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IELTS General Training Practice Test 11

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

1. Trip: three days on the ______ River

2. Price per person: ______ dollars

3. Start date: ______ July

4. Surname: ______

5. Number in group: ______

6. Meeting time at trailhead: ______

7. Deposit per person: ______ dollars

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. The group will bring their own

9. Which of the following can the company rent?

10. The customers are advised to bring

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. Single skate session cost: ______ dollars

12. Season pass price: ______ dollars

13. Skate sharpening cost: ______ dollars a pair

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

14. The Main Rink

15. The Learners' Rink

16. The Hockey Box

17. The Warm-Up Lounge

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. Locker deposits are

19. Groups of ten or more should book

20. Helmets are

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. How many projects must Isla include?

22. Why is Isla unsure about the tree house?

23. Where does Isla finally decide to place the tree house?

24. What problem does Isla have with her photographs?

25. What size is the folder?

26. What extra information does Henry suggest for labels?

27. What will Isla take to the interview besides her folder?

What does Isla plan to do for each item? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Retake near a window; B Keep to three lines; C Add a small date on the left; D Print at a copy shop; E Attend a practice interview.

28. Photographs

29. Project labels

30. Thursday at four

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Some twentieth-century educators wrongly believed bilingualism might ______ a child's development.

32. Bilingual speakers must actively suppress the ______, unused language.

33. Brain imaging shows increased ______ matter density in bilingual brains.

34. These differences are strongest in people who learned a second language during ______.

35. Some research suggests bilingualism may delay the onset of ______ symptoms.

36. This protective effect is attributed to what researchers call cognitive ______.

37. Learning a language later in life still benefits the ______ brain.

38. Structural changes are comparatively ______ in adult learners.

39. Bilingual children often perform better on tasks requiring cognitive ______.

40. Bilingual children may show a marginally smaller working ______ in each language.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Sunrise Fitness: Membership Fee Update From 1 November, standard monthly membership fees will rise from £34 to £38 to cover increased energy costs and new equipment purchases. Members who pay annually in advance before 15 October will be able to renew at the current rate for one further year. Members experiencing financial hardship may apply at the front desk for a temporary fee reduction of up to 20%, valid for three months and renewable once. The gym's off-peak membership, for visits before 9am or after 8pm on weekdays, will remain unchanged at £24 per month. All members will receive a free personal training session as a goodwill gesture when the new prices take effect. Questions about the fee change should be emailed to membership@sunrisefitness.co.uk. NOTICE B — Oakwood Apartments: Lift Maintenance The lift serving Blocks C and D will be out of service from Wednesday to Friday this week while engineers replace the main motor unit. Residents on the upper floors are advised to use the stairwell at the rear of Block C during this period. Deliveries of heavy or bulky items should be rescheduled for the following week if possible. The building manager's office, on the ground floor of Block A, will remain open as usual to assist residents who need help carrying shopping or luggage. Residents with mobility difficulties should contact the office in advance so that alternative arrangements, including temporary use of the Block A lift, can be made. We apologise for any inconvenience and expect the lift to be fully operational again by Saturday morning.

Questions 1–3. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

1. What will the standard monthly membership fee be from 1 November?

2. Why is the lift in Blocks C and D out of service?

3. What should members do to apply for a temporary fee reduction?

Questions 4–6. 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.

4. Members who renew annually before 15 October can keep the current rate for one more year.

5. The off-peak membership price will increase along with the standard price.

6. The temporary fee reduction is valid for three months and can be renewed once.

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

7. Members facing financial difficulty can apply for a temporary fee reduction of up to __________.

8. Off-peak membership applies to visits before 9am or after __________ on weekdays.

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

9. What will all members receive as a goodwill gesture when the new prices start?

Questions 10–11. 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 stairwell at the rear of Block C can be used while the lift is out of service.

11. The building manager's office will be closed during the maintenance work.

Question 12. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B for each answer.

12. Residents with mobility difficulties should contact the office in advance to arrange __________.

Questions 13–14. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B.

