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IELTS General Training Practice Test 39

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

1. Surname: ______

2. Arrival date: ______ June

3. Number of nights: ______

4. Room type: ______

5. Weekend rate: ______ euros a night

6. Breakfast price: ______ euros per person

7. Contact number: ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. Why will the men not need parking?

9. The airport shuttle will cost the men

10. The men should tell the hotel if they arrive after

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. Year the brewery was founded: ______

12. Boiling time in the Boil House: ______ minutes

13. Number of fermentation tanks: ______

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

14. The Mash Room

15. The Boil House

16. The Fermentation Hall

17. The Bottling Line

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. A standard tour costs, for an adult,

19. Under-eighteens on the tour

20. Photography is not permitted

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. What should Carla and David do with unclear words?

22. How should pauses be recorded?

23. What does Dr. Lee say about cleaning up grammar?

24. What does Dr. Lee say about filler words like um?

25. How should participants be anonymised?

26. How often should time-stamps be added?

27. In what format should the final transcript be exported?

What does Dr. Lee instruct about each of these? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Use brackets with both speakers' words; B Mark it in brackets, not removed; C Change these along with names; D Never guess, mark as inaudible; E Export the final version this way.

28. Overlapping speech

29. Laughter

30. Place names

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

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

31. Rooftops, balconies, and community ______ have become common hive locations.

32. Urban bees can thrive because cities offer a wider variety of ______ plants.

33. Large-scale single-crop agriculture can provide a comparatively narrow ______ source.

34. Urban beekeepers face strict local ______ governing hive numbers.

35. Rules often set minimum distances from neighbouring ______.

36. Positioning hive entrances away from busy areas reduces unwanted ______.

37. Urban honey can vary in taste and ______ between neighbourhoods.

38. Urban beekeeping provides valuable ______ services to community gardens.

39. Some cities incorporate beekeeping into official ______ strategies.

40. Healthy pollinator populations support a resilient urban ______.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Harmony Music School: Lesson Fee Changes Individual instrument lesson fees will increase from next term, from £28 to £30 for a 30-minute lesson and from £48 to £52 for a 60-minute lesson, reflecting increased tutor fees across the school. Group lessons, including the popular beginners' ukulele class, remain unchanged in price to keep this option accessible to a wide range of students. Families with two or more children enrolled at the school continue to receive a 10% sibling discount on the total combined lesson fees. Termly payment in advance continues to receive a small discount compared with paying lesson by lesson, and this discount will increase slightly alongside the general fee change to maintain the same proportional saving. Students wishing to change instrument or tutor should discuss this with the school office at least two weeks before the start of a new term to allow time for scheduling. NOTICE B — Willowmead Apartments: Communal Bin Store Relocation The communal bin store, currently located beside the main entrance, will relocate to a purpose-built enclosure at the rear of the car park from next month, following resident complaints about odour and appearance near the main entrance. The new enclosure will be larger, allowing separate compartments for general waste, recycling, and garden waste, and will be accessible using the standard building fob rather than being left unlocked as before. Bin collection days remain unchanged, with the waste company's collection vehicles now accessing the rear enclosure directly via the service road rather than the main entrance. Residents are asked to continue using the current bin store until the new enclosure is fully ready, with a notice to be posted confirming the exact changeover date. Any large or bulky items that do not fit in the standard bins should continue to be arranged separately with the council as before.

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

1. What will a 30-minute individual lesson cost from next term?

2. Why is the communal bin store being relocated?

3. What should residents do with large or bulky items that don't fit in standard bins?

Questions 4–6. 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.

4. Group lesson fees remain unchanged.

5. The sibling discount will be removed alongside the fee increase.

6. The discount for termly payment in advance will increase slightly alongside the fee change.

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

7. Families with two or more children enrolled receive a __________ on combined lesson fees.

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

8. How far in advance should students discuss changing instrument or tutor?

9. What will a 60-minute individual lesson cost from next term?

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 new bin enclosure will have separate compartments for different waste types.

