IELTS Academic practice tests

Designed around the current IELTS Academic structure, timing and question types: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking, each scored in half bands from 0 to 9.

IELTS is computer-delivered, with a “Writing on Paper” option in selected markets. Paper-based IELTS is being withdrawn from mid-2026, on timelines that vary by country.

Listening(About 30 minutes)

Reading(60 minutes)

Writing(60 minutes)

Speaking(11–14 minutes)

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IELTS Academic at a glance

Listening: 4 parts, 40 questions · About 30 minutes
Reading: 60 minutes
Writing: 60 minutes
Speaking: 11–14 minutes
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes for Listening, Reading and Writing, plus 11–14 minutes of Speaking
Scoring: Bands 0–9 in half bands for each skill; the overall band is the average, rounded to the nearest half band

IELTS practice test bundles

Bundles are arranged on request. Each test can be taken twice.

5 practice tests

$49.99

about $10 per test

5 full-length IELTS practice tests
Two attempts per test
12 months' access
A score report after each attempt

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10 practice tests

$89.99

about $9 per test

10 full-length IELTS practice tests
Two attempts per test
12 months' access
A score report after each attempt

Request the 10-test bundle

20 practice tests

$149.99

about $7.50 per test

20 full-length IELTS practice tests
Two attempts per test
12 months' access
A score report after each attempt

Request the 20-test bundle

IELTS Academic practice tests

There is a free IELTS practice test to start with. Each test can be taken twice.

The IELTS practice test, screen by screen

The test screen, the report and the follow-up, drawn with made-up numbers. Nothing here starts a test or touches your account.

Practice on a screen built like the real one.

Move around the section from the question list, flag what you want to see again and highlight the passage, with a live word count in Writing and a microphone check before Speaking. IELTS is not adaptive.

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Sample screen · illustrative numbers

IELTS · Reading · Passage 240:05 sample clock

Question 4

Placeholder question area · no real question

Showing question 4 · 0 marked

ListeningReadingWritingSpeakingIELTS does not adapt

Look past the total to what produced it.

Each skill on the IELTS 0–9 band scale and an overall band. Writing and Speaking are rated by AI against the IELTS criteria, so every band is an estimate, never an official result.

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Sample score report · made-up numbers, not a prediction

IELTS
Your report

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

Work through your misses, then target the weak spot.

Check the Right and wrong list for Reading and Listening and the task-by-task feedback on Writing and Speaking, then bring the weakest skill to a one-to-one lesson.

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Sample follow-up · illustrative numbers

Fix the misses, then narrow down.

Right and wrong

Question 3 · Writing Task 2Incorrect
Question 7 · Writing Task 2Unanswered
Question 11 · Writing Task 2Incorrect

Suggested focus · sampleWriting Task 2

One-to-one lesson · IELTS

A drawing of the feature: it opens no test and stores nothing.

The current IELTS format

IELTS Academic has four parts: Listening (about 30 minutes, 40 questions), Reading (60 minutes), Writing (60 minutes) and Speaking (11–14 minutes). Each is scored in half bands from 0 to 9, and the overall band is their average. IELTS is withdrawing paper-based testing from mid-2026, on timelines that vary by country.

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes for Listening, Reading and Writing, plus 11–14 minutes of Speaking
Scoring: Bands 0–9 in half bands for each skill; the overall band is the average, rounded to the nearest half band
How it is taken: Computer-delivered, with a “Writing on Paper” option in selected markets. Paper-based IELTS is being withdrawn from mid-2026 (the last paper date in Canada was 7 May 2026). One Skill Retake lets you retake one skill within 60 days.
Set by: IELTS (British Council, IDP and Cambridge)

IELTS Academic sections
Section	Questions	Time
Listening4 parts, 40 questions · About 30 minutes	4 parts, 40 questions	About 30 minutes
Reading60 minutes	—	60 minutes
Writing60 minutes	—	60 minutes
Speaking11–14 minutes	—	11–14 minutes

Changed from the previous format

Fully paper-based IELTS is being retired; check which delivery your test center offers.