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IELTS General Training Practice Test 22

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. Surname: ______

2. Voice type: ______

3. Rehearsals held at: St Andrew's Church ______

4. Term fee: ______ pounds

5. Phone: ______

6. Concert date: ______ December

7. Concert venue: Maritime ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. New members have to

9. One of the pieces this term is

10. Henry should arrive on Thursday at

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. Waiting list for a full-size plot: about ______ months

12. Number of plots in the Plot Field: ______

13. Yearly rent per plot: ______ dollars

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

14. The Gate

15. The Tool Shed

16. The Raised Beds

17. The Compost Corner

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. Compost is ready to share back out after about

19. The Polytunnel is mainly used for

20. One of the basic rules is

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. Why does Henry reconsider his choice of Canada?

22. What does the stipend from the German placement cover?

23. What level of German does Henry need?

24. What does Dr. Adams suggest to Grace about the length of her placement?

25. Where do half-year students usually live?

26. When must the reference request form be submitted?

27. Who arranges travel insurance?

What does Dr. Adams say about each of these? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Submit the request by Friday; B Only once is allowed; C Arrange it yourself; D Consider a half-year instead; E B1 level is required.

28. Deferring the placement

29. Travel insurance

30. The length of Grace's placement

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Strong evidence points to ancient ______ as the wheelbarrow's likely birthplace.

32. Written references date back roughly ______ years.

33. Early Chinese designs were sometimes called the wooden ______.

34. The Chinese design placed the single wheel in the ______ of the frame.

35. Some versions were fitted with a small ______ to catch the wind.

36. The wheelbarrow appeared in Europe only around the ______ century.

37. European designs typically placed the single wheel at the ______.

38. This design made the tool easier to manoeuvre through narrow ______.

39. The wheelbarrow sped up movement of stone, soil, and building ______.

40. The basic design remains indispensable on small building sites and in ______.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Bright Horizons Language School: Term Enrolment Deadlines Enrolment for the autumn term closes two weeks before the term start date, rather than the previous one-week deadline, to allow sufficient time for placement testing and timetabling. Applicants requiring a placement test should book this at least three working days before the enrolment deadline to guarantee their results are processed in time. Students who enrolled in the previous term and wish to continue at the same level do not need to retake the placement test, provided they enrol before the standard deadline. A late enrolment fee of £25 will apply to applications received after the deadline, subject to space being available in the relevant class. Payment plans are available for course fees over £400, spread across three equal monthly instalments with no additional charge. NOTICE B — Oakfield Housing Association: Garden Maintenance Responsibilities Following a review, front gardens at all Oakfield properties remain the responsibility of individual residents to maintain, while communal garden areas, including the shared lawn and hedges bordering the car park, will now be maintained by the housing association's contracted gardening team on a fortnightly basis during the growing season. Residents who wish to plant flowers or shrubs in communal areas must first seek written permission from the housing association, as unauthorised planting can complicate future maintenance work. Any resident whose front garden is judged to be causing a nuisance to neighbours, for example through overgrown hedges blocking a shared path, will receive a written warning before further action is considered. Garden waste collection continues on the usual fortnightly schedule, alternating with general waste collection.

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

1. When does enrolment for the autumn term now close?

2. Who is responsible for maintaining front gardens at Oakfield properties?

3. What must residents do before planting in communal areas?

4. What was the previous enrolment deadline before this change?

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. Students continuing at the same level from the previous term must retake the placement test.

6. A late enrolment fee applies regardless of space availability.

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

7. Payment plans are available for course fees over £400, spread across three __________.

8. Applicants needing a placement test should book this at least __________ before the enrolment deadline.

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

9. How much is the late enrolment fee?

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. Communal garden areas will be maintained fortnightly during the growing season.

