IELTS Listening Practice Tests

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• Practice Test 1

  24 min
  1. 1Lost property at Central Station
  2. 2A talk about a local facility
  3. 3Two students planning a project
  4. 4A lecture on urban heat
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 1

• Practice Test 2

  26 min
  1. 1Booking a holiday cottage by phone
  2. 2Warden's induction talk for new volunteers at a marsh nature reserve
  3. 3Tutor feedback on a heritage site visitor study
  4. 4Peat bogs: formation, preservation, carbon and restoration
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 2

• Practice Test 3

  29 min
  1. 1Entering the Fenland Wheels charity cycle ride
  2. 2Thornby Mill visitor talk
  3. 3Tutorial on a coastal erosion field trip report
  4. 4Lighthouses: siting, optics and automation
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 3

• Practice Test 4

  29 min
  1. 1Renting a unit at Fairhaven Self Storage
  2. 2Induction talk for new volunteers at a city farm
  3. 3Tutorial on two museum work placements
  4. 4Seed banks: storing the diversity of crops
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 4

• Practice Test 5

  29 min
  1. 1Booking swimming lessons at Larkfield Leisure Centre
  2. 2Welcome talk at the Bramley Garden Festival
  3. 3Two students planning a podcast series about night work
  4. 4Glass: four thousand years of an awkward material
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 5

• Practice Test 6

  30 min
  1. 1Booking a dog into Hollybush Boarding Kennels
  2. 2A tour of the new Eastgate Library
  3. 3Tutorial on a water filter design project
  4. 4How the world agreed what time it is
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 6

• Practice Test 7

  30 min
  1. 1Joining the Greenway Car Club
  2. 2Solar panels on the town's public buildings
  3. 3Planning an observation study in cafés
  4. 4The Hanseatic League
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 7

• Practice Test 8

  30 min
  1. 1Buying a second-hand piano
  2. 2A homeshare scheme
  3. 3A case study of a family bakery
  4. 4Super-recognisers
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 8

• Practice Test 9

  30 min
  1. 1Booking a stall at a craft market
  2. 2The new chain ferry
  3. 3Planning a seminar on delivery riders
  4. 4Sourdough
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 9

• Practice Test 10

  32 min
  1. 1Booking a home energy check
  2. 2The rebuilt railway station
  3. 3A survey of students' spending
  4. 4The mathematics of queuing
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 10

• Practice Test 11

  33 min
  1. 1A quote for tree work
  2. 2A library of things
  3. 3Subtitles or dubbing
  4. 4The invention of the barcode
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 11

• Practice Test 12

  32 min
  1. 1Ordering picture frames
  2. 2The new wheels park
  3. 3Children reading to dogs
  4. 4Earworms
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 12

• Practice Test 13

  32 min
  1. 1Giving a home to retired hens
  2. 2A men's shed
  3. 3The bridge that wobbled
  4. 4Space weather
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 13

• Practice Test 14

  31 min
  1. 1Tracing a family history
  2. 2A fire station open day
  3. 3A pilot study of step counts
  4. 4Sign languages
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 14

• Practice Test 15

  32 min
  1. 1Ordering a vegetable box
  2. 2Buying at auction
  3. 3Emoji at work
  4. 4Lichens
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 15

• Practice Test 16

  32 min
  1. 1Dedicating a park bench
  2. 2Forest school
  3. 3Free public transport
  4. 4Dazzle camouflage
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 16

• Practice Test 17

  31 min
  1. 1Hiring a marquee
  2. 2The reopened lido
  3. 3A four-day week case study
  4. 4The optical telegraph
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 17

• Practice Test 18

  33 min
  1. 1Dance lessons for a wedding
  2. 2The new outpatients building
  3. 3A study of a time bank
  4. 4Fairy circles
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 18

• Practice Test 19

  34 min
  1. 1Re-covering an armchair
  2. 2An open evening at an observatory
  3. 3A canteen without trays
  4. 4The European eel
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 19

• Practice Test 20

  30 min
  1. 1Hiring a narrowboat
  2. 2New members at a community choir
  3. 3Do house plants clean the air?
  4. 4Slime moulds
  Sit the paper: IELTS Listening Practice Test 20

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