IELTS Academic practice
Full IELTS Academic tests on the 0–9 band scale — Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking — with every answer explained. Listening recordings play once in tests, with the narrator and reading time of the real exam.
Pick a mode
Timed full test
Listening, Reading and Writing with one clock per section, then Speaking. About 2 h 45 min.
Untimed full test
Same order, no clocks. Learn the format at your own pace.
Practice by section
One complete section — Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking — with a band estimate and a full review.
Full practice tests
10+ complete IELTS Academic tests — Listening · Reading · Writing · Speaking. Each time you press start you get a test you haven't taken yet, chosen at random. When you have done them all, a new round begins.
Practice by section
Each practice is a whole section in the official order — never a single question type on its own. Untimed or timed, with your band estimate and an explanation for every answer.
Listening
Forms, notes, multiple choice, matching and maps — answered while you listen.
Reading
Three Academic passages; True/False/Not Given, headings, matching, completion.
Writing
Task 1 report on a chart, process or map, and a Task 2 essay — with band-9 models.
Speaking
Examiner questions, a cue card with one minute to prepare, and a discussion.
Free courses
Twelve lessons covering the format, core reading skills, every question type, timing and a study plan.
Ten lessons covering the four parts, prediction, distractors, every task type and a practice plan.
Fourteen lessons covering the marking criteria, every Task 1 visual and every Task 2 essay type.
Ten lessons covering the three parts, the four criteria, fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
Complete passages solved step by step, showing how a high scorer reads, locates and decides.
The same tasks answered at different bands, with examiner-style comments and line-by-line upgrades.
Question guides
Listening: Form, note & table completion · Sentence completion · Short-answer questions · Multiple choice · Choose two answers · Matching · Map & plan labelling
Reading: True / False / Not Given · Yes / No / Not Given · Multiple choice · Choose two or three answers · Matching headings · Matching information · Matching features · Matching sentence endings · Sentence completion · Summary completion · Summary completion from a box · Note, table & flow-chart completion · Short-answer questions · Diagram labelling
Writing: Task 1: line graph · Task 1: bar chart · Task 1: pie charts · Task 1: table · Task 1: multiple charts · Task 1: process diagram · Task 1: maps · Task 2: opinion essay · Task 2: discussion essay · Task 2: advantages & disadvantages · Task 2: problem & solution · Task 2: two-part question
Speaking: Part 1: interview · Part 2: long turn · Part 3: discussion
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