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IELTS General Training Practice Test 13

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

1. Departure date: ______ of September

2. Return date: ______ of September

3. Parking option chosen: ______

4. Cost for the week: ______ euros

5. Surname: ______

6. Car registration: ______

7. Recommended arrival time: ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. How will Anna pay?

9. What is shown at the barrier?

10. For leaving a house key, Jack suggests

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. Park size: ______ square kilometres

12. Entry fee per vehicle: ______ dollars

13. Length of the Sunrise Falls hike: ______ kilometres

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

14. The Information Desk

15. The Exhibit Hall

16. The Theatre

17. The Backcountry Office

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. Bear activity reports are updated

19. Bear spray rental costs

20. Firewood from outside the park

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. What is actually causing the sensor problem?

22. What does Dr. Lee say about adding a second sensor?

23. What solution does Dr. Lee suggest for the slipping wheels?

24. What does Dr. Lee think about switching the design's size?

25. Which algorithm does Dr. Lee recommend keeping?

26. What should Isla and Jack focus on this week?

27. Where should they test the robot?

What does Dr. Lee say about each of these? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Book it today because of demand; B Do it only after finishing the main robot; C Not needed this late; D Use the practice maze; E Leave for another time.

28. A backup robot

29. The 3D printer for the mount

30. Extra features

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Sandwich is named after an English aristocrat, the Earl of ______.

32. The word salad comes from the Latin word for ______.

33. Ketchup originally came from a fermented ______ sauce in Southeast Asia.

34. The word soup comes from an Old French word meaning to ______.

35. The word orange entered English through French from an ______ word.

36. That Arabic word was itself borrowed from ______.

37. Coffee's name likely derives from Kaffa, a region in ______.

38. The word reached English through Turkish and ______.

39. Restaurant comes from a French verb meaning to ______.

40. Early Paris restaurants advertised broths meant to restore ______.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Riverside Insurance: Claims Process Update From next month, all new home and contents insurance claims must be submitted through the online claims portal rather than by post, which will significantly reduce processing times. Claimants will need their policy number and a description of the incident, along with photographs where relevant, to complete the online form. Claims relating to storm or flood damage will continue to be prioritised and assigned a case handler within 24 hours. Customers without internet access may still call the claims line, though wait times on this line may be longer than usual during the transition period. A confirmation email with a unique claim reference number will be sent immediately after submission, and this reference should be quoted in all further correspondence. NOTICE B — Greenfield Council: Bulky Waste Collection Changes Residents wishing to dispose of large items such as furniture or appliances must now book a collection online at least five working days in advance, rather than simply leaving items on the pavement for collection as before. The first two collections each calendar year remain free of charge; each additional collection will cost £15, payable at the time of booking. Items must be placed at the collection point no earlier than the evening before the scheduled date, as early placement can result in fly-tipping fines for the resident. Electrical items must be clearly labelled as such, as they are collected separately for recycling purposes. Residents are reminded that collections may be delayed by up to 48 hours during periods of severe weather.

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

1. How must new home insurance claims be submitted from next month?

2. How far in advance must a bulky waste collection now be booked?

3. By how much may collections be delayed during severe weather?

4. How did residents dispose of bulky items before this change?

Questions 5–7. 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. Storm and flood damage claims are assigned a case handler within 24 hours.

6. Customers without internet access will be unable to make a claim.

7. Wait times on the claims phone line may be longer than usual during the transition.

Questions 8–9. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A for each answer.

8. After submitting a claim online, customers receive a confirmation email with a unique __________.

9. Claimants should provide photographs where __________.

Question 10. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A.

10. What number, besides a description of the incident, does a claimant need to complete the online form?

Questions 11–12. 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.