11. Bin collection days will change along with the relocation.

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

12. The new enclosure will be accessible using the standard __________.

13. The bin store will relocate to a purpose-built enclosure at the rear of the __________.

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

14. How will collection vehicles access the new enclosure?

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Human Resources: Internal Transfer Policy Update Staff wishing to apply for an internal transfer to a different department must now have completed at least twelve months in their current role, an increase from the previous six-month minimum, to reduce disruption to teams from very short-tenure departures. Exceptions to this minimum period may be granted in exceptional individual circumstances, subject to agreement between both the current and receiving line managers. Successful internal transfer applicants will receive a structured 30-day handover period to transition responsibilities to a colleague or new hire in their outgoing role, rather than leaving with immediate effect as previously permitted. Salary on transfer will be reviewed and, where appropriate, adjusted to reflect the market rate for the new role, though this is not automatically guaranteed to result in an increase. Staff considering an internal transfer are encouraged to speak informally and confidentially with HR before formally applying, to discuss the process and likely timescales involved. TEXT B — Benefits Team: New Health Insurance Provider Announcement The company's private health insurance provider will change from 1 September, moving to a new provider offering an expanded range of covered treatments, including enhanced mental health support and physiotherapy without requiring a GP referral first. Employees currently receiving ongoing treatment under the existing policy should contact the benefits team as soon as possible to ensure continuity of care is properly arranged during the transition. Dependants currently covered under an employee's existing policy will be automatically transferred to equivalent cover under the new provider, with no need for separate re-registration. A comparison document detailing exactly what has changed between the old and new policies will be circulated to all staff at least four weeks before the changeover date. Staff with questions about how the change specifically affects their personal circumstances should book a one-to-one call with the benefits team rather than relying solely on the general comparison document.

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

15. What is the new minimum time in a current role before applying for an internal transfer?

16. When will the new health insurance provider take effect?

17. What can staff book if they have questions about their personal circumstances?

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. Exceptions to the minimum period can never be granted under any circumstances.

19. A transfer to a new role always guarantees a salary increase.

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

20. Successful transfer applicants will receive a structured __________ to transition responsibilities.

21. Exceptions require agreement between both the current and __________.

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

22. Who should staff speak to informally before formally applying for a transfer?

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. The new provider requires a GP referral for physiotherapy.

24. Dependants will need to separately re-register under the new provider.

25. A comparison document will detail exactly what has changed between the old and new policies.

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

26. A comparison document will be circulated to all staff at least __________ before the changeover.

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

27. Who should employees receiving ongoing treatment contact as soon as possible?

Section 3: How Migratory Birds Navigate Thousands of Miles

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Each year, an extraordinary number of bird species undertake migratory journeys spanning thousands of kilometres between breeding and wintering grounds, often navigating with remarkable precision to the same specific nesting site used in previous years, a feat of biological navigation that has fascinated and genuinely puzzled scientists for well over a century of dedicated research. Research has gradually revealed that migratory birds rely not on any single navigational mechanism but rather on a genuinely sophisticated, redundant combination of multiple complementary sensory systems, providing crucial navigational backup should any single system prove temporarily unreliable or unavailable under particular environmental conditions. Perhaps the most extensively studied and remarkable of these systems is magnetoreception, an ability, absent in humans, to directly perceive the Earth's magnetic field, which some migratory species appear to use as a kind of internal compass providing reliable directional information regardless of visibility conditions, time of day, or local weather. The precise biological mechanism underlying magnetoreception remains genuinely debated among specialists, with competing hypotheses proposing specialised iron-containing magnetite particles located in specific tissues, or, more recently favoured by some researchers, a distinct light-dependent quantum mechanical process occurring within specialised proteins in birds' eyes, potentially allowing some migratory species to literally visualise magnetic field lines as a kind of directional overlay on their normal visual field. Celestial navigation constitutes a second well-documented mechanism, with many migratory species demonstrably capable of orienting using the position of the sun during daytime migration and, notably, using detailed patterns of star rotation around the fixed celestial pole during night-time migration, an ability that requires young birds to genuinely learn the specific rotational pattern of the night sky during a critical early developmental period before their first migration, since the specific pattern of stars, unlike Earth's magnetic field, is not something a bird could plausibly be born innately or genetically knowing. Olfactory navigation, migratory birds' sense of smell, has more recently emerged as a third significant and increasingly well-documented factor, particularly important for precise final-approach navigation once a bird has already returned to the general geographic region of a specific previous nesting site, with some pigeon studies suggesting birds can distinguish and reliably use subtly different, geographically specific atmospheric odour signatures to help pinpoint an exact remembered location with impressive final precision. Climate change and increasing large-scale habitat disruption along traditional, long-established migratory routes now pose a genuinely serious and rapidly growing threat to migratory bird populations worldwide, disrupting the precise, reliable timing synchronisation between arrival at a breeding ground and the seasonal peak availability of food resources that many specific migratory species have evolved to depend upon closely over many thousands of generations, a mismatch that conservation biologists increasingly warn could have severe and potentially irreversible long-term population consequences for numerous migratory species if current environmental trends continue largely unaddressed.

