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IELTS General Training Practice Test 1

AI-generated practice paper in the style of IELTS General Training — original material, not a reproduction of any real exam paper, following the official four-module structure (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking). Listening audio is read aloud by your browser's voice, Writing tasks can be scored by AI, and for Speaking you can record yourself and compare with a model answer.

Listening

Part 1

Listen and answer questions 1–10.

Complete the enrolment form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

1. Child's first name: ______

2. Surname: ______

3. Class: Level ______

4. Lesson day and time: Saturday at ______ am

5. Course starts on: ______ September

6. Course fee: ______ pounds

7. Length of course: ______ weeks

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. Parents watching the lesson must

9. If Poppy misses a lesson, she can make it up if her father

10. To reach the centre by bus, take the number 12 to

Part 2

Listen and answer questions 11–20.

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

11. Number of bikes in the scheme: ______

12. Number of docking stations: ______

13. Monthly membership fee: ______ dollars

What does the speaker say about each of the following areas? Choose the correct letter, A-F, for questions 4 to 7.

14. Unlocking a bike at the start of a journey

15. The Bike Basket

16. The Repair Point

17. Returning the bike at the end of a journey

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. The first thirty minutes of a ride are free for

19. Extra time beyond thirty minutes costs members

20. Helmets are

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. Why does Isla dislike Henry's first idea?

22. What type of bridge do they decide to build?

23. Why does Dr. Adams reject plastic strips?

24. What limit is placed on glue?

25. How does Dr. Adams advise joining the beams?

26. How will the finished bridge be tested?

27. What will get the highest marks?

What does Dr. Adams say each part of the report should include? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A A sketch with measurements; B Suggestions for improvement; C A list of materials; D The cost of the bridge; E Photographs of testing.

28. Design section

29. Materials section

30. Final paragraph

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

31. Everyday spoken Latin is generally called ______ Latin by linguists.

32. Vulgar Latin travelled with soldiers, administrators, and ______.

33. The Roman Empire politically collapsed in the ______ century.

34. Without a centralising force, spoken Latin in each region began to drift ______.

35. Regional varieties slowly evolved into distinct languages including French, Spanish, and ______.

36. Each language retained a recognisable Latin core ______.

37. ______ is notable for developing in relative isolation from other Romance languages.

38. Romanian was surrounded predominantly by ______-speaking neighbours.

39. Latin continued to be used as the shared language of the church and ______.

40. Latin remained in use for diplomacy long after no one spoke it as a ______ language.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Riverside Library Opening hours from 1 October: Monday–Thursday: 9am–8pm Friday: 9am–6pm Saturday: 10am–4pm Sunday: Closed The children's reading room will now open thirty minutes earlier than the rest of the library, from 8:30am on weekdays, to accommodate parents dropping children off before school. Members can renew books online or by phone; please note that the phone renewal line is closed on Sundays and public holidays. A late return fee of 20p per day applies to all items, with a maximum charge of £5 per item. Lost library cards can be replaced at the front desk for a fee of £2. NOTICE B — Parkside Leisure Centre: Pool Timetable Change From next Monday, the main swimming pool will be closed every Tuesday morning until 1pm for essential maintenance work on the filtration system. The small teaching pool will remain open as usual during this time. Adult lane swimming sessions on Tuesday evenings are unaffected. Members with a Tuesday morning membership will automatically receive a free session voucher, valid for any other day of the week, credited to their account within five working days. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes and thank members for their patience while the essential works are completed.

Questions 1–4. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

1. What time does the children's reading room open on weekdays?

2. Why will the main pool be closed on Tuesday mornings?

3. According to Notice A, when can members renew books?

4. What is the daily late return fee for library items?

Questions 5–6. Do the following statements agree with the information in Notice A? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

5. The library is open on Sundays.

6. Books can be renewed by phone on Sundays.

Questions 7–8. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A for each answer.

7. There is a maximum late return charge of __________ per item.

8. The phone renewal line is closed on Sundays and __________.

Question 9. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A.

9. How much does it cost to replace a lost library card?

Questions 10–12. Do the following statements agree with the information in Notice B? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

10. The teaching pool will also be closed on Tuesday mornings.

11. Tuesday evening lane swimming sessions will be cancelled.

12. Members with a Tuesday morning membership will receive their voucher automatically.

Question 13. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B for each answer.

13. Affected members will receive a free session voucher within __________.

Question 14. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B.

