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IELTS practice tests

20 full-length IELTS Academic practice tests and one free test, in the format IELTS publishes today, each followed by a score report and a review of every question.

full-length tests
20
questions + essays
80 + 2
timed sitting
164 min
per test, from
$11.99

IELTS Academic · Score summary

Sample report

Estimated overall band

7.0

scale 0–9

Listening
7.50–9
Reading
7.00–9
Writing
6.50–9
Speaking
7.00–9

Every report continues with comments on each Writing and Speaking task and a right-or-wrong list for Reading and Listening.

What one sitting is like

Each sitting runs Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking on the official timings, in the computer-delivered layout. The Listening recording plays once, straight through its four parts, followed by two minutes to check your answers.

Listening and Reading are marked against the answer key and converted to bands. Your Writing tasks and your recorded Speaking answers receive an automated estimate against the four published criteria, with comments on each task, and the report gives an overall band.

  1. 1Listening40 questions30 min
  2. 2Academic Reading40 questions60 min
  3. 3Writing2 tasks60 min
  4. 4Speaking3 tasks14 min

What one free IELTS sitting gives you

What it covers
Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
How long a sitting takes
164 min
Questions per sitting
80 questions + 2 essays
Your report
Your report opens the moment you hand the test in: your score, a section-by-section breakdown, and anything still being scored, named and added as it arrives.
AI Tutor
Your IELTS test is over and your report is open: pick a mistake on your results page and the AI Tutor starts from there. It asks you the question and writes the steps out on the board, so you find where you went wrong rather than being handed the answer. The first 2 mistakes are free, for up to 10 minutes.

How it compares with the real IELTS

Adaptation

Not adaptive, like the real test.

Interface and tools

  • The computer-delivered layout: split screen in Reading, navigation bar with answered, unanswered and flagged questions
  • Highlight and notes by right-click
  • Text size and contrast settings
  • Listening recording played once, with volume control
  • Word count in Writing
  • Speaking answers recorded with your microphone

Scoring and differences

Listening and Reading are marked against the answer key and converted to bands. Writing and Speaking receive an automated estimate against the four published criteria. The report gives a band for each skill and an overall band. It is a practice estimate, not an IELTS result.

  • The real Speaking test is a live interview with an examiner; here you record your answers and they are rated automatically.

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Advanced performance analysis

  • Accuracy by section, topic and subtopic
  • Results on easy, medium and hard questions
  • Time use in practice tests: rushed, on time, slow
  • Your 6 weakest topics, each with a link to practise it in the question bank
  • Weekly progress chart
  • Results by question type
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Advanced performance analysis

  • Accuracy by section, topic and subtopic
  • Results on easy, medium and hard questions
  • Time use in practice tests: rushed, on time, slow
  • Your 6 weakest topics, each with a link to practise it in the question bank
  • Weekly progress chart
  • Results by question type
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Tests you buy stay available on your account for 12 months from the date of purchase. Each test can be sat twice.

See a sample report

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On this screen

  • The computer-delivered layout: split screen in Reading, navigation bar with answered, unanswered and flagged questions
  • Highlight and notes by right-click
  • Text size and contrast settings
  • Listening recording played once, with volume control
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IELTS sample interface: the timer, position and navigator state are illustrative; no question is shown. Nothing here starts a test.

Know the screen before test day.

Every IELTS practice test runs in a screen built for the exam: its clock, its way through the questions and its own tools.

  • IELTS tools, on screen

    The computer-delivered layout: split screen in Reading, navigation bar with answered, unanswered and flagged questions; Highlight and notes by right-click; Text size and contrast settings.

  • How the sitting adapts

    Not adaptive, like the real test.

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A full-length test needs a free account. Nothing is timed until you start.

Look past the total.

The score summary above is where the IELTS report starts. Under it is what decides your next session.

  • In the IELTS report

    Writing and Speaking are scored by AI against the band descriptors, with feedback on each task; Listening and Reading list every answer.

  • Estimates, labelled as estimates

    Practice scores come from our conversion: not official scores, and not a prediction of your result on test day.

