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IELTS General Training Practice Test 35

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

1. Car model: Skoda ______

2. Registration: ______

3. Type of service: ______

4. Cost of service: ______ pounds

5. Date of booking: Thursday ______

6. Surname: ______

7. Other fault: passenger ______ sticking

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. The garage will call the customer if

9. The customer asks the garage to

10. The customer will collect her car 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. Lift opening time: ______

12. Adult day pass price: ______ dollars

13. Rental for a full ski or snowboard set: ______ dollars a day

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

14. The Beginner Slopes

15. The Intermediate Bowl

16. The Black Diamond Zone

17. The First Aid post

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. The lift to the Black Diamond Zone closes at

19. A two-hour group lesson costs

20. The Summit Café is located

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. Why do they decide against beetroot dye?

22. Which mordant does Dr. Adams recommend?

23. How long should the fabric soak in the dye bath?

24. What does Dr. Adams say about dyeing cotton and silk together?

25. What temperature should the dye bath reach?

26. What should be recorded because it affects plant dye colours?

27. How should the finished fabric be washed at first?

What does Dr. Adams decide about each of these? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Note it every time; B Six samples; C Cold water, separately; D A gentle simmer; E Test cotton and silk separately.

28. The dye bath pH

29. Washing the fabric

30. The final display

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Linguists estimate roughly half of the world's ______ living languages could fall out of use.

32. A language is seriously endangered once children stop learning it as a first language at ______.

33. ______ transmission from parents to children keeps a language alive.

34. Documentation involves recording native speakers telling traditional ______.

35. Linguists work to produce a detailed ______ describing the language's structure.

36. A comprehensive ______ is also created, ideally with community input.

37. Documentation alone is different from active ______.

38. Some projects include dedicated language ______ for young children.

39. Adult immersion classes help people reclaim a language their ______ may not have passed on.

40. Once the last fluent speaker dies, cultural and linguistic knowledge is lost ______.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — DriveSmart School of Motoring: Lesson Rescheduling Policy Learners needing to reschedule a booked driving lesson must now give at least 48 hours' notice rather than the previous 24 hours, following a review of instructor scheduling efficiency. Lessons cancelled with less than 48 hours' notice will be charged at the full lesson rate, except in cases of genuine illness supported by reasonable evidence, at the instructor's discretion. Learners can reschedule online through the booking portal or by texting their instructor directly, though online rescheduling is preferred as it updates the master schedule automatically. Block bookings of ten or more lessons purchased in advance continue to receive a 10% discount on the standard hourly rate. Instructors reserve the right to cancel a lesson at short notice due to poor weather conditions considered unsafe for a learner driver, in which case no charge will apply and the lesson will be rescheduled at no cost. NOTICE B — Parkview Apartments: Rooftop Terrace Access Rules The rooftop terrace will now be open to residents between 8am and 9pm daily, rather than the previous unrestricted 24-hour access, following complaints about late-night noise disturbing residents in the top-floor flats. Access requires the standard building fob, and a maximum of eight people may use the terrace at any one time due to structural weight limits identified in a recent survey. Furniture on the terrace must not be moved to different areas, as specific weight distribution has been calculated for the current layout. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the terrace, in line with the building's overall smoke-free policy. Residents wishing to book the terrace exclusively for a private gathering, such as a birthday celebration, may do so through the building manager, subject to availability and a maximum of twice per year per household.

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

1. How much notice must learners now give to reschedule a lesson without charge?

2. What is the maximum number of people allowed on the rooftop terrace at once?

3. Why were the terrace access hours restricted?

4. What happens if an instructor cancels a lesson due to poor weather?

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. Block bookings of ten or more lessons receive a 10% discount.

6. Instructors are charged a fee if they cancel due to poor weather.

7. Learners can reschedule a lesson by texting their instructor directly.

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

8. Online rescheduling is preferred as it updates the __________ automatically.

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

9. What exception allows a late cancellation without the full charge applying?

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 terrace previously had unrestricted 24-hour access.

11. Smoking is permitted in a designated area of the terrace.

Questions 12–13. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B for each answer.