14. What kind of voucher will affected members receive?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Riverside Marketing: Office Recycling Policy Starting this month, all staff are asked to sort waste into three separate bins located in the kitchen and near the printers: paper and cardboard, plastic and cans, and general waste. Confidential documents should continue to go into the locked shredding bins as before, not the paper recycling bin. Food waste should be placed in the small brown caddies on each desk cluster, which are emptied daily by the cleaning team. Staff are encouraged to bring reusable cups and water bottles; disposable cups will no longer be provided in the kitchen from next month. Any questions about the new system should be directed to the Facilities team on extension 204. TEXT B — Staff Parking Memo Due to resurfacing works in the main car park starting Monday, staff parking will be temporarily relocated to the overflow car park on Mill Lane, a five-minute walk from the office. Staff with a disabled parking permit should continue to use the three reserved spaces directly outside the main entrance, which are unaffected by the works. The works are expected to take approximately two weeks, weather permitting. Staff are advised to allow an extra ten minutes for their commute during this period. A shuttle bus will run between Mill Lane and the office every fifteen minutes between 8am and 9:30am and 5pm and 6:30pm.

Questions 15–18. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

15. Where should confidential documents be disposed of?

16. Where will staff parking be temporarily relocated to?

17. What are staff advised to do during the parking works?

18. How many parking spaces are reserved for staff with a disabled permit?

Questions 19–20. Do the following statements agree with the information in Text A? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

19. Disposable cups will still be provided in the kitchen next month.

20. Food waste caddies are emptied daily.

Questions 21–22. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A for each answer.

21. Questions about recycling should be directed to the Facilities team on __________.

22. Staff are encouraged to bring reusable cups and __________.

Question 23. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A.

23. How many separate bins will staff sort waste into?

Questions 24–25. Do the following statements agree with the information in Text B? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

24. Disabled parking spaces will also move to Mill Lane.

25. The resurfacing works are expected to take about two weeks.

Question 26. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text B for each answer.

26. A shuttle bus will run every __________ during peak commuting times.

Question 27. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text B.

27. How far is the Mill Lane car park from the office?

Section 3: The Corner Shop That Refused to Disappear

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

When supermarkets began opening on almost every street corner across Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, many predicted the swift demise of the small, family-run corner shop, unable to compete on price or selection with their much larger rivals. Four decades later, while thousands of independent shops did indeed close, a resilient minority not only survived but found ways to thrive alongside their supermarket competitors. Marcus Chen's family shop in East London, established by his grandfather in 1968, exemplifies this survival story. Rather than attempting to compete directly with supermarkets on everyday groceries, where price competition proved impossible against bulk-buying chains, Marcus gradually repositioned the shop around specialities the supermarkets simply didn't offer: an extensive range of international foods reflecting the neighbourhood's diverse population, a genuinely knowledgeable service where staff remember regular customers' preferences, and reliably long opening hours extending well beyond typical supermarket closing times. Research into successful corner shop survival strategies has identified several recurring factors beyond simple product differentiation. Convenience remains paramount; shops located within genuine walking distance of dense residential housing, rather than requiring a car journey, retain a structural advantage regardless of price differences, particularly for shoppers making small, frequent purchases rather than large weekly shops. Personal relationships with customers, difficult for large chains to replicate at scale, generate loyalty that extends beyond purely transactional convenience, with many long-standing shop owners reporting customers who have shopped with them for decades specifically citing the relationship, not merely the convenience, as their reason for continued patronage. The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly accelerated a renewed appreciation for local corner shops among many previously supermarket-loyal customers, as concerns about crowding in large stores drove people towards smaller, less busy alternatives within their immediate neighbourhood. Whether this pandemic-driven shift represents a lasting change in shopping habits or merely a temporary adjustment remains genuinely uncertain, though several shop owners report retaining a meaningful proportion of customers gained during that period. Despite these adaptive success stories, the broader trend for independent corner shops remains challenging, with rising business rates, increasing minimum wage costs, and continued competitive pressure from both supermarkets and, increasingly, rapid grocery delivery services squeezing profit margins considerably. Marcus acknowledges that his shop's survival required years of careful adaptation and no small amount of financial precarity along the way, cautioning that romantic notions of the traditional corner shop should not obscure the genuine economic difficulty many owners continue to navigate.

