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.

4 parts · 40 questionsabout 30 minutes71 tests

Full Test #9

Part 1: Travel Agency Client Quotation Form · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Hospital gardens

Multiple choice (choose two)Multiple choiceGap fill
40 questions 29 minFree

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

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 30 minFree

Full Test #7

Part 1: Oz Campervans - Customer Quote Form · Part 2: Bexter Sports Centre · Part 3 · Part 4: Using natural building materials

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 29 minFree

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

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 29 minFree

Full Test #5

Part 1: Ohope Holiday Park: Accommodation · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Field trial-heat pump technology

Gap fillMatching featuresMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 29 minFree

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

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 28 minFree

Full Test #3

Part 1: Local Walks · Part 2 · Part 3: Research on Absence from Work · Part 4: The Music of Salvatore Sciarrino

Gap fillMatching informationMap / plan labelling
40 questions 27 minFree

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

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

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

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 30 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 28 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Multiple choice (choose two)Gap fillMatching features
40 questions 28 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Multiple choiceGap fillMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 30 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 27 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 30 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 35 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 30 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choiceMatching information
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 35 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 1

Part 1: Children’s Engineering Workshops · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Stoicism

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 4

Part 1: Easy Life Cleaning Services · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Maple syrup

Gap fillMatching featuresMultiple choice
40 questions 33 minFree

Test 3

Part 1: Advice on surfing holidays · Part 2 · Part 3: Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial · Part 4: Bird Migration Theory

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 33 minFree

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

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 1

Part 1: Buckworth Conservation Group · Part 2: Boat trip round Tasmania · Part 3: Work experience for veterinary science students · Part 4: Labyrinths

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 4

Part 1: Job details from employment agency · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Victor Hugo

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 33 minFree

Test 3

Part 1: Wayside Camera Club membership form · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Space Traffic Management

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 2

Part 1: Working at Milo’s Restaurants · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Pockets

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Map / plan labelling
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 1

Part 1: Transport survey · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Elephant translocation

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 4

Part 1: First day at work · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Tree planting

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching features
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 3

Part 1: Local food shops · Part 2 · Part 3: Science experiment for Year 12 students · Part 4: Microplastics

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 2

Part 1: Guitar Group · Part 2: Working as a lifeboat volunteer · Part 3 · Part 4: Tardigrades

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 1

Part 1: Hinchingbrooke Country Park · Part 2: Stanthorpe Twinning Association · Part 3 · Part 4: Céide Fields

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 35 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 4

Part 1: Survey about shopping in Broadbeach · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Music therapy for surgical patients

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 3

Part 1: Ferry to Shetland Islands · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Invasive species

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 33 minFree

Test 2

Part 1: One-day classes at Steynford College · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Challenges facing the cruise ship industry

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Map / plan labelling
40 questions 33 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Sources of rubber

Gap fillMatching featuresMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 4

Part 1: Advice on family visit · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Research in the area around the Chembe Bird Sanctuary

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching information
40 questions 34 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Inclusive design

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

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

Gap fillMatching featuresMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Reclaiming urban rivers

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 35 minFree

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Matching informationGap fillMap / plan labelling
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Multiple choiceGap fillMatching information
40 questions 31 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Map / plan labelling
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMap / plan labellingMultiple choice
40 questions 34 minFree

Full Test 13

Part 1 · Part 2: The game of curling · Part 3 · Part 4: Sustainability

Matching featuresGap fillMultiple choice
40 questions 32 minFree

Full Test 12

Part 1: New Guinea · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Nanotechnology and Its Applications

Gap fillMultiple choiceMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 31 minFree

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

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching features
40 questions 31 minFree

Full Test 10

Part 1: Sailing Courses · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Transhumance

Gap fillMatching featuresMultiple choice
40 questions 27 minPremium

Full Test 9

Part 1: The London Relocation Services · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Food Safety Standards

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 30 minPremium

Test 4

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choiceMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 30 minFree

Test 3

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Matching features
40 questions 32 minFree

Test 2

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 29 minFree

Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 28 minFree

Full Test 8

Part 1: Camp Van Renting · Part 2 · Part 3 · Part 4: Health on the night shift

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice (choose two)
40 questions 29 minPremium

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

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 28 minPremium

Full Test 6

Part 1: Student Accommodation · Part 2 · Part 3: Pacific tapa cloth · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choiceMatching features
40 questions 31 minPremium

Full Test 5

Part 1: Wildlife Conservation Society Application for membership · Part 2: Spring Festival · Part 3 · Part 4

Gap fillMultiple choiceMatching features
40 questions 27 minPremium

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

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 28 minPremium

Full Test 3

Part 1: Beechen Festival · Part 2: Walking Holiday · Part 3: Peer Assessment · Part 4: Bislama – The Pidgin English Language of Vanuatu

Gap fillMultiple choice (choose two)Multiple choice
40 questions 29 minPremium

Full Test 2

Part 1: Film Club · Part 2: extrahands.com · Part 3: Song-writing course for drama students · Part 4: Office Design

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 29 minFree

Full Test 1

Part 1 · Part 2: Working for Johnson Jones · Part 3: The effect of music · Part 4: Research on children humour

Gap fillMatching informationMultiple choice
40 questions 31 minPremium

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.

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