12. Furniture on the terrace must not be moved because specific __________ has been calculated for the layout.

13. Residents wishing to book the terrace exclusively should do so through the __________.

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

14. How many times per year per household can the terrace be booked exclusively?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Human Resources: Staff Suggestion Scheme Launch A new staff suggestion scheme is launching next month, inviting employees to submit ideas for improving efficiency, reducing costs, or enhancing the workplace environment through a simple online form accessible from the company intranet. Suggestions will be reviewed monthly by a small cross-departmental panel, and employees whose ideas are formally adopted will receive a one-off reward of up to £250, depending on the estimated value or impact of the implemented suggestion. All submissions will receive an acknowledgement within a week, along with feedback on the outcome within six weeks, even where an idea is not taken forward, to ensure staff feel their input is genuinely valued regardless of the final decision. Anonymous submissions are permitted, though anonymous submitters will not be eligible for the financial reward if their idea is later adopted, as identity verification is required for reward payment. Previous informal suggestion channels, such as emailing a manager directly, will remain available alongside the new formal scheme. TEXT B — Facilities: New Conference Room AV Equipment All conference rooms will be upgraded with new audiovisual equipment over the coming three weeks, including larger screens, improved microphones designed to reduce background noise pickup during video calls, and simplified one-touch controls replacing the previous multi-remote setup that many staff found confusing. A short guide explaining the new controls will be laminated and placed on the table in each upgraded room. IT will be available for the first week after each room's upgrade to provide on-the-spot support for anyone struggling with the new system during an actual meeting. Rooms will be unavailable for booking during their specific upgrade window, which is expected to last no more than one full working day per room. Feedback on the new equipment can be submitted through the usual Facilities feedback form after using an upgraded room.

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

15. How will suggestions be submitted under the new scheme?

16. What is replacing the previous multi-remote setup in conference rooms?

17. What will be placed on the table in each upgraded room?

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. Employees whose ideas are adopted can receive a reward of up to £250.

19. Anonymous submitters are eligible for the financial reward if their idea is adopted.

20. Previous informal suggestion channels, such as emailing a manager directly, will remain available.

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

21. All submissions will receive feedback on the outcome within __________.

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

22. Who reviews suggestions submitted under the new scheme?

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. IT will be available for the first week after each room's upgrade.

24. Each room's upgrade is expected to take more than a week.

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

25. The new microphones are designed to reduce __________ during video calls.

26. Each room's upgrade window is expected to last no more than one full __________.

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

27. Where can staff submit feedback on the new equipment?

Section 3: The Return of Vinyl Records

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Vinyl records, an audio format widely and confidently declared commercially obsolete following the introduction of the compact disc in the 1980s and the subsequent rise of digital downloads and streaming in the following decades, have staged a remarkable and, to many industry observers, genuinely unexpected commercial resurgence over the past fifteen years, with sales figures in several major music markets now exceeding levels not seen since the format's original commercial peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This revival presents something of a genuine puzzle to economists and consumer behaviour researchers, since vinyl objectively offers inferior audio fidelity compared with modern digital formats by most conventional, measurable technical standards, alongside considerably greater cost, physical storage requirements, and general inconvenience relative to streaming a song instantly from a smartphone. Several converging, complementary explanations have been proposed by researchers studying the phenomenon rather than any single decisive factor. Tangibility appears to matter considerably to many purchasers in an era of increasingly dematerialised digital consumption; owning a large, physical object with substantial artwork, printed lyrics, and other included materials provides a sense of genuine ownership and connection to an artist's work that an ephemeral digital streaming file, however conveniently and instantly accessible, simply cannot replicate for many listeners. The deliberate, unhurried ritual of vinyl listening, physically selecting a record, carefully placing it on a turntable, and needing to get up and flip the record partway through an album's typical runtime, has also been cited by researchers and vinyl enthusiasts alike as a deliberately countercultural appeal against the passive, endless, algorithmically curated background listening that characterises much contemporary streaming consumption, offering a more actively engaged and intentional listening experience that some listeners find genuinely more satisfying and rewarding despite requiring considerably more conscious effort. Market data reveals an interesting and somewhat contradictory purchasing pattern that complicates any simple explanation based purely on audiophile listening preferences: a substantial proportion of vinyl purchasers, according to surveys, admit to owning a turntable that is rarely used, or in some documented cases not used at all, suggesting that for a meaningful segment of the vinyl-buying market, the record functions primarily as a collectible or a display object signalling genuine musical taste and cultural engagement, rather than as a format regularly used for critical, attentive listening in the way collectors of previous vinyl-buying generations more consistently did. The music industry has responded enthusiastically to this apparent contradiction between purchasing enthusiasm and actual listening behaviour, with major artists increasingly releasing special vinyl editions featuring exclusive artwork, coloured vinyl variants, or bonus tracks specifically designed to appeal to collectors, a pattern that has itself drawn some criticism from more traditionalist vinyl enthusiasts who argue that this commercially driven collector-focused approach represents a departure from vinyl's original, more straightforwardly functional purpose as simply the dominant available playback format of its original era.

