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IELTS General Training Practice Test 27

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

1. Surname: ______

2. Age: ______

3. Preferred day: ______ morning

4. Previous experience: walking ______

5. Induction session on: 4 ______

6. Induction starts at: ______

7. T-shirt size: ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. Which job would Ben like to do?

9. Volunteers must wear

10. The shelter recommends volunteers have

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. Race session length: ______ minutes

12. Race session cost: ______ dollars

13. Minimum height to drive an adult kart: ______ centimetres

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

14. The Briefing Room

15. The Kit Room

16. The Main Track

17. The Junior Track

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. The fastest lap record on the Main Track is

19. A black flag means

20. Drivers must

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. How much of the module mark is the notebook worth?

22. What must be written about each location?

23. What is the rule about grid references?

24. What does Grace suggest putting next to a rock in a sketch?

25. How many samples can each student collect?

26. Why should notes be in pencil?

27. What time does the coach leave?

What does each item need? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A A labelled scale; B A numbered bag and matching page; C A plastic cover; D A grid reference; E A tutor's signature.

28. Sketch

29. Sample

30. Notebook in the rain

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Circadian rhythms are controlled by a cluster of cells called the ______.

32. This brain region responds mainly to ______ entering the eyes.

33. Night shift work is linked to weakened ______ response.

34. Long-term shift work is linked to increased risk of ______ disease.

35. Night workers often report poor quality ______ sleep.

36. Bright ______ and noise interfere with restorative sleep during the day.

37. Wearing dark glasses on the journey home can help shift the internal ______.

38. Workers need a genuinely dark ______ for daytime sleeping.

39. Complete adaptation rarely happens for workers on ______ shifts.

40. Some workplaces use brighter, ______-toned light early in a night shift.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Coastal Home Insurance: Renewal Notice Your home insurance policy is due for renewal in three weeks, and this year's premium reflects a modest increase of approximately 6%, largely driven by rising rebuild costs across the construction industry. Renewing online before the renewal date secures an additional 5% loyalty discount, not available if you renew by phone. Customers who have made no claims in the past five years are automatically entitled to a no-claims discount, already factored into the renewal price quoted. Please review the sums insured for buildings and contents carefully, as under-insurance can significantly reduce any future claim payment even if a valid claim is otherwise accepted. If you have made any home improvements this year, such as an extension or new kitchen, please inform us before renewing, as this may affect your rebuild cost estimate. NOTICE B — Fairhaven Residents Association: AGM Announcement The Fairhaven Residents Association's Annual General Meeting will take place next Thursday evening in the community hall, starting at 7pm, with light refreshments served from 6:45pm. Items on the agenda include a review of this year's accounts, the election of two new committee members, and a discussion of a proposal to install additional CCTV cameras at the estate's entrance points. Residents wishing to raise additional items for discussion should submit these in writing to the committee secretary at least three days before the meeting. Proxy voting forms are available for residents unable to attend in person, allowing them to nominate another resident to vote on their behalf on any agenda items. Minutes from the meeting will be circulated to all residents within two weeks.

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

1. What is largely driving this year's premium increase?

2. What time will refreshments be served before the AGM?

3. When will minutes from the meeting be circulated to residents?

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. Renewing by phone secures the additional 5% loyalty discount.

5. Under-insurance can reduce a future claim payment even if the claim is valid.

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

6. Customers should inform the insurer of any __________ made this year before renewing.

7. Renewing online before the renewal date secures an additional __________ loyalty discount.

Questions 8–9. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A.

8. What discount is automatically given to customers with no claims in the past five years?

9. By approximately what percentage has this year's premium increased?

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. Two new committee members will be elected at the AGM.