13. By when is the lift expected to be fully operational again?

14. What should happen to deliveries of heavy or bulky items during the lift outage?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Bridgeport Consulting: Flexible Desk Booking From next month, the third floor will move to a flexible desk booking system, replacing permanently assigned desks. Staff will book a desk for the day using the new SpaceFinder app, available for download from the company intranet, up to two weeks in advance. Desks booked but left unoccupied for more than thirty minutes without notice may be released for others to book. Personal belongings must be cleared from desks at the end of each day and stored in the allocated lockers on the same floor; the cleaning team will remove any items left overnight. Staff who require a fixed desk for medical reasons should contact HR to arrange an exemption. Team leaders will retain three reserved desks per team for occasional in-person meetings. TEXT B — IT Department: Password Policy Update Following a routine security audit, all staff must update their network passwords by the end of this month. New passwords must contain at least twelve characters, including one uppercase letter, one number, and one symbol, and must not reuse any of your last five previous passwords. Multi-factor authentication, already required for remote access, will become mandatory for all logins, including those made from office computers, starting next Monday. Staff who suspect their account may have been compromised should contact the IT helpdesk immediately on extension 350 rather than attempting to reset the password themselves. A short online training module on recognising phishing emails must also be completed by all staff before the end of the quarter.

Questions 15–17. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

15. What must staff use to book a desk for the day?

16. How many characters must new passwords contain at minimum?

17. What happens to a booked desk left unoccupied for more than 30 minutes without notice?

Questions 18–20. 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.

18. Desks can be booked up to two weeks in advance.

19. Personal belongings may be left at desks overnight without any risk.

20. The cleaning team will remove any personal items left on a desk overnight.

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

21. Staff needing a fixed desk for medical reasons should contact __________ to arrange an exemption.

Question 22. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A.

22. How many reserved desks per team will team leaders retain?

Questions 23–24. 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.

23. Multi-factor authentication will be required only for remote access.

24. Staff should reset their own password if they suspect their account is compromised.

Questions 25–26. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text B for each answer.

25. All staff must complete an online training module on __________ before the end of the quarter.

26. New passwords must not reuse any of your last __________.

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

27. Which extension should staff call if they suspect their account has been compromised?

Section 3: The Psychology of Procrastination

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Procrastination, the tendency to delay tasks despite knowing that the delay will likely cause difficulty later, is often dismissed as simple laziness or poor time management. Contemporary psychological research, however, increasingly frames procrastination not as a scheduling failure but as an emotional regulation problem: people postpone tasks primarily to avoid the negative feelings, such as anxiety, boredom, or self-doubt, that the task itself provokes. Dr Fuschia Sirois, a researcher who has studied procrastination extensively, argues that when a task triggers uncomfortable emotions, the brain prioritises immediate mood repair over long-term goals, even when the person is fully aware that delaying will create greater stress later. This explains why procrastination is so resistant to simple willpower-based solutions: telling someone to 'just start' does nothing to address the underlying emotional avoidance driving the behaviour. Chronic procrastination has been linked in longitudinal studies to measurably worse physical health outcomes, including higher blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, likely because the stress of last-minute work accumulates over time and because procrastinators are less likely to attend promptly to health-related tasks such as booking medical appointments. The financial costs are similarly documented, from late tax filing penalties to missed early-bird pricing on everything from conference tickets to insurance renewals. Interventions that treat procrastination as an emotional issue rather than a purely practical one have shown more promising results than traditional productivity advice. Self-compassion, somewhat counterintuitively, appears to reduce procrastination more effectively than self-criticism; students who forgave themselves for procrastinating on a previous exam were subsequently less likely to procrastinate on the next one, apparently because self-forgiveness reduced the anxiety and avoidance that fuelled the original delay. Breaking tasks into smaller, less emotionally loaded first steps, such as simply opening a document rather than committing to writing a whole chapter, has also proven effective, since the emotional barrier to starting is often disproportionately larger than the barrier to continuing. Not all delay constitutes harmful procrastination, researchers caution. Deliberately postponing a decision to gather more information, or allowing ideas to incubate before tackling a creative problem, can improve outcomes and should be distinguished from the anxious, avoidance-driven delay that characterises problematic procrastination. The distinguishing feature is not the delay itself but whether the person intends to return to the task and whether the delay is accompanied by guilt and rising stress.

