IELTS Listening practice tests
Four recordings — a conversation, a monologue, a discussion and a lecture — with 40 questions, played once, exactly as on the computer-delivered test.
Full Test #9
Part 1: Travel Agency Client Quotation Form · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Hospital gardens
Full Test #8
Part 1: Holiday rental · Part 2: Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run · Part 3: Farmers’ attitudes to new developments in agriculture · Part 4: Aboriginal Textile Design
Full Test #7
Part 1: Oz Campervans - Customer Quote Form · Part 2: Bexter Sports Centre · Part 3 · Part 4: Using natural building materials
Full Test #6
Part 1: Second-hand Cars · Part 2: The Middletown Urban Farming Scheme (MUFS) · Part 3: Research on the effect of walking on creativity · Part 4: Gamification
Full Test #5
Part 1: Ohope Holiday Park: Accommodation · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Field trial-heat pump technology
Full Test #4
Part 1: Music Alive Agency · Part 2: Information for participants in the Albany fishing competition · Part 3: Preparing for the end-of-year art exhibition · Part 4: The Mangrove Regeneration Project
Full Test #3
Part 1: Local Walks · Part 2 · Part 3: Research on Absence from Work · Part 4: The Music of Salvatore Sciarrino
Full Test #2
Part 1: Music Alive Agency · Part 2: Information for participants in the Albany fishing competition · Part 3: Preparing for the end-of-year art exhibition · Part 4: The Mangrove Regeneration Project
Full Test #1
Part 1: Pearson's Estate AgencyRegistration Form for House Purchase · Part 2: Pennyfield Horse Riding Centre · Part 3 · Part 4: Insects as a food source
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1: Children’s Engineering Workshops · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Stoicism
Test 4
Part 1: Easy Life Cleaning Services · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Maple syrup
Test 3
Part 1: Advice on surfing holidays · Part 2 · Part 3: Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial · Part 4: Bird Migration Theory
Test 2
Part 1: Opportunities for voluntary work in Southoe village · Part 2: Oniton Hall · Part 3 · Part 4: The impact of digital technology on the Icelandic language
Test 1
Part 1: Buckworth Conservation Group · Part 2: Boat trip round Tasmania · Part 3: Work experience for veterinary science students · Part 4: Labyrinths
Test 4
Part 1: Job details from employment agency · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Victor Hugo
Test 3
Part 1: Wayside Camera Club membership form · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Space Traffic Management
Test 2
Part 1: Working at Milo’s Restaurants · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Pockets
Test 1
Part 1: Transport survey · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Elephant translocation
Test 4
Part 1: First day at work · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Tree planting
Test 3
Part 1: Local food shops · Part 2 · Part 3: Science experiment for Year 12 students · Part 4: Microplastics
Test 2
Part 1: Guitar Group · Part 2: Working as a lifeboat volunteer · Part 3 · Part 4: Tardigrades
Test 1
Part 1: Hinchingbrooke Country Park · Part 2: Stanthorpe Twinning Association · Part 3 · Part 4: Céide Fields
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 4
Part 1: Survey about shopping in Broadbeach · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Music therapy for surgical patients
Test 3
Part 1: Ferry to Shetland Islands · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Invasive species
Test 2
Part 1: One-day classes at Steynford College · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Challenges facing the cruise ship industry
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Sources of rubber
Test 4
Part 1: Advice on family visit · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Research in the area around the Chembe Bird Sanctuary
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Inclusive design
Test 2
Part 1: Local councils can arrange practical support to help those caring for elderly pe · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Developing food trends
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Reclaiming urban rivers
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Full Test 13
Part 1 · Part 2: The game of curling · Part 3 · Part 4: Sustainability
Full Test 12
Part 1: New Guinea · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Nanotechnology and Its Applications
Full Test 11
Part 1: Bakewell Travel: Customer Booking Request Form · Part 2: Annual Running Competition Creton Running Sports Club · Part 3 · Part 4: Boar and Red Deer
Full Test 10
Part 1: Sailing Courses · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Transhumance
Full Test 9
Part 1: The London Relocation Services · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Food Safety Standards
Test 4
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 3
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 2
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4
Full Test 8
Part 1: Camp Van Renting · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Health on the night shift
Full Test 7
Part 1: Temporary Patient Record Form · Part 2 · Part 3: SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) · Part 4: The Influence of Children on Adult Diet
Full Test 6
Part 1: Student Accommodation · Part 2 · Part 3: Pacific tapa cloth · Part 4
Full Test 5
Part 1: Wildlife Conservation Society Application for membership · Part 2: Spring Festival · Part 3 · Part 4
Full Test 4
Part 1: Rental Property Application Form · Part 2: The Pre-school Family Centre · Part 3 · Part 4: Different Types of Supermarket Layout
Full Test 3
Part 1: Beechen Festival · Part 2: Walking Holiday · Part 3: Peer Assessment · Part 4: Bislama – The Pidgin English Language of Vanuatu
Full Test 2
Part 1: Film Club · Part 2: extrahands.com · Part 3: Song-writing course for drama students · Part 4: Office Design
Full Test 1
Part 1 · Part 2: Working for Johnson Jones · Part 3: The effect of music · Part 4: Research on children humour
IELTS Listening tips
Read ahead
Use the seconds before each part to read the questions and predict the kind of answer — a number, a name, a place.
Spelling counts
A misspelt answer is wrong. On computer you type the answer, so watch plurals and capital letters in names.
Follow the order
Answers come in the order of the questions. If you miss one, move on — the next answer is still coming.
Practise Listening on the real computer-delivered screen — free.
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