Listening practice test 1

The Listening test is 30 minutes long (plus 10 minutes transfer time) and is four separate recordings.

The Listening test is the same for both Academic and General Training tests.

Test Parts: There are 4 sections.

Section 1 is a conversation between two people set in an everyday context (eg. a conversation in an accomodation agency)

Section 2 is a monologue set in an everyday social context (eg. a speech about local families)

Section 3 is a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context (eg. a university tutor and student discussing an assignment)

Section 4 is a monologue on an academic subject (eg. a university lecture)

The following IELTS Listening Sample Tasks are to be used with the Answer Sheet and MP3 audio files/transcripts. Each answer sheet indicates which Recording to listen to, or if a transcript is provided.

	Downloadable Listening Sample Tasks
	Listening Sample Task - Form Completion (PDF, 59KB)
	IELTS Listening Recording 1 (MP3, 1.2MB)
	Listening Sample Task - Multiple Choice (PDF, 16KB)
	IELTS Listening Recording 2 (MP3, 402KB)
	Listening Sample Task - Short Answer (PDF, 25KB)
	IELTS Listening Recording 3 (MP3, 574KB)
	Listening Sample Task  - Sentence Completion (PDF, 17KB)
	IELTS Listening Recording 4 (MP3, 549KB)
	Listening Sample Task - Matching (example 1) (PDF. 21KB)
	Listening Sample Task - Matching (example 2) (PDF, 21KB)
	Listening Sample Task - Plan/Map/Diagram Labelling (PDF, 25KB)
	Listening Answer Sheet (PDF, 233KB)