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IELTS General Training Practice Test 14

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. Number of bedrooms: ______

2. Base rate for the clean: ______ dollars

3. Extra charge for windows: ______ dollars

4. Clean scheduled for: the ______ of June

5. Surname: ______

6. Property address: ______ Fenwick Street

7. Number of cleaners sent: ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. What is included in the standard price?

9. What should Emma do before the cleaners arrive?

10. What will happen if Emma leaves before the team finishes?

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. Cost per game per person: ______ dollars

12. Lane hire for up to five people, per hour: ______ dollars

13. Number of bowling lanes: ______

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

14. The Shoe Counter

15. Lane Check-In

16. Lanes one to twelve

17. Lanes thirteen to twenty-four

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. Bumpers for children under ten are

19. A birthday party package costs

20. Cosmic bowling runs

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. Why does David like hemp?

22. What is Carla's objection to hemp?

23. What problem does Dr. Adams mention with recycled polyester?

24. Which fabric combination do the students consider?

25. What will they do to check the hemp?

26. What does Dr. Adams recommend for the buttons?

27. What is the budget?

What does Dr. Adams say about each item? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A It must be explained in the report; B It must be kept; C It must show washing instructions; D It is optional; E It should be plastic-free.

28. Choice of dye

29. Receipts

30. Label

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Potatoes were originally cultivated by indigenous peoples in the ______ mountains.

32. Spanish explorers encountered the crop in the ______ century.

33. The potato belongs to the ______ family, which includes poisonous plants.

34. Some regions wrongly associated the potato with the disease ______.

35. Governments in France and ______ actively promoted potato cultivation.

36. Potatoes yield more food calories per unit of farmland than traditional ______.

37. Frederick the Great planted a royal potato field and assigned ______ to watch it.

38. This trick convinced farmers the crop must be ______.

39. By the nineteenth century the potato was a dietary staple across ______ Europe.

40. A fungal disease caused the Irish famine of the ______.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Connectix Mobile: Contract Price Changes From 1 April, monthly contract prices across all Connectix plans will increase in line with inflation, as set out in the terms and conditions each customer agreed to when signing up. Customers on a fixed-term contract may cancel without penalty within 30 days of being notified of a price rise, provided they do so in writing rather than by phone. Pay-as-you-go customers are unaffected by this change, as are customers on the Connectix Senior plan, which remains price-protected until the end of next year. Full details of the new prices for each plan are available on the company website or by requesting a printed summary through customer service. Customers who switch to an annual payment plan before the price change takes effect can lock in current rates for a further twelve months. NOTICE B — Willowbank Apartments: New Pet Policy Following a residents' survey, Willowbank Apartments will now permit cats and dogs in all units, reversing the previous no-pets policy, subject to a one-off £150 pet deposit per animal and a maximum of two pets per household. Dogs over 25kg require prior written approval from the building manager, who may request to meet the animal before approval is granted. All pets must be registered with the management office within two weeks of moving in or acquiring the pet, and proof of up-to-date vaccinations must be provided. Residents are responsible for cleaning up after their pets in all communal areas, and repeated complaints from neighbours about noise or mess may result in the pet policy being withdrawn for that household.

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

1. When will Connectix contract prices increase?

2. What is required for dogs over 25kg at Willowbank Apartments?

3. What may happen if there are repeated complaints about a resident's pet?

Questions 4–5. 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. Fixed-term customers can cancel without penalty within 30 days if they do so in writing.

5. Pay-as-you-go customers will see their prices increase.

Questions 6–7. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A for each answer.

6. The Connectix Senior plan remains price-protected until the end of __________.

7. Full details of new prices are available on the website or by requesting a __________ through customer service.

Question 8. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A.

8. What can customers do to lock in current rates for another twelve months?

Questions 9–11. 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.

