IELTS Listening Practice Test 23

A complete 40-question IELTS Listening paper: a phone call arranging for a grandfather clock to be collected and repaired, the manager of a new bouldering centre showing visitors round its floor plan, two art-history students and their tutor planning a presentation on the restoration of an old portrait, and a lecture on bioluminescence, from fireflies and deep-sea fish to a glowing garden flower. 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.