IELTS Academic Practice Test: Free Downloads & Prep

We want you to do well on your test. So, to help you get ready, here are some IELTS Academic practice tests. With these official IELTS practice materials, you can:

• 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 is divided into four sections, each featuring different types of audio recordings, such as conversations and monologues, to simulate real exam conditions. It has 40 questions overall and is to be completed in 40 minutes. To prepare well, access our IELTS Academic Listening practice test PDF.

• IELTS Listening practice test 1 - Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 2 – Note completion: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 3 – Plan, Map, Diagram labelling: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 4 – Multiple choice (more than one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 5 – Multiple choice (one answer): Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 6 – Short answers: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 7 – Table completion: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 8 – Sentence completion: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 9 – Flow chart completion: Play Audio | Download answer key

• IELTS Listening practice test 10 – Familiarisation test: Play Audio | Download answer key

IELTS Academic Reading practice test pdf with answers

The IELTS Academic Reading test has three sections of reading passages and questions to be completed in 60 minutes. To prepare yourself better, access our IELTS Academic Reading practice test PDF.

(A) Computer-based questions with answers

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 11 – Matching feature: Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 12 – Matching sentence endings: Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 13 – Sentence completion: Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 14 – Summary completion (select words from text): Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 15 – Summary completion (select from a list of words): Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 16 – Note completion: Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 17 – identifying information (True/False/Not Given): Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 18 – Multiple choice (more than one answer): Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 19 – Multiple choice (one answer): Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 20 – Table completion: Question | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Reading practice test 21 – 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.

(A) Computer-based questions with answers

• IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 practice test 36: View Task | Download answer key

• IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 practice test 37: View Task | Download answer key

• Familiarisation test practice test 38: 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 where you will discuss a variety of topics with an IELTS examiner. To score well, access our IELTS Academic Speaking practice test pdf.

• Speaking Part 1 practice test 41: Prompt | Recording | Transcript

• Speaking Part 2 practice test 42: Prompt | Recording | Transcript