Timed IELTS Practice

Choose a test in Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking, or take a complete test. Five Academic and five General Training tests, timed on screen like the computer-delivered exam.

Your answers and results are saved on this device. Use a laptop or desktop, with headphones for Listening.Academic General Training

Before you start: each section can be started when you are ready, but its timer cannot be paused. Listening plays once. You may change answers while a section is open. When you finish, you will see your raw score and an explanation for every question.

Academic

40 questionsAbout 28 min audio + 2 min checkPlays once

Listening

Four recordings. The audio starts when you press Start and cannot be paused or replayed.

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40 questions60 minutes3 passages

Reading

Three passages with split-screen text, highlighting and a question navigator.

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2 tasks60 minutesWord counter

Writing

Task 1 describes visual information (about 20 minutes). Task 2 is an essay (about 40 minutes).

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11–14 minutesWith a partner

Speaking

Speaking is a separate interview with a person. These prompts and timers support partner practice.

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Take a complete test

Listening, Reading and Writing in one sitting, with Speaking prompts at the end. Choose a test, then start each section when you are ready.

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General Training

40 questionsAbout 28 min audio + 2 min checkPlays once

Listening

Four recordings. The audio starts when you press Start and cannot be paused or replayed.

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40 questions60 minutes3 sections

Reading

Three sections of increasing difficulty, with split-screen text, highlighting and a question navigator.

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2 tasks60 minutesWord counter

Writing

Task 1 is a letter (about 20 minutes). Task 2 is an essay (about 40 minutes).

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11–14 minutesWith a partner

Speaking

Speaking is a separate interview with a person. These prompts and timers support partner practice.

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5

Take a complete test

Listening, Reading and Writing in one sitting, with Speaking prompts at the end. Choose a test, then start each section when you are ready.

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5

Independent practice tests written by Apex Language Academy. They are not an official IELTS product and have not been piloted, so scores here are raw marks only and are not official band scores. IELTS is a trademark of its respective owners.