A score you can trust before the day that counts.
A practice test is only useful if it is uncomfortable. Ours are sat full length, timed, without pausing and without your notes — because a score earned under easier conditions than the real exam tells you nothing you can act on.
Why sit a practice test
Find out where you actually are
Most students overestimate reading and underestimate writing. A full test replaces that guesswork with a score per skill, which is the only sound basis for deciding what to work on.
Practise the length, not just the questions
Exams are long. Concentration fails in the final section far more often than knowledge does, and the only way to train for that is to sit the whole thing in one go.
Learn which two changes matter most
A report that lists twenty faults is noise. Yours names the small number of changes that will move your score fastest, in the order to attempt them.
How it works
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Book your test
Practice tests are included in the IELTS and PTE courses. If you are not enrolled, you can sit one as a standalone assessment.
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Sit it under exam conditions
Full length, properly timed, no pausing and no notes. Speaking is conducted live with an instructor and recorded so it can be marked carefully rather than in the moment.
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It is marked against the official criteria
Listening and reading are marked objectively. Writing and speaking are assessed against the published band descriptors — the same four criteria a real examiner applies.
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You get a written report
A score for each skill, an overall result, and specific written feedback naming what cost you marks and what to change before the next attempt.
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You go over it with your instructor
The report is discussed, not just delivered. Your next weeks of work are planned around what the test exposed.
A score per skill, and the two fixes that move it.
The report is deliberately short. A band for each of the four skills, an overall figure, and written feedback that names the criterion you lost marks against — because a student who is told everything changes nothing.
Book free placement test- Listening
- 7.5
- Reading
- 7.0
- Writing
- 6.5
- Speaking
- 7.0
- Overall
- 7.0
What the writing and speaking marks measure
These two skills are where students lose most and understand least. Both are marked against four published criteria, and knowing them changes how you prepare.
Task response
Did you answer the question that was asked, fully, with a clear position held throughout?
Coherence & cohesion
One idea per paragraph, logically ordered and linked. The most common ceiling on a writing score.
Lexical resource
Range and precision of vocabulary — used accurately, not decoratively.
Grammatical range
Variety of structures alongside accuracy. Safe and correct scores lower than varied and mostly correct.
Common questions
Is the practice test the same as the placement test?
No. The placement test is free, takes about twenty minutes and decides which level or course suits you. A practice test is a full-length exam simulation for students already preparing for IELTS or PTE.
Does my practice score predict my real score?
It is an indication, not a promise. Sat under genuine exam conditions it is a fair reflection of where you are on that day — but no practice test can guarantee a result, and you should be sceptical of anyone who tells you otherwise.
How many should I sit?
Enough to measure change, not so many that you are testing instead of learning. Most students benefit from one early in the course to set a baseline and one near the end to confirm readiness.
Can I sit one without enrolling on a course?
Yes. Some students want a reliable score before deciding whether they need a course at all. Start with the free placement test and we will tell you which makes sense.
Start with an honest baseline.
The free placement test takes about twenty minutes and tells you where you stand, which exam suits you, and whether you are ready to prepare for it yet.