IELTS General Training Practice Test 1
A complete General Training test. Reading and Writing are written for General Training; Listening and Speaking are the same papers for both tests, so they are shared with Practice Test 1.
Unofficial original RCF practice material
This test was written by RCF English. It is not an official IELTS test and is not endorsed by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia or Cambridge University Press & Assessment. The organisations, places and people in Sections 1 and 2 are invented.
Sit the four papers in order
Listening: 30 minutes
Practice Test 1: Listening. The Listening paper is identical for Academic and General Training.
Reading: 60 minutes
General Training Reading: three sections, 40 questions, no extra transfer time.
Writing: 60 minutes
General Training Writing: a letter (about 20 minutes) and an essay (about 40 minutes).
Speaking: 11 to 14 minutes
Practice Test 1: Speaking. The Speaking test is identical for Academic and General Training.
Check your answers
Answers and model answers, with an indicative General Training band table.
General Training Reading is marked more strictly
Because General Training texts are more familiar, you need more correct answers for the same band than in Academic Reading. Do not be misled by a high raw score: check it against the General Training table on the answers page.