11. Residents can plant whatever they like in communal areas without permission.

12. The shared lawn and hedges bordering the car park are examples of communal garden areas.

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

13. A resident causing a nuisance with an overgrown front garden will receive a __________ before further action.

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

14. What schedule does garden waste collection follow?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — IT and Facilities: Remote Work Equipment Policy Employees approved for regular remote working may now request a one-off allowance of up to £300 towards home office equipment, such as a monitor, desk chair, or keyboard, claimed through the expenses system with receipts attached. Equipment purchased using this allowance remains company property and must be returned if the employee leaves the company within twelve months of the purchase. IT will continue to provide and maintain laptops and any required software licences regardless of work location. Employees experiencing technical issues while working remotely should contact the IT helpdesk via the usual online ticketing system rather than by phone, as phone support is currently reserved for on-site staff only. A basic home office safety checklist must be completed and returned to HR before the equipment allowance can be claimed. TEXT B — Internal Recruitment: Job Vacancy Announcement An internal vacancy has opened for a Senior Project Coordinator role within the Operations team, and current employees are encouraged to apply before external advertising begins in two weeks' time. Interested staff should discuss the opportunity with their current line manager before formally applying, as a smooth internal transition is expected to be a factor in the selection process. The role includes a salary increase of approximately 10% compared with the coordinator's current typical band, along with additional line management responsibility for two junior staff. Applications should be submitted via the internal careers portal, including an updated CV and a short statement explaining relevant experience. Shortlisted internal candidates will be interviewed by a panel that excludes their current line manager to ensure a fair and independent process.

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

15. How much can remote employees request towards home office equipment?

16. What team is the Senior Project Coordinator vacancy within?

17. Who is excluded from the interview panel for internal candidates?

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. Equipment bought with the allowance remains company property.

19. Remote workers can call the IT helpdesk by phone for technical issues.

20. IT will continue to provide and maintain laptops and software licences regardless of work location.

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

21. A basic home office __________ must be completed before the allowance can be claimed.

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

22. Within what period must returned equipment be given back if an employee leaves?

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 discuss the opportunity with their line manager before applying.

24. The role includes a salary decrease compared with the current typical band.

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

25. The role includes additional line management responsibility for __________.

26. Applications should include an updated CV and a short statement explaining __________.

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

27. Where should applications for the role be submitted?

Section 3: Why Cities Are Getting Hotter: Urban Heat Islands

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Anyone who has walked from a shaded park into a sunbaked city street on a summer afternoon has experienced, in an informal way, one of urban climatology's most consistently documented phenomena: the urban heat island effect, whereby cities can be measurably warmer, sometimes by several degrees Celsius, than surrounding rural areas experiencing identical regional weather conditions. The effect is most pronounced after sunset, when rural areas cool rapidly while cities retain accumulated daytime heat well into the night. The underlying causes are now well understood. Dark, impervious surfaces such as asphalt roads and dark roofing materials absorb substantially more solar radiation during the day than natural vegetation and soil, and subsequently release this stored heat slowly overnight rather than allowing it to dissipate as it would over vegetated rural land. The removal of vegetation compounds this effect in two distinct ways: trees and plants provide direct shading, and more significantly, they cool their surroundings through evapotranspiration, the process by which plants release water vapour that absorbs heat as it evaporates, a natural cooling mechanism entirely absent from a typical paved urban surface. Waste heat from vehicles, air conditioning units, and industrial processes contributes a further, smaller but measurable component to the overall effect. The public health consequences of urban heat islands have become an increasingly urgent research focus as climate change drives more frequent and severe heatwaves. Mortality data from several major heatwave events has shown that deaths are disproportionately concentrated in the hottest urban neighbourhoods, which frequently overlap with lower-income areas that historically received less investment in street trees and green space, a pattern researchers have linked in some cities to discriminatory housing and infrastructure policies dating back decades, meaning the heat island effect is not distributed evenly across a city's population but compounds existing social and economic inequalities. Cities worldwide have begun implementing a range of countermeasures, from 'cool roof' programmes that mandate or incentivise reflective roofing materials to large-scale urban tree-planting initiatives specifically targeted at previously under-treed neighbourhoods. Singapore's extensive vertical greening requirements for new buildings and Seoul's restoration of a previously paved-over urban stream, which measurably cooled surrounding areas after its reopening, are frequently cited as internationally influential examples. Critics caution, however, that tree-planting programmes take years to deliver meaningful cooling as saplings mature, and that some interventions, such as reflective pavement coatings, while reducing surface temperature, can occasionally increase glare and pedestrian discomfort, illustrating that heat mitigation strategies require careful, context-specific design rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.