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

28. According to the passage, contemporary research frames procrastination mainly as...

29. What did students who forgave themselves for procrastinating on a previous exam subsequently do?

30. What distinguishes problematic procrastination from beneficial delay, according to researchers?

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. Procrastination is best treated with simple willpower-based solutions.

32. Dr Fuschia Sirois has studied procrastination extensively.

33. Breaking tasks into smaller first steps has proven an effective strategy.

34. Allowing ideas to incubate before a creative task can improve outcomes.

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

35. The brain prioritises immediate __________ over long-term goals when a task provokes uncomfortable emotions.

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

36. What health outcome, besides cardiovascular disease, is linked to chronic procrastination?

37. According to the passage, what is often disproportionately larger than the barrier to continuing a task?

38. Besides late tax filing penalties, what financial cost is mentioned in 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. Traditional productivity advice has proven more effective than emotion-focused interventions at reducing procrastination.

40. The writer believes all forms of delay are harmful and should be avoided.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Shopping / Markets) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Shopping Q1. Do you enjoy shopping? Q2. Do you prefer to shop alone or with other people? Topic 2: Markets Q3. Are there any markets near where you live? Q4. What are the advantages of buying things at a market?
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Model answer: 1. It depends what I'm buying. I like browsing for books or kitchen things, but I find clothes shopping quite tiring, so I get it over with as fast as I can. 2. Usually alone, because I can go at my own pace and I don't feel I'm keeping anyone waiting. If I need advice, though, I'll ask a friend to come with me. 3. Yes, there's a food market in the square every Thursday and Saturday. It sells fruit, vegetables, cheese and bread from local farms. 4. The food is generally fresher and often cheaper than in the supermarket. You can also chat to the sellers, who will happily tell you how to cook something.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a time when you learned a new skill fairly quickly. You should say: - what the skill was - how you learned it - how long it took and explain how you felt about learning it so fast. You are given a minute to get ready, then talk for between one and two minutes.
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Model answer: I want to describe learning to ride a motor scooter, which I picked up much faster than I expected. My cousin offered to lend me his old scooter when I moved to a new city for a job, since public transport there was unreliable. I'd never ridden anything with an engine before, only bicycles, so I was quite nervous at the start. He took me to an empty car park on a Sunday morning and showed me the basics: the throttle, the brakes, and how to balance at low speed. I practised there for about two hours, going round in circles and stopping suddenly, and by the afternoon he let me follow him on quiet residential streets. Within three days I was confident enough to ride to work on my own, which really surprised both of us, because I'm not usually someone who picks things up quickly. I think it helped that I was highly motivated, since I genuinely needed transport, and my cousin was a patient teacher who didn't rush me. I felt quite proud afterwards, and it gave me more confidence to try other new things, like learning to swim properly the following summer.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (housing) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. Why has housing become less affordable in many cities? Q2. Should governments do more to control rising housing prices? Q3. Do you think young people today find it harder to buy their own home than previous generations? Q4. How might housing solutions change in the future?
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Model answer: 1. Demand has grown faster than supply in many cities, partly due to population growth and migration towards urban centres, which pushes prices upward, especially in areas with limited space for new construction. 2. I think so, through measures like building more affordable housing or limiting speculative buying, since leaving prices entirely to the market can price out ordinary working families. 3. Definitely; wages haven't risen at the same pace as property prices, so many young people now need far longer to save a deposit than earlier generations typically did. 4. I expect more compact, efficiently designed housing and possibly more shared ownership schemes, as cities try to fit growing populations into limited available space.

Writing Task 1

You recently stayed at a hotel for a family celebration, but the room you were given was not the one you had booked and the air conditioning did not work. Write a letter to the hotel manager. In your letter: explain what happened, describe how it affected your stay, and say what you would like the manager 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 think that children should begin learning a foreign language as early as possible, while others believe it is better to wait until they are older. 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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