IELTS Study Lab

Build your IELTS study plan

Free practice tests give you a band score. They don't tell you what to do tomorrow morning. This turns your score into a day-by-day plan — minutes allocated to the exact parts you're weakest on, with all four skills mixed into every single day.

1Your target

This sets how hard the plan has to work.

Weekends are scaled up a little — that is where the full timed tests sit.

2Don't know your level? Test yourself free first

All of these are free. Do one full test, note your section scores, then come back. It takes about 2 hours and makes everything below far more accurate.

Official British Council — free practice tests

Two complete free tests, Academic and General Training. The most exam-accurate free option there is.

Official IDP — free preparation & mock tests

Large free bank of practice material from one of the two organisations that runs the real test.

Instant score IELTS Online Tests

Free full tests with automatic marking for Listening and Reading. Good for a quick, honest number.

No sign-up Mini-IELTS

Free Listening and Reading tests, marked instantly, no account needed. Fastest way to get a number today.

No sign-up IELTS Free Tests

First test of every section free, browser-based, both modules.

Practice bank IELTS Buddy

Free practice across all four skills, with model answers for Writing and Speaking.

Listening and Reading are the ones to test. They mark themselves, so the number is real. Writing and Speaking can't be self-marked reliably — use the self-assessment below for those two if you have no teacher.

3Your current level

Pick whichever is true right now.

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