IELTS Listening practice

Open Listening from the side menu (web) or Home (app).

Part practice

Practise Part 1, 2, 3 or 4 on its own to build focus on one kind of recording:

• Part 1: an everyday conversation (e.g. booking, enquiry). Form and note completion.
• Part 2: a monologue about an everyday topic. Maps, matching and multiple choice.
• Part 3: a conversation in an education or training setting.
• Part 4: an academic lecture. Usually note completion.

Listening mock tests

All four parts in one test with 40 questions, timed like test day.

Before you start

• Use headphones in a quiet room.
• Check your volume with the device check. See Check your device before you practise.
• The start screen explains: You will not be permitted to pause or rewind the audio while answering the questions. Click Play to begin.

During the test

• The audio plays once. Read the questions for each section before its recording starts.
• Type or choose answers as you listen. You can move between questions with the bar at the bottom.
• Watch the word limit (e.g. NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS). Extra words make an answer wrong.
• Spelling counts.

When you've finished, click Submit. Your report is ready at once. See Understanding your Reading and Listening reports.

Tips

• Predict the kind of answer before you hear it (a number, a name, a place).
• In map questions, work out where "you are" on the map first.
• Don't stop to think about a missed answer. Move straight on to the next one.