11. The first two collections each year are free of charge.

12. Items can be placed at the collection point several days early without any consequence.

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

13. Electrical items must be clearly labelled because they are collected separately for __________.

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

14. How much does each additional collection cost beyond the first two free ones?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Facilities Team: Meeting Room Booking System Change The company is introducing a new meeting room booking system, RoomSync, which integrates directly with staff calendars, replacing the current practice of emailing the receptionist. Bookings can be made up to one month in advance, and rooms not checked into within ten minutes of the booking start time will be automatically released. Recurring meetings should be booked as a series rather than individually to avoid double-booking conflicts. The two largest meeting rooms, Boardroom A and Boardroom B, require additional approval from a department head for bookings exceeding two hours. Staff are asked to leave rooms tidy and to report any equipment faults immediately using the QR code displayed in each room. TEXT B — Human Resources: Staff Wellbeing Programme Launch Starting next month, all staff will have access to a new wellbeing programme including free confidential counselling sessions, a subsidised gym membership scheme, and monthly lunchtime mindfulness sessions held in the quiet room on the fourth floor. Counselling sessions can be booked directly through an external provider, with full confidentiality guaranteed; the company will not be informed of who has used the service or why. The gym membership subsidy covers up to 50% of monthly fees at any of the three partner gyms listed on the intranet. Managers will receive separate training on how to support staff wellbeing and recognise signs of stress within their teams, though attendance at mindfulness sessions remains entirely optional for all staff.

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

15. What did staff previously have to do to book a meeting room?

16. Where will monthly mindfulness sessions be held?

17. How should recurring meetings be booked to avoid conflicts?

18. How many partner gyms are listed on the intranet for the subsidy scheme?

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. Bookings can be made up to one month in advance.

20. Any staff member can book Boardroom A or B for any length of time without approval.

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

21. Rooms not checked into within __________ of the booking start time will be released.

22. Boardroom A and B bookings exceeding __________ require additional approval.

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

23. What should staff use to report equipment faults in a meeting room?

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. The company will be told which staff members use the counselling service.

25. The gym subsidy covers 50% of fees at any gym in the country.

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

26. Managers will receive separate training on how to support staff wellbeing and recognise signs of __________.

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

27. Is attendance at mindfulness sessions compulsory or optional?

Section 3: The Science of Sleep and Memory Consolidation

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

It has long been common wisdom that a good night's sleep helps with learning, but only in the past few decades has neuroscience begun to explain precisely why. Sleep, researchers now understand, is not simply a period of rest during which the brain switches off, but an active process during which the day's experiences are selectively strengthened, reorganised, and integrated with existing knowledge. The process, known as memory consolidation, appears to rely heavily on the coordinated activity of two brain regions during deep, slow-wave sleep: the hippocampus, which initially encodes new memories, and the neocortex, where memories are gradually transferred for long-term storage. During this transfer, sharp bursts of electrical activity called sleep spindles appear to act as a kind of communication channel, with studies showing that people who produce more spindles during a night's sleep after learning a task show correspondingly better recall the following day. Not all sleep contributes equally. Rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, characterised by vivid dreaming and heightened brain activity resembling wakefulness, appears particularly important for consolidating emotional memories and for a subtler process researchers call creative recombination, in which the brain draws novel, sometimes surprising connections between previously unrelated pieces of information. Several well-documented cases of scientific insight arriving during dreams, including the chemist August Kekulé's famous vision of a snake biting its own tail that supposedly inspired his understanding of the benzene ring's structure, are frequently cited as anecdotal, if unproven, illustrations of this effect. The practical implications for students and professionals are considerable, if often ignored. Sacrificing sleep to cram for an exam or finish a deadline, a strategy still common among students, appears to actively undermine the very consolidation process that would otherwise strengthen the material studied that day. Napping, somewhat more encouragingly, has been shown in controlled studies to produce measurable memory benefits even when limited to twenty or thirty minutes, provided the nap includes at least some of the lighter sleep stages associated with early consolidation. Sleep researchers increasingly argue that educational institutions and workplaces alike underestimate sleep's role in learning and performance, pointing to early school start times as a particular concern given adolescents' naturally later circadian rhythms. Whether this research will translate into meaningful policy change, such as later school start times, remains an open and often contested question.

