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IELTS Listening test is made to assess you

listening abilities. This module is the same for
Academic and General IELTS.

Time 40 minutes
Questions 40
Sections 4

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 consists of four sections:

 Section 1: conversation between 2 speakers about

everyday situations. This is the easiest section. Speaker talks
quite slowly, making pauses. The key information is usually
repeated.

Section 2: a monologue about everyday situations. Speaker

talks quite slowly, but makes less pauses than in previous
section.

Section 3: conversation between 2, 3 or 4 speakers about

educational or training situations. This section is harder than
the two previous, speakers discuss topics at a faster pace and
sometimes use advanced vocabulary.

Section 4: a monologue on academic subject. It is the most

difficult section. There is no break in the middle, the speaker
talks quite quickly and uses a wide range of vocabulary

RAZAUL HAQUE
POLLOB

Raw 39- 37- 35- 32- 30- 26- 23- 18- 16- 13- 10- 8- 6- 4-
score
(out 40 38 36 34 31 29 25 22 17 15 12 10 7 5
of 40)

Band
9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 6 5.5 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5
score

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.

RAZAUL HAQUE
POLLOB