IELTS Listening Sample Tests
IELTS Listening Sample Tests
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Practice IELTS Academic Listening
The Listening test is 30 minutes long (plus 10 minutes transfer time) and covers four separate recordings. The Listening test is the same for both Academic and General Training tests.
There are four parts:
- Part 1 is a conversation between two people set in an everyday context (e.g. a conversation in an accommodation agency).
- Part 2 is a monologue set in an everyday social context (e.g. a speech about local families).
- Part 3 is a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context (e.g. a university tutor and student discussing an assignment).
- Part 4 is a monologue on an academic subject (e.g. a university lecture).
Listening sample tasks
The following IELTS Listening Sample Tasks are to be used with the answer sheet and MP3 audio files/transcripts. Each answer sheet indicates which recording to listen to, or if a transcript is provided.
Form Completion
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
- Short Answer (Sample 2) – Questions
- Short Answer (Sample 2) – Audio Recording (MP3, 549KB)
- Short Answer (Sample 2) – Answers
Note Completion
- Note Completion – Questions
- Note Completion – Audio Recording (MP3, 402KB)
- Note Completion – Answers
Sentence Completion
Matching
Plan/Map/Diagram Labelling
Listening Answer Sheet
How is the IELTS Listening test marked?
In the Listening test, you will answer 40 questions that relate to audio clips that will be played to you. Your answers are either correct or incorrect, so the marking is a little different to the Speaking and Writing tests. You will receive one mark for each correct answer, with the total number marks determining your band score.
The table below indicates the average number of marks required to achieve a particular band score in the Listening test:
- Band score 5 = 16 out of a raw score of 40
- Band score 6 = 23 out of a raw score of 40
- Band score 7 = 30 out of a raw score of 40
- Band score 8 = 35 out of a raw score of 40
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