There are four separate sections in the IELTS listening test. Each section has 10 questions, there are 40 questions altogether and every question carries one mark. The sections become progressively harder. The answers to the questions come in the same order as the information on the recording. The IELTS listening test will take about 30 minutes including the instructions, your reading and listening time, and you will have an extra 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Try the gap-fill exercise for IELTS listening practice. The topic of this recording , a description of a city, is useful for IELTS speaking. Try using words or phrases from the recording to describe a place you have visited. Copenhagen Your browser doesn’t support audio element. Listen and fill the gaps: … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Listen to the recording about the future of libraries, and fill the gaps in the text below: Libraries of the Future Your browser doesn’t support audio element. Fill the gaps by listening to the first 3 minutes of the recording. Academic libraries are changing faster now than at any time in … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Happiness, job satisfaction, and money are possible topics in both the writing test and the speaking test. Listen to the recording below might help you with some ideas for the happiness topic: Happiness Your browser doesn’t support audio element. Fill the gaps in the summary below with one word only. I … more →
Difficulty level: Easy Here is a tricky multiple-choice question from Cambridge IELTS 5. The language is not too difficult; the problem is that all of the choices are mentioned, so you need to be really careful. Try to get the answers by listening only once. Then listen a few more times to check – did … more →
Difficulty level: Easy Listen to the first speaker and fill the gaps in the following text: Aeroplane Your browser doesn’t support audio element. The plane has been developed by lots of people ______ the years, but the Wright brothers certainly made it work and made it ______. Planes existed before, people had made aeroplanes fly … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard The “Nature or Nurture” topic has appeared in different parts of the IELTS test. Do you know what “Nature or Nurture” means? Listen to the recording and fill the gaps in the summary below: Nature or Nurture Your browser doesn’t support audio element. We are all born with certain physical characteristics … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Listen to the recording and answer the questions below: 3D Printing Your browser doesn’t support audio element. 1. Which 3D printed product can already be bought? A) computers B) glasses C) mobile phones 2. Which THREE materials can be used in 3D printers? A) paper B) metal C) wood D) glass … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard The following recording is part of a documentary about the issue of advertising to children. As well as being good listening practice, the ideas in the recording are really useful for writing and speaking. Advertising to children Your browser doesn’t support audio element. Listen to the recording and fill the gaps … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Listen to the following interview about the problem of litter on a beach in England and fill the gaps in the summary below: Problem of Litter Your browser doesn’t support audio element. Over the _____ of the last weekend, the local authority collected 20 tonnes of rubbish from one beach. It … more →
Difficulty level: Semi Hard Listen to the information about a university visiting day. Fill the gaps below using a maximum of three words and/or numbers. A university visiting day Your browser doesn’t support audio element. The minimum notice period to arrange a visit is ______. You may send your booking form by post, fax or … more →