IELTS Listening Practice Test 16

A complete 40-question IELTS Listening paper: a phone call to the council to put a bench with a plaque in a park for a golden wedding, a forest school leader's talk to parents about the school's wood, two students and their tutor comparing free public transport in Tallinn, Luxembourg and Dunkirk, and a lecture on dazzle camouflage, the clashing patterns painted on ships in the First World War to confuse submarines. Played in sequence under exam conditions and marked the moment you hand in.

Questions: 40
Time: About 32 min
Marked: Instantly

How should it play?

Exam conditionsPlays once, start to finish, on the real test's timeline: time to read before each part, half a minute to check after it, two minutes at the end. No pause, no rewind.PracticePause, rewind and play a part again as much as you like, read the script as it is spoken, and check your answers as you go. The clock counts up rather than down, and nothing is handed in for you.

The recording sets the pace from the moment you press the button. Nothing plays until you have had time to read.