IELTS Listening Practice Test 8

A complete 40-question IELTS Listening paper: a phone call about a second-hand piano, a talk on a scheme that matches older homeowners with younger lodgers, two students preparing a case study of a family bakery that started selling online, and a lecture on super-recognisers, the rare people with an exceptional memory for faces, and how the police came to use them. Played in sequence under exam conditions and marked the moment you hand in.

Questions: 40
Time: About 30 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.