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86 official practice tests, sample papers, syllabuses and guides from the tests' own owners, each checked on its owner's page, with our guide to how every test runs and is scored.

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IELTS

The format

  • Two modules: Academic (for university) and General Training (for work and migration). Listening and Speaking are the same in both; Reading and Writing differ.
  • Listening: four recordings, 40 questions, about 30 minutes, each recording heard once, then 2 minutes to check on computer.
  • Reading: three texts and 40 questions in 60 minutes. Academic texts come from books and journals; General Training moves from notices to workplace texts to one longer article.
  • Writing: 60 minutes for two tasks. Task 1 is 150 words or more (Academic: describe a chart, table, map or process; General Training: a letter). Task 2 is an essay of 250 words or more, worth twice Task 1.
  • Speaking: 11 to 14 minutes with an examiner in three parts: short questions, a two-minute talk after one minute's preparation, then a discussion.
  • Listening, Reading and Writing run back to back with no break; Speaking is on the same day or within about a week.

How it is scored

  • Each skill gets a band from 0 to 9 in half bands. Listening and Reading bands come from your marks out of 40 (General Training Reading needs more right answers for the same band).
  • Writing and Speaking are marked on four equally weighted criteria: how fully you answer the task, how well your ideas hang together, your vocabulary, and your grammar (in Speaking, pronunciation replaces the first).
  • The overall band is the average of the four, rounded to the nearest half band: an average ending in .25 goes up to .5, and one ending in .75 goes up to the next whole band.

Worth knowing

  • Typed answers must keep to the word limit the question gives: one word too many loses the mark, even if the right words are there.
  • In Writing, write in paragraphs of full sentences; notes or bullet points lose marks, and so does a learnt answer.

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TOEFL iBT

The format

  • The updated TOEFL iBT (since 21 January 2026) runs about 1 hour 30 minutes: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking, with no scheduled break.
  • Reading and Listening adapt in two stages: a first module decides whether your second module is easier or harder.
  • Reading: complete the missing letters of words, short everyday texts, and short academic passages.
  • Listening: choose the best reply to one line, then conversations, announcements and short academic talks, each heard once.
  • Writing: build sentences from scrambled words, an email in 7 minutes, and a post for an academic discussion in 10.
  • Speaking: listen and repeat seven sentences, then answer four interview questions, 45 seconds each with no preparation.

How it is scored

  • Each section and the overall score run from 1 to 6 in half steps; the overall is the average of the four, rounded to the nearest half.
  • Until January 2028 reports also show a comparable score on the old 0 to 120 scale.
  • ETS maps the bands to CEFR levels: 6 is C2, 5 to 5.5 C1, 4 to 4.5 B2, 3 to 3.5 B1.

Worth knowing

  • Take notes as you listen: notes are allowed, and each recording plays once.
  • In the interview, start speaking at once: the 45 seconds begin as the question ends.

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PTE Academic

The format

  • About 2 hours on computer in three parts: Speaking and Writing together, then Reading, then Listening.
  • 22 item types, including the two added on 7 August 2025: summarising a group discussion and responding to a situation.
  • Speaking items open the microphone after a tone and record once; Answer Short Question has no tone and stops after a few seconds of silence.
  • Summarise Written Text, Write Essay and Summarise Spoken Text each have their own countdown; the other items share their part's clock.
  • Every recording plays once, and you can't go back to an item you have left.

How it is scored

  • An overall score from 10 to 90, and Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing on the same scale.
  • Integrated items count towards both of their skills, so the overall is worked out from every item, not as an average of the four.
  • Some items score only what is right (one point per correct word, or per correct pair in Reorder Paragraphs); others take a point off for each wrong choice, never below zero.
  • Pearson aligns scores with CEFR levels and publishes a concordance with IELTS bands.

Worth knowing

  • Begin speaking straight after the tone: what you say before it is lost, and a long silence can end the recording.
  • Learnt templates score zero for content, which zeroes the item.

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ACT

The format

  • The enhanced ACT: English (50 questions, 35 minutes), Math (45 questions, 50 minutes) and Reading (36 questions, 40 minutes), about two hours in all.
  • Science (40 questions, 40 minutes) and Writing (one essay, 40 minutes) are optional, each after a short break.
  • Math questions now have four options, and any permitted calculator may be used in Math only.
  • Outside the US the ACT is taken on computer at a test centre.

How it is scored

  • Each section is scored from 1 to 36; some questions in each section are trial questions that don't count.
  • The Composite is the average of English, Math and Reading, rounded (half or more up). Science is reported on its own, and with Math as a STEM score.
  • Writing is scored from 2 to 12 on four domains and is not part of the Composite.

Worth knowing

  • There is no penalty for a wrong answer: answer every question.
  • Pace Math by its rising difficulty: the later questions need more time.

