Prepare for your IELTS test

Personalised resources that get you better prepared for IELTS are now free and available exclusively to all British Council IELTS test takers!

Online test preparation that will help you to get ready for a great IELTS score! 

Wherever you want to go, taking IELTS with us will help you get there.

Hear from some of our recent test takers about their reasons to select the British Council as their IELTS partner for success.

Take off with the British Council is a set of videos where Tahsan talks about the benefits of taking IELTS and how easy it is to register for the test with the British Council.

No matter where and when you want to prepare for your IELTS test - with our free preparation apps you can do it anywhere, anytime!

Take advantage of our free practice tests to get the IELTS score you need. If you prefer to practice offline, download the tests, blank answer sheets, transcripts and answers from the introductory pages.

Our IELTS preparation courses will help you get the score you need.

Prepare for your IELTS test with our videos.

These videos help you understand how the Listening, Reading and Writing sections appear on the computer.

These videos help you understand how the Listening, Reading and Writing sections appear on computer.

The Video-call Speaking test will be exactly the same as the in-person Speaking test in terms of content, scoring, timing, question format and security arrangements.

Get the score you need studying online with expert teachers in group or private classes. Prepare for the speaking, listening, reading and writing parts of the Academic or General Training tests. Get tips and tricks to improve test-related skills and test techniques.