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

28. What does the passage say migratory birds rely on for navigation?

29. What do migratory birds use to orient during night-time migration?

30. What mismatch does climate change risk disrupting, 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. Humans possess the ability of magnetoreception in the same way some birds do.

32. The precise biological mechanism underlying magnetoreception is fully agreed upon by all specialists.

33. Star pattern knowledge is something a bird is born innately knowing, unlike magnetic field sensitivity.

34. Some migratory birds return with precision to the same specific nesting site used in previous years.

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

35. Young birds must learn the specific rotational pattern of the night sky during a critical early __________.

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

36. What sense has emerged as important for precise final-approach navigation to a nesting site?

37. What kind of particles are proposed by one hypothesis to underlie magnetoreception?

38. What describes the type of quantum mechanical process proposed to occur in specialised proteins in birds' eyes?

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. Pigeon studies suggest birds can distinguish geographically specific atmospheric odour signatures.

40. Conservation biologists are confident that climate change poses no real threat to migratory bird populations.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

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

Part 1 (Languages / English) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Languages Q1. Which languages can you speak? Q2. Is there another language you would like to learn? Topic 2: English Q3. When did you start learning English? Q4. What do you find most difficult about it?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. I speak Turkish, which is my mother tongue, and English. I also know a little German from school, although I wouldn't trust myself to hold a long conversation. 2. Yes, Italian. I love the sound of it, and I'd like to be able to understand the songs and films without reading subtitles. 3. I began at primary school, when I was about nine, but I only started to take it seriously at sixteen, after a summer course abroad. 4. Probably phrasal verbs, because there are so many and the meanings can change completely. Pronunciation is also tricky when words with the same spelling sound so different.

Part 2: Individual long turn

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

Describe a decision that was difficult for you to make. You should say: - what the decision was about - what your options were - how long it took you to decide and explain why this decision was difficult. Take one minute to prepare, then discuss 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 difficult decision I had to make was whether to accept a job offer in another city, far away from my family and friends. At the time I had two real options: stay in my current, fairly comfortable job, where I knew everyone and the work was easy, or move to a new company that offered better pay and more responsibility but meant relocating completely on my own. It took me almost three weeks to decide, which felt like a very long time, and I remember making lists of advantages and disadvantages that never seemed to give me a clear answer either way. I spoke to my parents, my closest friend, and even my current manager, and everyone had slightly different opinions, which made things more confusing rather than easier. The decision was difficult mainly because it wasn't really about facts or logic; it came down to fear of change against the fear of regretting a missed opportunity later in life. In the end I decided to take the new job, mostly because I realised I'd probably always wonder 'what if' otherwise. It turned out to be the right choice, although the first few months of settling into a new city were honestly harder than I expected.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

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

Part 3 (youth unemployment) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. What do you think are the main causes of youth unemployment? Q2. How does a lack of work experience affect young people's job prospects? Q3. Should governments create specific programmes to help young people find work? Q4. How might youth employment opportunities change in the future?
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Model answer: 1. A gap between what education teaches and what employers actually need is a common cause, along with limited entry-level positions in competitive industries with too many applicants. 2. It creates a difficult cycle, since employers often want experience, but young people can't gain that experience without first being given an opportunity to work in the first place. 3. Yes, I think targeted internships or apprenticeship schemes can genuinely help bridge that gap, giving young people practical experience alongside their formal education. 4. I expect more partnerships between companies and schools, designing courses that match real workplace needs more closely than purely traditional academic curricula currently do.

Writing Task 1

A wedding venue you booked changed several agreed arrangements at short notice, causing significant stress before the event. Write a letter to the venue manager. In your letter: explain what was originally agreed, describe what changed and how it affected you, and say what you would like them to do. Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter 'Dear ...,'

Writing Task 2

In some cultures, it is common for several generations of the same family to live together in one household, while in others younger generations tend to live independently. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of multigenerational households. Write at least 250 words.
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