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These files are official sample tasks, not a secret archive of live tests. IELTS does not release a dated past-paper series the way Cambridge IGCSE does. What you can download here is what IDP and Cambridge publish for candidates: one task type at a time, with the recording for Listening and an answer key where they issued one.

Sit each listening task once, without pausing. The real test does not rewind. Mark it, then replay with the transcript to see which word you missed — a name, a number, or a plural.

Reading sample tasks are shorter than the real 60-minute paper. Use them to learn the question type, then time three passages together. Writing samples show the prompt; they are not model essays to memorise. Speak the Part 2 card out loud for two minutes before you look at anyone else's answer.

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