11. Residents unable to attend cannot have their vote counted in any way.

12. The AGM will take place in the community hall.

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

13. Additional agenda items should be submitted in writing at least __________ before the meeting.

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

14. What proposal about the estate's entrance points will be discussed at the AGM?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Human Resources: Staff Satisfaction Survey Announcement The annual staff satisfaction survey will open next Monday and remain available for two weeks, with all staff strongly encouraged to participate, though completion remains voluntary and fully anonymous. The survey, conducted through an independent external provider to protect confidentiality, covers topics including workload, management support, and career development opportunities, and takes approximately fifteen minutes to complete. Results will be shared with all staff in an all-hands meeting within six weeks of the survey closing, alongside a summary of actions the company commits to taking in response to key findings. Departments with a response rate below 60% will be followed up with a reminder from their department head, though individual responses will never be traceable to specific employees. Last year's survey led directly to the introduction of the flexible working policy now in place. TEXT B — Facilities: New Fire Evacuation Procedure Following a review by the fire safety officer, the building's evacuation procedure has been updated, introducing two additional designated fire marshals per floor to assist with evacuation, particularly for staff or visitors who may need additional support. The main assembly point remains the car park opposite the building entrance, but a secondary assembly point at the park two streets away has now been designated for use if the primary point is judged unsafe, for example due to smoke drift. All staff must attend a brief refresher session on the updated procedure within the next month, with sessions scheduled by department. Fire marshals will wear high-visibility vests, now stored in a clearly labelled cabinet on each floor rather than in individual marshals' desks as before.

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

15. How long will the staff satisfaction survey remain open?

16. What has been added to help with evacuation, according to Text B?

17. Where is the main assembly point located?

Questions 18–19. 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. Completing the survey is voluntary.

19. Individual survey responses can be traced back to specific employees.

Questions 20–21. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A for each answer.

20. Departments with a response rate below 60% will receive a reminder from their __________.

21. The survey is conducted through an __________ to protect confidentiality.

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

22. What policy did last year's survey directly lead to?

Questions 23–25. 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.

23. A secondary assembly point has been designated at a nearby park.

24. High-visibility vests are now stored in individual marshals' desks.

25. Refresher sessions on the updated evacuation procedure will be scheduled by department.

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

26. All staff must attend a brief refresher session on the updated procedure within __________.

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

27. Who reviewed the building's evacuation procedure before the update?

Section 3: How Cities Are Redesigning Streets for Pedestrians

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

For much of the twentieth century, urban planning across the industrialised world proceeded from an assumption so widely shared it was rarely explicitly stated: that street space existed primarily to move motor vehicles efficiently, with pedestrians, cyclists, and public space accommodated only where they did not meaningfully impede traffic flow. Over the past two decades, a significant number of cities worldwide have begun deliberately reversing this priority, reallocating street space away from cars and towards pedestrians, cyclists, and public gathering space. The Spanish city of Pontevedra is frequently cited as an early and influential example of this reversal, having essentially banned through-traffic from its historic centre beginning in 1999, a decision initially met with considerable business-owner scepticism about the impact on trade. Subsequent data, however, showed the opposite of what critics feared: pedestrian footfall and, notably, retail activity in the pedestrianised zone increased substantially once cars were removed, while the city recorded no traffic-related pedestrian deaths in the two decades following the change, a striking outcome for a city of its size. Paris has pursued perhaps the most ambitious version of this reversal under its '15-minute city' concept, an urban planning framework proposing that residents should be able to meet most of their daily needs, including work, shopping, healthcare, and education, within a fifteen-minute walk or bicycle ride of home, a goal pursued through dramatic reductions in on-street parking, extensive new cycle lane networks built rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conversion of some riverside roads into permanent pedestrian and cycling space. Critics of the 15-minute city concept, it should be noted, have raised concerns ranging from practical implementation challenges in car-dependent suburbs to, in some more extreme and factually unfounded cases, conspiracy theories falsely alleging the concept aims to restrict personal freedom of movement, claims that urban planning researchers have firmly and repeatedly rejected as a fundamental misreading of what is, in essence, a proximity-based amenity planning framework. Research into pedestrianisation's economic effects has generally supported the pattern observed in Pontevedra: contrary to persistent business-owner intuition that customer car access drives retail revenue, numerous studies across different cities have found that pedestrianised shopping streets often see increased footfall and retail spending once implemented, likely because pedestrians tend to browse more slowly, visit more shops per trip, and experience a more pleasant, lingering shopping environment than drivers navigating congested, noisy streets in search of scarce parking. Implementation nonetheless remains politically contentious in many cities, particularly where existing infrastructure and settlement patterns were built specifically around car dependency over previous decades, meaning successful pedestrianisation typically requires complementary investment in public transport and cycling infrastructure to provide viable alternatives, rather than simply removing car access and assuming alternative travel patterns will spontaneously emerge.