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

28. What was vinyl widely declared following the introduction of the compact disc?

29. What does the passage suggest vinyl functions as for a meaningful segment of buyers?

30. How is streaming consumption described in contrast to vinyl listening, according to the passage?

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. Vinyl offers objectively superior audio fidelity compared with modern digital formats by most conventional technical standards.

32. Vinyl sales in several major markets now exceed levels not seen since the late 1970s and early 1980s.

33. Major artists increasingly release special vinyl editions with exclusive artwork or bonus tracks.

34. Vinyl generally requires greater cost and physical storage space than streaming.

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

35. Owning a physical vinyl record provides a sense of genuine ownership and __________ to an artist's work.

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

36. What ritual does vinyl listening require partway through an album, according to the passage?

37. What kind of purpose do traditionalist vinyl enthusiasts say the collector-focused approach represents a departure from?

38. What decade is mentioned as vinyl's original commercial peak?

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. A substantial proportion of vinyl purchasers admit to rarely using their turntable.

40. The writer believes a single decisive factor fully explains vinyl's commercial resurgence.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Teachers / School days) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Teachers Q1. Who was your favourite teacher at school? Q2. What makes someone a good teacher? Topic 2: School days Q3. Did you enjoy your time at school? Q4. What was your favourite subject?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. Mrs Kaya, who taught me geography. She used to bring in objects from her travels, like shells and old coins, and let us hold them while she told us where they came from. 2. Patience, mainly, together with a real passion for the subject. If the teacher is enthusiastic, the class usually is too, even when the topic is quite dry. 3. On the whole, yes, although I wasn't fond of exams. Mostly I remember lots of laughing with friends at break time, and walking home together in the afternoons. 4. History, because I liked the stories behind the dates. I still read history books in my free time, which surprises my friends because I never did homework for it.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a park or garden near your home that you like to visit. You should say: - where it is - what it looks like - what you usually do there and explain why you like going there. You will have one minute to prepare, then talk for between one and two minutes.
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: There's a park called Riverside Gardens about ten minutes' walk from my flat, and it's my favourite place to escape from the city. It's on the bank of a small river and covers quite a large area, with wide lawns, a pond with ducks, and an avenue of tall chestnut trees. In the middle there's a little cafe with wooden tables outside, and there's also a playground at the far end for children. I go there about twice a week, usually in the evening after work. Sometimes I jog around the edge, which takes about twenty-five minutes, and on other days I just sit on a bench with a takeaway coffee and watch people. At weekends I take my nephew there so he can feed the ducks, although the signs say we shouldn't give them bread! The main reason I love it is the atmosphere. Even when the roads nearby are full of traffic, inside the park it's peaceful, and you can hear birds instead of engines. It helps me relax after a stressful day, and in spring, when the cherry trees are in flower, it looks really magical.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (cultural festivals) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. Why do you think festivals remain popular even in modern society? Q2. Do large festivals help or harm the local areas where they are held? Q3. Should traditional festivals be adapted to appeal to younger generations? Q4. How might cultural festivals change in the future?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. Festivals offer a shared sense of celebration and community that everyday routines rarely provide, plus a welcome break from ordinary responsibilities, which people seem to value across all generations. 2. Both; they can boost local businesses and tourism significantly, but large crowds also strain local infrastructure and can sometimes disturb residents who don't personally attend the festival itself. 3. I think gentle adaptation can help keep traditions alive and relevant, provided the core meaning and history aren't lost entirely in the process of making them more modern. 4. I imagine more hybrid festivals combining in-person and online elements, letting people who can't physically attend still participate remotely, while preserving the shared communal experience for those present.

Writing Task 1

You would like your local sports club to set up a new beginners' class in an activity that is not currently offered. Write a letter to the club's manager. In your letter: describe the activity you would like offered, explain why you think there would be demand, and ask what would be needed to set it up. 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 celebrities have too much influence on young people's opinions and behaviour, while others think this influence is often exaggerated. 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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