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

28. When is the urban heat island effect most pronounced, according to the passage?

29. What is cited as an example of Seoul's approach to reducing urban heat?

30. What downside of reflective pavement coatings does the passage mention?

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. Dark, impervious surfaces release stored heat slowly overnight.

32. Evapotranspiration is a cooling process present on typical paved urban surfaces.

33. Singapore has extensive vertical greening requirements for new buildings.

34. Heat mitigation strategies require careful, context-specific design.

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

35. Waste heat from vehicles, air conditioning, and industrial processes contributes a further, smaller __________ to the overall effect.

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

36. What kind of areas frequently overlap with the hottest urban neighbourhoods, according to mortality data?

37. What programme mandates or incentivises reflective roofing materials?

38. What process, besides providing direct shading, do trees and plants use to cool their surroundings?

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 heat island effect is distributed evenly across all residents of a city.

40. The writer believes tree-planting programmes deliver meaningful cooling almost immediately.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (The sea / Swimming) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: The sea Q1. Do you live near the sea? Q2. How do you feel when you are beside the sea? Topic 2: Swimming Q3. Can you swim well? Q4. Do you think all children should learn to swim?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. Not now, I live inland, about four hours from the coast. But I grew up in a fishing village, so the sea is still very important to me. 2. Calm and a little nostalgic. I love the smell of salt in the air and the sound of the waves, and I can sit on a beach for hours doing nothing at all. 3. Reasonably well. I can swim fifty lengths in a pool, but I'm less confident in open water, especially when there are strong currents. 4. Yes, I really believe so. It's a life-saving skill, and in a country with so many rivers and beaches it's dangerous for a child not to know how to stay afloat.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a teacher who has had a strong influence on you. You should say: - who this teacher was - what subject he or she taught - how he or she taught the class and explain why this teacher influenced you so much. You will have one minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.
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Model answer: I'd like to talk about my old English teacher, Mr Douglas, who taught me when I was fifteen. He was a tall, quiet man with a slightly untidy beard, and at first I thought he'd be strict and boring. In fact, he was the opposite. Instead of asking us to memorise lists of words, he'd bring in newspaper articles, song lyrics and even recipes, and we had to work out what they meant and discuss them together. He never laughed at a mistake, he simply repeated the sentence correctly and carried on, so nobody felt embarrassed about speaking. I remember once he stayed after school for an hour to help me prepare for a presentation, although he certainly wasn't obliged to. The reason he influenced me so much is that he made me believe I could actually use English in real life, not only pass exams. Before his classes I was extremely shy, but by the end of the year I was volunteering to answer questions. That confidence has stayed with me, and it's one of the reasons I'm now preparing for the IELTS test. I still think of him whenever I have to speak in front of people.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (learning languages) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. Why do you think some people find learning a foreign language difficult? Q2. What are the benefits of being able to speak more than one language? Q3. Is it better to learn a language in a classroom or through immersion in the country? Q4. How might technology change the way people learn languages in the future?
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Model answer: 1. Motivation and consistent practice matter enormously, and many people simply don't get enough real exposure to the language outside occasional lessons, which makes progress feel slow and easy to give up on. 2. Beyond obvious practical benefits like travel and career opportunities, research suggests it can improve memory and even delay cognitive decline in older age, alongside a deeper understanding of other cultures. 3. I think immersion tends to build fluency faster, since you're forced to use the language constantly, but a classroom gives useful structure, especially for understanding grammar clearly from the start. 4. Translation apps and AI-based conversation practice will likely make self-study far more effective, though I doubt they'll fully replace the confidence gained from real human conversation.

Writing Task 1

You are applying for a further course of study and need a reference letter from a former university tutor. Write a letter to your tutor. In your letter: remind them who you are, explain what the reference is for, and say what information you would like them to include. Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter 'Dear ...,'

Writing Task 2

Automation and robots are increasingly replacing human workers in many industries. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development? Write at least 250 words.
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