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DELF and DALF

The format

  • France's official diplomas in French, set by France Éducation international (FEI): DELF A1, A2, B1 and B2, then DALF C1 and C2. Each level is a diploma of its own, valid for life.
  • DELF A1 to B2 and DALF C1 have four tests: listening (compréhension de l'oral), reading (compréhension des écrits), writing (production écrite) and speaking (production orale), each out of 25.
  • The written tests are sat together in one sitting (about 1 hour 20 minutes at A1, 4 hours at C1); the speaking test is a face-to-face interview with two examiners, after time to prepare (10 minutes from A1 to B1, 30 at B2, an hour at C1 and C2).
  • Since 2023–2024 the DELF's listening and reading tests (A1 to B2) are multiple choice, matching and true or false only; DALF C1's keep short written answers and true or false with a quotation from the text.
  • DALF C2 has two tests, each out of 50: listening and speaking (a recording heard twice, then a talk and a debate), and reading and writing (a structured text of 700 words or more from a dossier of about 2,000 words).

How it is scored

  • No band or scale: FEI reports points. Each test is out of 25 (DALF C2: 50), and the total out of 100.
  • You pass with 50 out of 100 and at least 5 out of 25 in every test (DALF C2: at least 10 out of 50 in each). A strong total doesn't make up for a test under that floor.
  • Writing and speaking are marked by two examiners on FEI's grids: each criterion (the task, organisation, register, vocabulary, grammar; in speaking, pronunciation) at a level below, at or above the one sat, half points included.

Worth knowing

  • Watch the floor: plan to score well above 5 in your weakest test, as one test under it means no diploma.
  • Keep to the words asked: a text under half of them scores nothing, and a DALF C1 synthesis must stay between 200 and 240.
  • In Pakistan, DELF and DALF are sat at the Alliances Françaises: their pages are listed below with FEI's sample papers.

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Digital SAT

The format

  • Two sections, Reading and Writing then Math, each in two modules; 98 questions in 2 hours 14 minutes with a 10-minute break.
  • The test adapts by module: how you do in the first module of a section decides whether its second module is easier or harder.
  • It is taken in the College Board's Bluebook app, which has a built-in graphing calculator for Math.

How it is scored

  • Each section is scored from 200 to 800, for a total from 400 to 1600.
  • There is no penalty for a wrong answer.

Worth knowing

  • Sit the full-length practice tests in Bluebook: they adapt the way the real test does.

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NUST NET

The format

  • NUST's entry test: 200 questions in 3 hours, by stream (Engineering and Computing; Applied Sciences; Business and Social Sciences; Natural Sciences; Architecture and Industrial Design).
  • Computer-based in most cities, with one question on screen at a time; paper-based in some.

How it is scored

  • One mark for each right answer, with no negative marking; the test is scored out of 200.
  • NUST's merit is NET 75%, SSC 10% and HSSC Part I 15%.

Worth knowing

  • Each stream weights its subjects differently: check yours on NUST's weightings page.

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UET ECAT

The format

  • UET's engineering test: 100 questions in 100 minutes, English and three subjects by the combination you choose.
  • Computer-based at UET's centres.

How it is scored

  • Four marks for each right answer, out of 400, with no negative marking in 2026.
  • UET's merit is ECAT 33%, FSc Part I 50% and Matric 17%.

Worth knowing

  • Choose your subject combination to match the programmes you are applying for.

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MDCAT

The format

  • The medical and dental entry test: 180 questions in 3 hours on paper, mostly Biology, then Chemistry and Physics, with English and logical reasoning.
  • PMDC publishes each year's syllabus; check it before every cycle.

How it is scored

  • One mark for each right answer, with no negative marking.
  • PMDC's qualifying marks are 55% for MBBS and 50% for BDS; the aggregate is MDCAT 50%, HSSC 40% and SSC 10%.

Worth knowing

  • Biology carries the most questions: give it the most practice.

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GIKI Admission Test

The format

  • GIKI's admission test, computer-based: for Engineering and Computing, Mathematics, Physics and English.
  • GIKI hasn't published the current pattern's question count and time; our mocks follow the closest published pattern.

How it is scored

  • One mark for each right answer, with no negative marking.
  • GIKI's merit is the admission test 85% and SSC 15%.

Worth knowing

  • Its syllabus files list every topic: work through them before the mocks.

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LUMS LCAT

The format

  • The LUMS Common Admission Test (LCAT), on paper: verbal reasoning and mathematics.
  • LUMS's schools of business, humanities and science also take the SAT or the ACT instead of the LCAT.

How it is scored

  • LUMS hasn't published how the LCAT is scored.

Worth knowing

  • If you are also sitting the SAT or the ACT, check whether your school takes it in place of the LCAT.

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English listening and writing practice

Free listening and writing practice from broadcasters and Cambridge, for every English test.

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