IELTS · Listening
IELTS Listening Practice Tests with Audio
Sit a complete IELTS Listening test in your browser: four sections of natural spoken audio — a everyday conversation, an information talk, an academic discussion and a lecture — with 40 questions to answer as you listen. The transcript stays hidden until you submit, then you get your raw score, an estimated band, and every answer explained against the recording.
🎧 Audio in your browser
4 sections · 40 questions
✅ Auto-scored
🎯 Estimated band
📜 Transcript after submit
How the audio works: the recordings are read aloud by your browser's built-in voices (the same free speech engine as our Spoken English course) — different voices for different speakers. Play each section once only for exam-realistic practice; the replay button is there for training. The Listening test is identical for Academic and General Training, and your raw score out of 40 converts to a band using the standard Listening conversion — which is slightly more generous than Reading at the top bands.
01Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 1
Booking a market stall · A wetland nature reserve · Planning a packaging survey · How city birds change their songs
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02Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 2
Joining a sports centre · A city library orientation · Planning a geography field trip · The psychology of habit formation
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03Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 3
Reporting a lost bag · Volunteering at a food bank · Planning a marketing presentation · A history of refrigeration
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04Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 4
Registering at a dental clinic · A city cycle-hire scheme · Reviewing a soil-sample lab report · How sign languages arise
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05Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 5
Booking a party venue · A music festival programme · Discussing an economics essay · The archaeology of ancient trade routes
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06Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 6
Booking evening cookery classes · A restored windmill tour · Planning a music and memory experiment · How glaciers shape landscapes
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07Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 7
Renting a bicycle · Advice for new allotment holders · A coffee chain case study · Why teenagers sleep late
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08Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 8
Changing a hotel booking · A city museum floor guide · Planning a prototype load test · Crowd behaviour and stadium design
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09Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 9
Joining a language exchange · Hospital volunteer orientation · A survey of campus food waste · The economics of small-island tourism
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10Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 10
Arranging a furniture delivery · A coastal path restoration project · Planning a linguistics podcast · How sea turtles navigate the oceans
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11Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 11
Booking children's swimming lessons · A neighbourhood car-sharing scheme · Fieldwork on urban foxes · Mapping the ocean floor
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12Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 12
Registering for a charity fun run · A newly opened arts centre · Planning a chemistry poster · Why languages disappear
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13Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 13
Booking an airport shuttle · A household recycling centre · Planning a literature review · The psychology of colour in marketing
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14Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 14
Joining a photography club · A botanical garden walk · Comparing two revision apps · The acoustics of concert halls
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15Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 15
Arranging a prescription delivery · A town harvest festival · Planning oral-history interviews · Microbes in extreme environments
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16Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 16
Boarding a cat at a cattery · A coach tour briefing · Fixing a statistics assignment · The rise of citizen science
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17Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 17
Booking group theatre tickets · A university sports centre orientation · Planning a short documentary · Playground design and child development
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18Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 18
Arranging a house viewing · A farmers' market briefing · Revising a research ethics application · Ocean currents and climate
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19Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 19
Enrolling a child in music lessons · A library renovation announcement · Planning a robotics competition entry · The anthropology of gift-giving
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20Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 20
Booking a campsite pitch · A wildlife rescue hospital open day · Reviewing a draft business plan · Dyslexia and the reading brain
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21Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 21
Arranging carpet cleaning · Changes to the city bus network · Planning a joint translation project · A history of weather forecasting
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22Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 22
Booking a private dining room · A beach clean-up briefing · Planning a geology field report · The mathematics of voting
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23Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 23
A student accommodation enquiry · An adventure centre orientation · Preparing an art-history presentation · How ancient Rome fed a million people
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24Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 24
A mobile phone contract · A heritage steam railway · Planning an app usability test · The psychology of queuing
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25Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 25
A wedding venue enquiry · A community garden opens · Analysing tourism interview data · How birds' eggs are engineered
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26Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 26
Hiring a car for a trip · An evening at an observatory · Planning a remote-sensing presentation · Salt marshes as coastal defences
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27Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 27
Booking a ferry crossing · A visit to a cheese dairy · Analysing bike-lane count data · The invention of postal systems
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28Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 28
Ordering school uniform · An open-air cinema season · Planning a study on gaming and concentration · Permafrost and the carbon it stores
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29Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 29
Booking guitar lessons · A community repair café · Reviewing a conference abstract · The sociology of first names
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30Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 30
Reporting delayed luggage · Culinary school orientation · Planning a museum exhibit · How rivers change course
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IELTS Listening practice tests — FAQs
Do these IELTS Listening practice tests include audio?
Yes — each test is read aloud by your browser’s built-in voices, with different voices for different speakers, so you can practise anywhere without downloads. The full transcript unlocks after you submit.
What is the format of the IELTS Listening test?
Four sections with 10 questions each: an everyday conversation, a monologue, a discussion between students, and an academic lecture. Difficulty rises from Section 1 to Section 4, and these tests follow that exact structure.
How is the IELTS Listening test scored?
One mark per question out of 40, converted to a band from 0 to 9. Around 30 correct answers gives Band 7 and 35 gives Band 8. Your score and band are calculated automatically when you submit.
Is the Listening test the same for Academic and General Training?
Yes — unlike Reading and Writing, the Listening test is identical for both versions, so all 30 tests here work for every IELTS candidate.