Free IELTS Life Skills B1 practice
IELTS for UKVI Life Skills B1 is a speaking and listening test taken with an examiner and one other candidate. It takes around 20 minutes, and the result is Pass or Fail. Try each part below, then take the free live life skills test.
Phase 1a: asking and answering
The examiner asks you both a few questions about yourselves, then you and the other candidate ask each other questions about an everyday subject for two minutes.
Phase 1b: short talk
You each get a minute to prepare, then talk for about one and a half minutes. The other candidate asks you questions, and then you ask them questions about their talk.
Phase 2a: listening
You listen to two short recordings. After the first play the examiner asks what each is about; after the second play you answer detail questions out loud.
Phase 2b: planning together
You and the other candidate choose an option, then plan and decide three things together.
Phase 2b: discussion
You and the other candidate discuss a related topic for about four minutes. Talk to each other; the examiner prompts only if needed.