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IELTS practice tests
IELTS Academic reports English proficiency on a nine-band scale in half-band steps, across Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.
How the IELTS is built
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Listening | 40 | 30 min |
| Reading | 40 | 60 min |
| WritingTwo tasks | 2 | 60 min |
| SpeakingFace-to-face interview | — | 14 min |
| Total | — | 2 h 45 min |
The score scale
The IELTS is reported from 0.0 to 9.0, in steps of 0.5.
Not sure where you stand?
Start with the free full-length IELTS practice test. It runs on the real section timing and gives you a band estimate for each of the four skills and an overall band. All it needs is a free account.
Take the free IELTS testPackages
There are 20 full-length IELTS practice tests on Studeous, plus one free test. A package is a number of tests to sit. Choose which tests to sit, and when, within 12 months of buying the package.
Prices are charged in euro. The figures below are rounded to the whole euro; the exact amount, to the cent, is shown at checkout before you pay.
IELTS Academic — one full-length practice test
One full-length IELTS Academic test — Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking — with a band estimate for each skill.
IELTS Academic — five full-length practice tests
Five full-length IELTS Academic tests with a band estimate for each skill and an overall band.
IELTS Academic — ten full-length practice tests
Ten full-length IELTS Academic tests with a band estimate for each skill and an overall band.
IELTS Academic — twenty full-length practice tests
Twenty full-length IELTS Academic tests with a band estimate for each skill and an overall band.
IELTS Question Bank - Listening
IELTS Question Bank - Listening. Targeted practice with explanations for 120 days.
IELTS Question Bank - Academic Reading
IELTS Question Bank - Academic Reading. Targeted practice with explanations for 120 days.
IELTS Question Bank - Listening & Reading
IELTS Question Bank - Listening & Reading. Targeted practice with explanations for 120 days.
IELTS Question Bank - Writing & Speaking
IELTS Question Bank - Writing & Speaking. Targeted practice with explanations for 120 days.
IELTS Academic Question Bank — all four skills
IELTS Academic practice by task type: Listening with its recordings, Reading, and Writing and Speaking tasks with an AI band estimate, for 120 days.
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AI Tutor talks you through the questions you got wrong
When your IELTS practice test ends, pick a mistake on your results page and the lesson starts. The tutor won't just read out the answer: it asks you, writes the steps on the board and lets you find where you went wrong.
On the IELTS it works through Listening and Reading questions. Your Writing Task 1 / Task 2 text is coached against the IELTS band descriptors.
- Writing, coached against the rubric
- You go through your Writing Task 1 / Task 2 text against the IELTS band descriptors: it shows where the score comes from using your own sentences, and you make the fixes. It never writes the text for you.
- A shared board
- The tutor writes up and highlights the evidence from the text; you can write on the board too, and it reads what you wrote.
Your first 2 mistakes are free (up to 10 minutes)
No card needed to try it, just your account.
Then 30-minute blocks at €4
Unused minutes stay on your account for your next practice tests.
IELTS Academic is a trademark of British Council, IDP and Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Studeous is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to British Council, IDP and Cambridge University Press & Assessment, and this page describes the exam only to explain what our practice material prepares students for.
Reviewed by the Studeous Assessment Team · Updated 10 September 2026