These Academic IELTS Reading practice tests are optimised for offline use — they are available as PDF files. The tests contain answer keys with explanations and a list of difficult vocabulary for each section. The PDF button is at the bottom of each test page.
IELTS Reading Practice Test 1 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 Bakelite In 1907, Leo Hendrick Baekeland, a Belgian scientist working in New York, discovered and patented a revolutionary new synthetic material. His invention, which he named 'Bakelite', ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 2 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 The Impact of Wilderness Tourism A The market for tourism in remote areas is booming as never before. Countries all across the world are actively promoting their ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 3 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 - Loss of Tropical Rainforests Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforests. For example, one graphic illustration ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 4 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 Adam's Wine A Water is the giver and, at the same time, the taker of life. It covers most of the surface of the planet we live ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 5 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 A They play hard, they play often, and they play to win. Australian sports teams win more than their fair share of titles, demolishing rivals with seeming ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 6 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Section 1 Networking as a concept has acquired what is in all truth an unjustified air of modernity. It is considered in the corporate world as an essential tool ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 7 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1. The Value of a College Degree Escalating cost of higher ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 8 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-15, which are based on Passage 1 below. Questions 1-5 Reading Passage 1 has five paragraphs, A-E. Choose ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 9 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Reading Passage 1 The History of Bicycle The bicycle was not invented by one individual or in one country. It took nearly 100 years and many people for the ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 10 Printable
New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Reading Passage 1 Finding the Lost Freedom 1. The private car is assumed to have widened our horizons and increased our mobility. When we consider our children’s mobility, they ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 11 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Online test, optimised for desktop and mobile use Reading Passage 1 Its raining cats and ... Since ancient times, people have marvelled at the fact that cats always manage to land on all four paws, no ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 12 Printable
Click for the online version of the test, optimised for mobile and desktop Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. Synaesthesia A Imagine ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 13 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Click to take this test online Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A Recent years have seen a barrage of dystopian Young ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 14 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Click to take this test online Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A Brief History of London Underground It is a staple ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 15 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Please note: this is one of the easier IELTS Reading Tests. It does not reflect the actual level of challenge of IELTS Tests. Use as reference only. Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 16 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Click to take this test online Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. It is in everyone’s pocket and we feel ill-at-ease when ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 17 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Click to take this test online Section 1 Haiku Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that typically consists of three lines and is used as a means of expressing emotions and capturing moments of ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 18 Printable
Answer Keys :: Vocabulary Click to take this test online Section 1 Running water Does your house have a supply of water? What happens when you open the tap – does it hiss at you angrily or obediently provides you ...
IELTS Reading Practice Test 19 Printable
Click to take this test online Section 1 Pugilism A Pugilism, a word rarely used today, is another term for boxing, a combat sport and a martial art in which two people throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...