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

28. What did twentieth-century urban planning generally assume, according to the passage?

29. What have numerous studies found about pedestrianised shopping streets?

30. What outcome did Pontevedra record regarding traffic-related pedestrian deaths after the change?

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. Pontevedra banned through-traffic from its historic centre beginning in 1999.

32. Retail activity in Pontevedra's pedestrianised zone decreased after cars were removed.

33. Pedestrians tend to visit more shops per trip than drivers, according to the passage.

34. Implementation of pedestrianisation is politically uncontentious in every city.

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

35. The '15-minute city' concept proposes residents meet most daily needs within a fifteen-minute walk or __________ of home.

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

36. During what global event were extensive new cycle lane networks built rapidly in Paris?

37. What investment does successful pedestrianisation typically require, besides investment in cycling infrastructure?

38. What did business owners initially fear about Pontevedra's traffic ban?

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 conspiracy theories about the 15-minute city concept are factually accurate.

40. Urban planning researchers have firmly rejected conspiracy claims about the 15-minute city concept.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Staying healthy / Visiting the doctor) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Staying healthy Q1. What do you do to stay healthy? Q2. Do you think you eat healthily enough? Topic 2: Visiting the doctor Q3. When did you last go to the doctor? Q4. Do people in your country visit the doctor often?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. I try to walk to work rather than take the bus, and I go swimming on Saturday mornings. I also try to get to bed before eleven, although that doesn't always happen. 2. Fairly, but I could do better. I eat plenty of vegetables, but I have a sweet tooth and I find it very hard to say no to chocolate biscuits. 3. About four months ago. I had a persistent cough, and it turned out to be a mild chest infection, so I was given some antibiotics and felt better within a week. 4. I think most people do go, but often only when they're already quite ill. Preventive check-ups aren't really part of our habits, and waiting times can put people off.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a restaurant that you would recommend to a friend. You should say: - where it is - what kind of food it serves - what the atmosphere is like and explain why you would recommend it. You will be given one minute to prepare, then talk about it for one to two minutes.
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Model answer: A restaurant I'd happily recommend to any visitor to my city is a little family-run place called Sofra, tucked away in a side street behind the old bazaar. You'd probably walk past it if you weren't looking, because there's only a small sign above the door, but inside it's warm and welcoming, with wooden tables, colourful cushions and lanterns hanging from the ceiling. The menu is based on traditional home cooking from the south-east of the country, so you'll find lentil soup, grilled lamb, stuffed vine leaves and a number of vegetarian dishes made with aubergines and peppers. Everything is prepared fresh every morning by the owner's mother, who often comes out of the kitchen to see if the customers are satisfied. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly; there's soft music in the background, and the waiters are happy to explain the dishes and to suggest what to order. I first went there with a colleague last year and I've been back at least ten times. I'd recommend it for three reasons: the food is delicious and authentic, the prices are much lower than in the tourist restaurants, and you get the feeling that you're eating at somebody's home, which is something special.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (food and eating habits) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. How have eating habits changed in recent decades? Q2. Do you think fast food has had a negative impact on society? Q3. Should there be more regulation around how unhealthy food is advertised? Q4. How might people's diets change in the future?
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Model answer: 1. Meals have become quicker and more convenient, with more people eating ready-made or delivered food rather than cooking from scratch, largely because of busier lifestyles and longer working hours. 2. Overall, yes, since it's contributed to rising rates of obesity and related health problems, though it has also made eating out affordable and accessible for people on lower incomes. 3. I think so, particularly regarding advertising aimed at children, since limiting exposure to persuasive marketing could gradually shift demand toward healthier options over time. 4. I imagine plant-based and lab-produced alternatives will become more mainstream, partly for health reasons and partly due to growing awareness of the environmental cost of traditional meat production.

Writing Task 1

You were unable to pay a supplier's invoice on time due to an unexpected cash flow problem in your small business. Write a letter to the supplier. In your letter: apologise and explain the situation, propose a revised payment date, and reassure them about future orders. 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 advertising unhealthy food to children should be banned completely, while others think parents alone should be responsible for their children's diet. 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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