Free IELTS Academic practice online, all four sections

Listening

4 tests of four recorded sections and 40 questions in about 30 minutes, the audio played once as in the exam, then automatic scoring and a band on the scale common to Academic and General Training. Each test has its own page with the section topics and the full answer key.

• Listening practice tests with answers: the hub with the 4 tests. The Listening page runs them.
• Listening Test 1: coach booking, country park, renewable energy, chocolate.
• Listening Test 2: leisure centre, community garden, urban noise, beekeeping.
• Listening Test 3: community hall, aquarium, field trip, tea.
• Listening Test 4: student lettings, library, café research, the bicycle.

Academic Reading

4 tests of three Academic passages and 40 questions in 60 minutes, with True/False/Not Given, multiple choice, sentence completion, summary completion and matching headings, then a band on the Academic conversion table and, for each wrong answer, the place in the passage where the answer was. Each test has its own page with the answer key, and each of the 12 passages has its own page with the full text.

• Academic Reading practice tests with answers: the hub with the 4 tests. The Reading page runs them.
• Reading Test 1: The Psychology of Sleep, The Rise of Urban Farming, The History of the Printing Press.
• Reading Test 2: The Evolution of Renewable Energy, Urbanisation and Water Scarcity, The Science of Memory Consolidation.
• Reading Test 3: The History of Glass, Microplastics in the Global Food Chain, The Psychology of Consumer Decision-Making.
• Reading Test 4: The Navigation of Migratory Birds, The Hidden Networks Beneath Forests, The Acoustics of Concert Halls.

Academic Writing

4 tests of Task 1 and Task 2 in 60 minutes with the exam split: about 20 minutes and 150 words for the Task 1 report (a line graph, a bar chart, a table or a pie chart), 40 minutes and 250 words for the Task 2 essay. The AI returns a band per official criterion with the sentences that cost marks, in seconds.

• Writing practice test: the timed test, Task 1 and Task 2, with the AI band at the end.
• Writing Task 1 checker: what the checker looks at in an Academic report, and the checker opened with Task 1 selected.
• AI checker for Writing Task 2: what the checker flags on each criterion of an essay, and the checker opened with Task 2 selected.
• Writing Checker: paste a Task 1 or Task 2 answer you wrote elsewhere and get its estimated band.

Speaking

4 tests of three parts, about 12 minutes: Part 1 questions, a Part 2 cue card with one minute of preparation and two minutes to talk, a Part 3 discussion. You record in the browser and the AI examiner returns an estimated band on the four criteria with feedback, in seconds. The Speaking test is the same for Academic and General Training.

• Speaking practice test: the recorded test, Parts 1 to 3.
• Speaking mock test with AI feedback: what happens in the three parts, what the AI listens for on each criterion, and what you get at the end.

Full Academic mock test

The four sections in the exam order and with the real timings: Listening about 30 minutes, Reading 60 minutes, Writing 60 minutes, Speaking about 12 minutes, then a band per section and an overall band. If you close the tab, the mock is remembered on your device.

• Full IELTS mock test: about 3 hours, one sitting, exam conditions.
• Quick Mock Test: the four sections in a short version, about 50 minutes, with an estimated band at the end.

Tools

• Band score calculator: a Listening or Reading raw score out of 40 to a band, with the Academic and General Training Reading tables, and your overall band from the four sections.
• Calibration page: what test-takers report about how strict the AI band is compared with what they expected.
• FAQ: free tests, how the AI scores work and how accurate they are, Academic and General Training, the privacy of your recordings.