Listening Practice with Free Sample Questions
Listening
Duration: 30 minutes
The Listening test is the same for both Academic and General Training versions of IELTS and consists of four recorded monologues and conversations.
The following IELTS Listening sample tasks are to be used with the Answer Sheet and MP3 audio files and/or transcripts. Each answer sheet indicates which recording to listen to, or if a transcript is provided.
| Listening sample test 1 |
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| Listening sample 1 task – Form completion (PDF, 59KB) |
| IELTS listening recording 1 (MP3, 1.2MB) |
| Listening sample 2 task – Multiple Choice (PDF, 16KB) |
| Listening recording 2 (MP3, 402KB) |
| Listening sample 3 task – Short Answer (PDF, 25KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 3 (MP3, 574KB) |
| Listening sample 4 task – Sentence Completion (PDF, 17KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 4 (MP3, 549KB) |
| Listening sample 5 task – Matching (example 1 – PDF, 21KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 5 (MP3, 2.8MB) |
| Listening sample 6 task – Matching (example 2 – PDF, 21KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 6 (MP3, 2.1MB) |
| Listening sample 7 task – Plan/Map/Diagram Labelling (PDF, 25KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 7 (MP3, 2.7MB) |
| Listening sample 8 task – Note Completion (PDF, 59KB) |
| IELTS Listening recording 8 (MP3, 4.18MB) |
| Listening Recording 8 Answer Sheet (PDF, 16KB) |
| Listening Sample 9 Task – Short Answer (PDF, 25KB) |
| IELTS Listening Recording 9 (MP3, 11.8MB) |
| Listening Recording 9 Answer Sheet (PDF, 17KB) |
| Listening answer sheet |
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| Listening answer sheet (PDF, 233KB) |