9. A maximum of two pets per household is allowed.

10. The pet deposit is refunded when the resident moves out.

11. The building manager may ask to meet a dog before approving it.

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

12. Pets must be registered with the management office within __________ of moving in.

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

13. What proof must be provided when registering a pet?

14. How much is the one-off pet deposit per animal?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Human Resources: Annual Performance Review Process Update This year's performance review process will move to a continuous feedback model, replacing the single annual review meeting with quarterly check-ins between staff and their line managers. Each check-in should take no more than 30 minutes and will focus on progress against agreed goals rather than a formal scoring system. A simplified self-assessment form, to be completed before each check-in, has replaced the previous ten-page annual document. Pay review decisions will still be made once a year, in April, drawing on the cumulative record of quarterly check-ins rather than a single end-of-year conversation. Managers will receive training on giving constructive feedback before the new process begins next quarter. TEXT B — Facilities: Office Relocation Notice The finance and marketing departments will relocate to the newly refurbished second floor from the 14th of next month, while the current second-floor tenant, the customer service team, moves to the third floor. Staff should begin packing non-essential items into the crates provided by Friday, leaving desks clear for the moving company's arrival over the following weekend. IT equipment will be disconnected and reconnected by the IT team; staff should not attempt to move computers or monitors themselves. New desk allocations will be emailed to all affected staff one week before the move. A drop-in session will be held in the main atrium on Wednesday for anyone with questions about the move.

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

15. How often will check-ins take place under the new performance review process?

16. Which team is currently on the second floor and will move to the third floor?

17. When will finance and marketing move to the second floor?

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. Pay review decisions will now be made every quarter.

19. The self-assessment form has been simplified compared to the previous version.

20. Pay review decisions draw on the cumulative record of quarterly check-ins.

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

21. Each check-in should take no more than __________.

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

22. What will managers receive before the new process begins?

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. Staff should move their own computers and monitors during the relocation.

24. New desk allocations will be emailed one week before the move.

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

25. A drop-in session for questions about the move will be held in __________.

26. Staff should begin packing non-essential items into the __________ provided.

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

27. By when should staff begin packing non-essential items?

Section 3: Urban Beekeeping and Biodiversity

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Over the past fifteen years, cities from London to New York have seen a remarkable rise in urban beekeeping, with hives appearing on office rooftops, hospital grounds, and even five-star hotels. What began largely as a niche hobby has grown into a movement that its advocates present as a meaningful response to well-documented declines in global bee populations, though the ecological reality is somewhat more complicated than the popular narrative suggests. Cities, counterintuitively, can offer bees certain advantages over agricultural landscapes. Urban parks, gardens, and even roadside verges often provide a greater diversity of flowering plants across a longer season than the vast monoculture fields typical of modern farming, where a single crop blooms briefly before leaving little for pollinators to forage the rest of the year. Urban areas also tend to have lower pesticide use overall than intensively farmed agricultural land, reducing one of the most significant threats to bee health. However, entomologists have raised a specific concern that complicates the celebratory narrative: the honeybees kept in urban hives are a managed, domesticated species, and a rapid proliferation of hives in a limited urban area can create intense competition for available forage among not just honeybees but also the hundreds of wild, unmanaged bee species, many of which are solitary and considerably more threatened than the domesticated honeybee. Several studies of cities with particularly high hive density have found measurable declines in wild bee populations in the surrounding areas, suggesting that well-intentioned urban beekeeping can, paradoxically, harm the very biodiversity it aims to support if not carefully managed. Conservation organisations have increasingly shifted their public messaging accordingly, encouraging city dwellers who want to help pollinators to plant diverse, pesticide-free gardens and leave patches of land unmown rather than simply installing a hive, an action that primarily benefits one already-domesticated species rather than the broader, more vulnerable pollinator community. Some cities have begun requiring permits and minimum spacing between hives specifically to manage this competitive pressure, treating urban apiculture as a regulated activity rather than an unambiguous environmental good. None of this suggests urban beekeeping is without value; honey production, public engagement with nature, and educational opportunities in schools all represent genuine benefits. The more nuanced picture emerging from recent research simply cautions against treating a hive on every rooftop as a straightforward solution to the pollinator crisis.

