How is IELTS Listening tests ?



• The IELTS Listening test will take about 30 minutes, and you will have an extra 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. Make sure you do not miss any answer.


• The four parts of this practice Listening test are presented over four separate web pages. Make sure you move swiftly from one page to the next so that your practice is as realistic as possible. So that you do not get confused in final exam. Use a pencil.


• Listen to the instructions for each section of the test carefully. Answer all of the questions.There are 40 questions altogether. Each question carries one mark. There different kind of questions like one word, two words, three words or with or without numbers.


• For each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers.When you have completed all four parts of the Listening test you will have ten minutes to copy your answers on to a separate answer sheet during paper based exam whereas in Computer based exam you have only 2 minutes to verify your answers.


(IELTS Training for Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing in Gandhinagar)

IELTS Listening Band Score

Correct Answers Band Score
39-40 9
37-38 8.5
35-36 8
32-34 7.5
30-31 7
26-29 6.5
23-25 6
18-22 5.5
16-17 5
13-15 4.5
10-12 4
8-10 3.5
6-7 3
4-5 2.5