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IELTS Academic · Writing Task 2 · AI feedback

Sample report
  • Task Response6.5
  • Coherence and Cohesion6.0
  • Lexical Resource6.5
  • Grammatical Range and Accuracy6.0

Then spend the next hour where it counts.

Go back through the questions that cost you points. Then take the weakest area into the question bank and stay with it.

  • Review firstOpen the review, read the worked explanations and name what went wrong: the method, the reading or the clock.
  • Then targeted practiceIn the IELTS question bank, build a set by section, topic and difficulty, timed or untimed.
Open the IELTS question bank

Your next session

Sample plan
  1. Review the report

    Writing Task 2 · AI feedback: start with the lowest row.

  2. Name the weak area

    The part of the report where the most points went.

  3. Practise it in the IELTS bank

    A short set on that area alone, then a fresh full-length test.

After your IELTS test: the AI Tutor

On the IELTS it works through Listening and Reading questions. Your Writing Task 1 / Task 2 text is coached against the IELTS band descriptors.

FreeYour first 2 mistakes are free (up to 10 minutes)

Then 30-minute blocks at $3.99 · No card needed to try it, just your account.

AI Tutor lesson screen: the wrong and blank questions on the left, an IELTS Reading True/False/Not Given question on a passage about lighthouses in the middle, and the tutor's steps written one under another on the board on the right.
Sample screen

The IELTS Academic format

Official IELTS Academic sections
SectionQuestionsMinutes
ListeningFour parts40About 30
ReadingThree passages4060
WritingTask 1 at least 150 words, Task 2 at least 2502 tasks60
SpeakingA face-to-face interview with an examiner3 parts11–14
Total
80 Listening and Reading questions · About 2 hours 45 minutes
Adaptation
Not adaptive: everyone answers the same questions.
Scoring
Each skill is scored on a band scale of 0–9 in half bands; the overall band is the average of the four, rounded to the nearest half band.
Delivery
Taken on computer at a test centre; IELTS stopped offering paper-based tests from mid-2026, on timelines set market by market. In selected markets a Writing on Paper option keeps Listening and Reading on screen while Writing is handwritten. Speaking is a live interview with a certified examiner.
Also
Writing on Paper has the same Writing tasks, timing and marking; it is not offered for IELTS for UKVI.
Also
Paper-based results already issued stay valid for the usual two-year period.

Checked against IELTS's published information on 17 October 2026: IELTS: IELTS Academic test, IELTS: Listening format, IELTS: Writing format, IELTS: Scoring in detail, IELTS: Updates to IELTS test delivery, IELTS: Updates to the IELTS Writing test delivery mode.

Questions

How many times can I take each IELTS practice test?

Each test can be sat up to 2 times. Take it in one go: closing the tab or reloading the page during the test can lose the answers of the section you are in.

Is the Speaking test an interview?

Not here. On the real test Speaking is a live interview with an examiner. In our sitting you answer the three parts aloud and record yourself with your microphone, and the recordings are rated automatically.

Do I need a microphone?

Yes, for the speaking tasks. Use a current version of Chrome, Edge or Safari, allow microphone access when asked, and use headphones so the prompt audio is not picked up by the microphone.

Is the score official?

No. Listening and Reading are marked against the answer key and converted to bands. Writing and Speaking receive an automated estimate against the four published criteria. The report gives a band for each skill and an overall band. It is a practice estimate, not an IELTS result.

Is there a free IELTS test?

Yes. There is one free full-length test in the same format as the paid tests. You only need a free account to take it.

How long does access last?

Published practice tests you buy stay available on your account for 12 months from the date of purchase. Tests sold before publication open automatically once enough new tests are published to fill the remainder of your pack; their 12 months of access start on the day they open. Nothing renews and nothing is charged again.

Can I get a refund?

Practice tests, question banks and AI Tutor time are digital content. You can ask for a refund of a digital product you have not used within 14 days of the payment date. A product counts as used once any practice test in the pack has been started, any question in a paid section of the question bank has been opened, or any second of AI Tutor time has been used; a used product is not refunded. If you are charged twice by mistake, contact us and the duplicate charge is refunded.