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

28. What advantage do cities sometimes offer bees over agricultural landscapes, according to the passage?

29. What do conservation organisations now increasingly encourage instead of installing hives?

30. What genuine benefits of urban beekeeping does the passage acknowledge?

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. Urban areas generally have lower pesticide use than intensively farmed land.

32. Wild bee species are generally less threatened than domesticated honeybees.

33. Some cities require permits and minimum spacing between hives.

34. Urban beekeeping began as a niche hobby.

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

35. A rapid proliferation of hives can create intense __________ among bee species for available forage.

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

36. What declined in cities with particularly high hive density, according to several studies?

37. According to the passage, what kind of bee species are most often solitary and threatened?

38. What type of farming leaves little forage for pollinators most of the year?

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. The writer believes urban beekeeping is entirely without value.

40. The writer believes a hive on every rooftop is a straightforward solution to the pollinator crisis.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Colours / Decorating your home) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Colours Q1. What is your favourite colour? Q2. Do colours affect the way you feel? Topic 2: Decorating your home Q3. How is your home decorated? Q4. If you could change one thing about your home, what would it be?
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Model answer: 1. Green, without any doubt. It reminds me of trees and grass, and I have a green jacket, a green bag and even green curtains in my bedroom. 2. They do, I think. Blue and green make me feel calm, whereas bright red can make me feel restless or a bit angry, so I tend to avoid it in rooms where I need to relax. 3. It's quite simple: white walls, light wooden furniture and a few framed photographs. I prefer it uncluttered, so I don't put out too many ornaments. 4. I'd love a bigger kitchen with a table where friends could sit and chat while I cook. At the moment the room's so small that only one person can fit in it at a time.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a time when you worked as part of a team. You should say: - what the team was working on - who else was involved - what your role was and explain how successful the teamwork was. Take one minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.
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Model answer: I'd like to describe organising a charity fun run with four colleagues from my office last spring. The idea started almost as a joke during lunch, but it quickly turned into a proper project once our manager agreed to support it. There were five of us involved altogether: one person handled the paperwork and permissions with the local council, two others managed publicity, including posters and social media, another dealt with sponsorship from local businesses, and I was mainly responsible for coordinating volunteers on the actual day, making sure the route was marked and water stations were staffed. It took about six weeks of planning in total, usually meeting briefly after work, which wasn't always easy alongside our normal jobs. On the day itself, over two hundred people took part, which was far more than we'd expected, and we raised a decent amount of money for a children's hospital. I think the teamwork went really well overall, mostly because everyone genuinely cared about the cause and communicated honestly when problems came up, like when one of our sponsors dropped out at the last minute. It taught me how much can get done when people share a clear goal.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (remote work) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. What do you think are the main advantages of working from home? Q2. Are there any jobs that simply cannot be done remotely? Q3. Do you think remote work weakens relationships between colleagues? Q4. How do you think the balance between office and remote work will develop in the future?
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Model answer: 1. It saves commuting time and often allows more flexible hours, and many people report feeling more focused without frequent office interruptions, though this can vary a lot depending on the person. 2. Definitely; jobs requiring physical presence, like construction, healthcare, or retail, simply can't be done from home, so remote work mainly benefits certain office-based or digital industries. 3. To some extent, yes, since spontaneous conversations and quick informal chats happen less naturally online, which can make new colleagues in particular feel less connected to the wider team. 4. I expect a hybrid model to become standard for many office roles, combining some in-person collaboration with flexible remote days, rather than a full return to five days in the office.

Writing Task 1

You were unable to attend an important meeting with a business client because of an unexpected personal emergency. Write a letter to the client. In your letter: apologise and explain what happened, reassure them about the missed matters, and suggest a new arrangement. Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter 'Dear ...,'

Writing Task 2

Traffic congestion is a growing problem in many cities around the world. What problems does this cause, and what measures could be taken to solve them? Write at least 250 words.
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