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

28. According to the passage, sleep is best understood as...

29. What does the passage say about sacrificing sleep to cram for an exam?

30. What do sleep researchers argue about educational institutions and workplaces?

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. The hippocampus is where memories are stored for the long term.

32. People who produce more sleep spindles show better recall the next day.

33. Short naps of twenty to thirty minutes can produce measurable memory benefits.

34. All types of sleep contribute equally to memory consolidation.

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

35. REM sleep is characterised by vivid dreaming and __________ resembling wakefulness.

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

36. What does the passage call the process of drawing novel connections between unrelated information?

37. What natural rhythm do adolescents have that affects early school start times?

38. What kind of memories does REM sleep appear particularly important for consolidating?

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. Kekulé's dream about a snake is presented as scientifically proven fact.

40. The writer believes it is certain that school start times will change as a result of this research.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Mountains / Camping) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Mountains Q1. Have you ever been in the mountains? Q2. Why do some people enjoy climbing? Topic 2: Camping Q3. Would you enjoy a camping holiday? Q4. What would you take with you on a camping trip?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. Yes, I went walking in the Alps with my cousins two summers ago. It was extremely beautiful, although I wasn't prepared for how cold it got at night. 2. I think it's the feeling of achievement when you finally reach the top, and the view is your reward. For some people it's also a way to escape from busy city life. 3. Probably not for a whole week. I like the idea of being close to nature, but I'm afraid I'd miss my comfortable bed and a hot shower. 4. A good tent, a warm sleeping bag, a torch and enough food and water. I'd also take a first-aid kit and a map, since the phone signal may not be reliable.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a meal you cooked for other people. You should say: - who you cooked for - what you prepared - how you made it and explain how the meal turned out. You will have one minute to prepare before talking about it for one to two minutes.
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: A while ago I cooked a dinner for my parents' wedding anniversary, and I was more nervous than I'd expected. There were six of us in total: my parents, my sister and her husband, my grandmother and me. I decided to make a chicken and vegetable stew with rice, followed by an apple cake, since those are my mother's favourite dishes. I started preparing in the afternoon by chopping onions, carrots and peppers, and then I browned the chicken in a large pan before adding tomatoes, garlic and herbs. It needed to cook slowly for almost two hours, so meanwhile I baked the cake and set the table with candles and flowers. Unfortunately, I forgot to switch on the rice cooker, so for a moment I panicked, but my sister helped me and we served everything only twenty minutes late. In the end, the meal turned out well. My mother said the stew tasted just like her own mother's, which was a huge compliment, and my father asked for a second slice of cake. I felt proud, and I promised myself I'd cook for the family much more often.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (technology and communication) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. How has technology changed the way people communicate with friends and family? Q2. Do you think face-to-face conversation is becoming less important? Q3. What are the disadvantages of relying so heavily on smartphones? Q4. How do you think communication technology will develop in the future?
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Model answer: 1. It's made staying in touch far easier, since people can message or video call across long distances instantly, but it's also made communication more constant and, in some ways, less thoughtful than writing a proper letter used to be. 2. To some extent, yes. Many people, especially younger ones, now prefer texting to meeting in person, which is convenient but can weaken the deeper connection that comes from reading someone's tone and expression face to face. 3. Constant notifications can be distracting and even damage sleep and concentration. There's also a risk of misunderstanding tone in text messages, since jokes or sarcasm don't always translate well without a voice or facial expression. 4. I imagine communication will become even more immersive, perhaps through virtual reality meetings that feel closer to being physically present, though I hope this doesn't fully replace ordinary in-person contact.

Writing Task 1

You recently bought an electronic item online, but it arrived faulty and the company has not responded to your first email. Write a letter to the company's customer service department. In your letter: describe the fault, explain what you have already done, and say what you would like them to do now. 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 social media has a mostly negative effect on teenagers, while others believe its benefits outweigh the drawbacks. 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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