IELTS Listening Practice

OVERVIEW

• Recording played ONLY ONCE

• You will listen to 4 recordings

• 10 minutes at the end of the test

  to transfer answers to answer sheet

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TASK TYPES

• Multiple Choice​

• Matching

• Plan, map, diagram labelling

• Sentence completion

• Short-answer ​questions

• Form, note, table, flow-chart​

​Recording 1

​Recording 2

​Recording 3

​Recording 4

​Level of Difficulty

Level of Difficulty

​Recording 1

​Recording 2

​Recording 3

​Recording 4

Difficulty = how hard it is

​Level of Difficulty

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Task focus:  required to have a detailed understanding of specific points or an overall understanding of the main points of the listening text

overall (adj), multiple choice questions = MCQs

​Multiple Choice

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Task focus: understand information in an everyday conversation, able to follow a conversation between two people, identify relationships and connections between facts

identify (v), relationship (n), connection (n)

Matching

Task focus: able to understand a description of a place, and to relate this to a visual representation; follow language of spatial relationships and directions

visual respesentation (n), spatial (adj)

​Plan, Map, Diagram Labeling

Task focus: on the main points which a listener would naturally record in this type of situation.

naturally (adv), record (v)

Form, note, table, flow-chart, summary completion​

​​Form Completion

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Note Completion

​Examples

​​Table Completion

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​​Flow-chart Completion

​Examples

Task focus: able to identify the key information ang understand functional relationships such as cause and effect.

functional relationship (n), cause and effect (n)

​Sentence Completion

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Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

1) What's his surname?

• It’s M-C-E-R-E.

• It’s M-K-E-R-E.

• It’s N-K-E-R-E.

Task focus: able to listen for concrete facts, such as places, prices or times.

concrete facts (n)

Short-answer questions

IELTS Exam is made up of 4 parts

Listening (30 minutes)
Reading (60 minutes)
Writing (60 minutes)
Speaking (11–14 minutes)


Today we will be practicing listening.

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

2) What's address to be collected from:

• W-E-S-T-A-L College

• W-E-X-T-A-L-L College

• W-E-S-T-A-L-L College

Open Ended

Listening Sample Task – Form Completion

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

3) What's the Postcode?

• It’s BS8 9PU

• It’s BS9 9PU.

• It’s BS8 9TU.

Part 1

Questions 1 – 8

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

4) What's the size of the container?

• It’s 1.5m long, 0.75m wide and it's 0.5 m high/deep

• It’s 1.5m long, 1.75m wide and it's 0.5 m high/deep

• It’s 1.5m long, 0.75m wide and it's 1.5 m high/deep

Fill in the Blanks

PACKHAM’S SHIPPING AGENCY – customer quotation form

Name - Jacob _____

Address to be collected _____ college, Downlands Rd. Bristol

Postcode - _____

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

5) What would be in the box?

• Mostly clothes, some books and some accessories

• Mostly clothes, some books and some toys

• Mostly clothes, some jewelry and some toys

Fill in the Blanks

Size of box.

Length _____

Width _____

Height _____

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio and choose the correct answer:

6) What is the what is the total value of the contents?

• £ 1,800

• £ 1,500

• £ 1,700

Fill in the Blanks

Contents - clothes

_____

_____

Fill in the Blanks

Total estimated value:

Open Ended

Listening Sample Task – Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

9. Type of insurance chosen.....

• Economy

• Standard

• Premium

Multiple Choice

9. Customer wants goods delivered to.....

• port

• home

• depot

Open Ended

Listening Sample Task – Short-answer Questions

Fill in the Blanks

Answer the questions.
Write no more than three words and/or a number for each answer.

What two factors can make social contact in a foreign country difficult?

Fill in the Blanks

• Which types of community group does the speaker give examples of?

Fill in the Blanks

0. In which two places can information about community activities be found?

Open Ended

Listening Sample Task – Sentence Completion

Two friends, Rachel and Paul, are discussing studying with the Open University. Rachel has already done a course at the university, but Paul has not. The extract relating to these questions comes from the last part of the recording.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences.
Write no more than two words for each answer.

Studying with the Open University demanded a great deal of

.

Fill in the Blanks

Studying and working at the same time improved Rachel’s

skills.

Fill in the Blanks

It was helpful that the course was structured in

.

Fill in the Blanks

She enjoyed meeting other students at

.

Open Ended

Listening Sample Task – Matching 1

Drag and Drop

What does Jack tell his tutor about each of the following course options?

You may choose any option more than once.

Media Studies​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

He'll definitely do it.

He may or may not do it.

He won't do it.

Drag and Drop

​ Women and Power​
Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

He'll definitely do it.

He may or may not do it.

He won't do it.

Drag and Drop

Culture and Society​​
Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

He'll definitely do it.

He may or may not do it.

He won't do it.

Drag and Drop

Identity and Popular Culture​
Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

He'll definitely do it.

He may or may not do it.

He won't do it.

Drag and Drop

Introduction to Cultural Theory​
Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

He'll definitely do it.

He may or may not do it.

He won't do it.