IELTS Mock Test - free, all 4 sections, authentic band scoring

A full-length, free IELTS mock in the live test's exact format - Listening (30 min, 40 questions), Reading (60 min, 40 questions), Writing (60 min, 2 tasks) and Speaking (11-14 min) - scored on the real 0-9 band scale in 0.5 increments, with per-section bands and an indicative overall. Academic and General Training formats, unlimited attempts.

What's included in the IELTS mock

The mock mirrors the four sections of the live IELTS in order, timing and interface. You sit it in roughly the same elapsed time as the real test - about 2 hours 45 minutes including Speaking - and finish with a band per skill plus an indicative overall, rounded the same way IELTS rounds the average.

The 0-9 band scale and how we score it

IELTS reports a band from 0 (did not attempt) to 9 (expert user) on each of the four skills, in 0.5 increments. The overall band is the average of the four, rounded to the nearest 0.5 (.25 rounds up to .5, .75 rounds up to the next whole band). The mock follows the exact same convention so the number you see maps to what your test report would say.

• Band 5: modest user - partial command, frequent errors.
• Band 6: competent - effective command despite some inaccuracies (typical UG entry).
• Band 7: good - operational command with occasional inaccuracies (typical PG entry).
• Band 8+: very good to expert - fully operational, only occasional unsystematic inaccuracies.

Ready to test where you stand? Take a free IELTS mock and see your indicative band in 2 hours.

Academic or General Training - pick the right format

IELTS comes in two formats that share Listening and Speaking but differ in Reading and Writing. The mock lets you pick the one your destination requires before you start; if you're unsure, run one of each - the underlying skills are identical.

• Academic: for higher study and professional registration. Reading uses scholarly passages; Writing Task 1 is a chart / process / map description.
• General Training: for migration, work and some training courses. Reading uses everyday texts; Writing Task 1 is a letter.

Two practice modes: Instant Feedback or Exam-like

You don't always need the full 2h 45m. The mock supports two modes so the format fits the prep stage you're in.

• Instant Feedback: answers check immediately, with explanations - best for early skill build when you want to fix mistakes as they happen.
• Exam-like:strict timing, no early reveal, only the on-screen tools available in CD-IELTS - best for the final 2-3 weeks when you're training pacing under pressure.

Section deep dives

Listening (40Q, 30 min)

Four recordings of escalating difficulty: a transactional conversation, a social monologue, an academic discussion and a lecture. Questions are MCQ, gap-fill, matching, labelling and short-answer - you hear each recording once. The mock uses the same varied accents (UK, Australian, North American) you'll meet in the live test, and includes the 10-minute answer-transfer step in paper mode.

Reading (40Q, 60 min)

Three long passages (Academic) or graded texts (General Training) with the same mix of detail, inference, gist, matching and True / False / Not Given questions. No extra transfer time - you write directly on the answer sheet (paper) or in the field (computer). The hardest part is pacing: ~20 minutes per passage with no time to read everything in detail.

Writing (2 tasks, 60 min)

Task 1 (recommended 20 min, 150+ words) is a data / process / map description in Academic, or a letter in General Training. Task 2 (recommended 40 min, 250+ words) is an essay - argument, problem-solution or two-sided discussion. The mock returns rubric-aligned feedback on task response, coherence, lexical range and grammar, the four bands that drive your Writing score.

Speaking (11-14 min, 3 parts)

Part 1 is a 4-5 minute interview on familiar topics; Part 2 is a 1-2 minute cue-card monologue with 1 minute of prep; Part 3 is a 4-5 minute discussion of abstract issues linked to Part 2. The mock records your responses, gives rubric-aligned feedback on fluency, lexical range, grammatical range and pronunciation, and indicates a band - useful preparation for the live face-to-face examiner.

Why it matches the live exam (CD-IELTS UI mirror)

The computer-delivered IELTS interface has its own quirks - a left-hand navigation panel, the highlight / note tools, the on-screen word counter for Writing - and the mock mirrors them exactly. So when you sit the real CD-IELTS, nothing about the screen is unfamiliar. If you're sitting paper IELTS, the mock has a paper-mode layout that mirrors the booklet too.

After-finish analysis: per-section band + indicative overall

When you finish, you see a band for each of the four skills, the indicative overall (with the same .25 / .75 rounding the real test uses), and a question- by-question breakdown showing what you got wrong, why, and the band-descriptor fix. Writing and Speaking get rubric-aligned feedback against the four assessment criteria - what to keep, what to drop, what to drill before the next mock.

Where this fits in a full IELTS prep plan

A mock is the diagnostic, not the syllabus. To use it well, read the format deep-dive on the test-format page first, then sit a free mock to find your weakest skill, target it with daily drills, and re-mock weekly. Confirm the score your destination needs on the score-requirements page, check who can sit the test on the eligibility page, and book the real date via the registration walkthrough once your mocks consistently clear the target with margin.

Free, unlimited, no signup wall

Every IELTS mock here is free and you can sit as many as you want. There is no credit pool, no "1 free then pay," no exam-day upsell. We're built by the Edzok team that has run free mock platforms for six-plus years - the model is supported by the wider Edzok offering, not by paywalling candidates a week before their test.

Ready to test where you stand? Take a free IELTS mock and see your indicative band in 2 hours.