing Task 1 describes a chart, process or map.
General Training: For work, training or migration. Reading uses everyday and workplace texts; Writing Task 1 is a letter.
Both: Listening and Speaking are the same for everyone.

Exam-style screens

Get used to the screens before test day. These previews use a short sample text; the practice tests are full length.

Practice Test: Academic Reading

2/40 answered

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Part 1Read the text and answer questions 1-13.

Bees on the rooftops

Over the past decade, beekeeping has moved from the countryside into city centres. Hives now sit on the roofs of hotels, offices and libraries, and some cities report more registered hives per square kilometre than nearby farmland.

Supporters argue that urban bees benefit from a surprisingly varied diet. Parks, gardens and street trees flower at different times, so city colonies can often find pollen from early spring until late autumn.

Researchers are more cautious. A study of one European capital found that the number of hives had grown faster than the supply of flowers, which may leave wild bees competing with honeybees for the same food.

Questions 1-2

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?

Choose TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN.

Question 3

Complete the sentence below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text.

3Because plants flower at different times, city bees can collect for most of the year.

Reading: the text on the left, questions on the right, with a timer and a Submit button, as in the computer-delivered test.

Results: raw score, estimated band, a score for each part, and a reason for every answer.

How it works

Take a timed test
Sit a full paper on screen, with the same timings, question types and layout as the computer-delivered IELTS.
Get your band and explanations
See your raw score and estimated band straight away, with the correct answer, the reason and the evidence for every question.
Practise your weak skills
Your study plan shows which skills and question types cost you marks, and which new test to take each week until your exam.

Everything in each test

Listening
4 parts, 40 questions, about 30 minutes. Audio plays once, like the real test, with an optional practice mode.
Reading
Academic or General Training. 3 parts, 40 questions, 60 minutes, in a split-screen layout.
Writing
Task 1 and Task 2 with a live word count, then two model answers (band 6.0 and 7.5) with comments.
Speaking
Parts 1-3 with a cue card, 1-minute preparation and 2-minute talk timers, plus sample answers.

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All practice material is original and written for this app. It is not produced or endorsed by the IELTS partners. Band scores are estimates based on published conversion tables.

Practise for IELTS the way you will take it.

Academic or General Training?

Exam-style screens

How it works

Take a timed test

Get your band and explanations

Practise your weak skills

Everything in each test

Listening

Reading

Writing

Speaking