IELTS Listening Practice Tests

IELTS Listening test is made to assess you listening abilities. This module is the same for Academic and General IELTS.

The Listening module takes 40 minutes: 30 min for testing and 10 min for transferring your answers to the answer sheet.

There are 40 questions in Listening module, with 10 questions in each section. Sections get increasingly difficult.

IELTS Listening score

Each of the 40 questions is worth 1 point. Depending on how many points you gain, you can receive a score from 0 to 9 points for the Listening Section. The following conversion table applies to calculate your IELTS Listening score:

Types of questions on IELTS Listening:

1. multiple choice
2. short-answer questions
3. sentence completion
4. notes, summary, plan, diagram, table or chart completion
5. labelling a diagram which has numbered parts
6. classification
7. matching

How to prepare for IELTS Listening?

The key point in preparation for IELTS Listening test is practice. It’s a very good strategy to listen to English speech as often as you can.

1. You may watch your favourite TV programs in English, listen and translate English songs, watch English YouTube videos.
2. But most importantly, you should complete IELTS Listening practice tests and analyse your mistakes.
3. After that, you should complete IELTS Listening exercises for different types of IELTS Listening questions. This way you’ll develop your own techniques for answering various types of Listening questions.
4. Also, you can read IELTS Listening tips that will help you to gain a better score.