Questions 28–30. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

28. What was predicted when supermarkets began opening widely in the 1970s and 1980s?

29. What effect did the COVID-19 pandemic have on some corner shops?

30. What increasingly competitive pressure is mentioned alongside supermarkets?

Questions 31–34. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

31. Marcus's shop was established by his grandfather in 1968.

32. Marcus tried to compete directly with supermarkets on everyday grocery prices.

33. It is certain that the pandemic-driven shift in shopping habits is permanent.

34. All independent corner shops in Britain have closed down.

Question 35. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

35. Marcus repositioned his shop around an extensive range of __________ reflecting the neighbourhood's diverse population.

Questions 36–38. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage.

36. What structural advantage do conveniently located shops retain regardless of price?

37. Besides business rates, what cost is mentioned as squeezing profit margins?

38. What did Marcus's shop's survival require, according to the passage?

Questions 39–40. Do the following statements agree with the writer's claims? Write YES if the statement agrees with the writer's claims, NO if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks.

39. Personal relationships with customers are easy for large supermarket chains to replicate.

40. Marcus believes people should have a romantic view of corner shops without considering the real difficulties owners face.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

The examiner asks you questions about yourself and familiar topics (4–5 minutes).

Part 1 (Eating out / Desserts) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Eating out Q1. How often do you eat in restaurants? Q2. What do you look for when you choose a restaurant? Topic 2: Desserts Q3. Do you have a sweet tooth? Q4. What is a traditional dessert from your country?
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Model answer: 1. Probably twice a month, usually with friends or family to celebrate something. If I ate out more often, it would be too expensive. 2. Mainly the food, of course, but also the atmosphere. I don't like places that are very noisy or where the staff are in a hurry, because I want to enjoy the meal. 3. Very much so. I could happily have dessert instead of the main course, and I always keep a bar of chocolate in my desk drawer at work. 4. There's a dish called baklava, made of thin layers of pastry, nuts and syrup. It's extremely sweet, so most people have only a small piece with a cup of strong tea.

Part 2: Individual long turn

You have one minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.

Describe a tradition that your family follows. You should say: - what the tradition is - when your family does it - who usually takes part and explain why this tradition is important to your family. You are given a minute to get ready and then speak for one to two minutes on it.
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Model answer: A tradition my family has followed for as long as I can remember is a big Sunday lunch at my grandparents' house, held on the first Sunday of every month. Almost everyone tries to attend, including aunts, uncles and cousins, which usually means somewhere between fifteen and twenty people squeezed around a table that was really designed for about ten. My grandmother insists on cooking most of the food herself, although these days my mother and aunts help more with the preparation, since she's getting older. There's always far too much food, and the meal itself can last three or four hours because nobody's in a hurry to leave, and conversation tends to wander from serious topics like work and health to ridiculous family jokes that get repeated every single time. It's important to my family because it's really the only occasion when the whole extended family reliably comes together; otherwise everyone's too busy with their own lives during the week. It also keeps the younger cousins connected to each other, since they don't go to the same schools. I hope we keep doing it even after my grandparents are no longer able to host it themselves, perhaps taking turns at different houses instead.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

The examiner asks more abstract questions linked to the Part 2 topic.

Part 3 (neighbours and neighbourliness) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. Do you think people know their neighbours as well as they used to? Q2. What benefits come from having a good relationship with your neighbours? Q3. Why might some people prefer to keep their distance from neighbours? Q4. How might relationships between neighbours change in the future, particularly in cities?
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Model answer: 1. Generally not; busier schedules and more time spent indoors, especially in cities, mean many people barely interact with the people living right next door to them. 2. Good relationships can mean practical help, like watching each other's homes while away, plus a sense of safety and belonging that comes from feeling genuinely part of a community. 3. Some people simply value privacy, or have had unpleasant experiences before, and prefer to keep interactions minimal to avoid potential conflict or unwanted obligation. 4. I imagine building design and shared community spaces or apps could encourage more interaction, even in dense cities where residents currently barely acknowledge one another.

Writing Task 1

You live in a rented flat and your upstairs neighbour has been playing loud music late at night for the past two weeks, making it difficult for you to sleep. Write a letter to your landlord. In your letter: describe the problem, explain how it has affected you, and say what you would like the landlord to do. Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter 'Dear ...,'

Writing Task 2

Some people believe that shopping online is better than shopping in physical shops, while others prefer to continue shopping in person at local shops. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.
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