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Official sample tasks for every part of IELTS Academic and General Training, with answer keys, transcripts and marked writing samples.

Before you rely on itThese are sample tasks, one per question type, rather than whole past tests. Listening and reading run in an online player, with the answer keys as PDFs beside them.

Before paying for any IELTS course, see every question type exactly as the test sets it, and check yourself against the official keys and the examiners’ comments on real writing.Telebem editors

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Exams
IELTS Academic, IELTS General Training
What you get
  • Official practice testsWritten by the exam’s own setters for practice, not sat as a real exam.
  • Answers or mark schemesKeys, mark schemes, worked solutions or sample answers.
  • Listening audioThe recordings for the listening papers.
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Free to downloadOpen to anyone, no account needed.
Subjects
Languages
Where it’s set
International
Languages
English
Formats
Web · PDF
Set by
British Council, IDP IELTS and Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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  • Access confirmed

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  • Paper opened

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