IELTS Listening Question Bank
4 parts · 40 questions · audio plays like the real test · Full test 30 min
Recent Exam Topics (2024–2025)
20 sets on topics reported in recent tests · Full 40-question tests, Part 1 → 4 · forms, tables, maps, flow-charts, MCQ, matching and more. Original practice material.
Recent Listening Set 1
Hotel booking · Museum map · Marketing project · Urban heat islands
Recent Listening Set 2
Car rental · Volunteering festival · Dissertation feedback · History of coffee
Recent Listening Set 3
Gym membership · Library plan · Field trip planning · Honeybee communication
Recent Listening Set 4
Lost property · Town tour · Group presentation · Sleep and memory
Recent Listening Set 5
Language course enrolment · Wildlife park map · Psychology experiment · Ancient Egyptian pyramids
Recent Listening Set 6
Flat rental · Cycling scheme · Survey on reading habits · Microplastics
Recent Listening Set 7
Children’s activity camp · Farm visit map · Business case study · Glaciers
Recent Listening Set 8
Restaurant reservation · Radio: health tips · Tutorial on essay writing · Ocean tides
Recent Listening Set 9
Job enquiry · Sports centre plan · Architecture project · Language extinction
Recent Listening Set 10
Furniture delivery · Charity run · Robotics team project · Ancient trade routes
Recent Listening Set 11
Bank account opening · Theatre tour · Nutrition study · Desert plants
Recent Listening Set 12
Wedding photographer · Town centre map · Placement report · Bamboo as a material
Recent Listening Set 13
Dentist registration · Recycling centre · Film studies project · History of the bicycle
Recent Listening Set 14
Cooking class · University orientation · Environmental report · The human microbiome
Recent Listening Set 15
Moving company · Botanical garden map · Debate preparation · Volcanoes
Recent Listening Set 16
Pet insurance · Hiking club · Science fair project · Coral reefs
Recent Listening Set 17
Conference registration · Airport guide · Market research · Bird migration
Recent Listening Set 18
Community centre classes · Volunteer conservation · Dissertation topic choice · Biomimicry
Recent Listening Set 19
Bicycle repair · Science museum workshops · Group assignment problems · Tea history
Practice tests
Listening Test 1
Leisure centre membership · Heritage railway volunteers · Urban beekeeping project · Bioluminescence
- 1Practise
Part 1
A man is phoning a leisure centre to join as a new member.
Questions 1–10 · Completion
- 2Practise
Part 2
You will hear a talk given to new volunteers at a heritage railway.
Questions 11–20 · Multiple choice · Matching
- 3Practise
Part 3
Two environmental science students, Anna and Tom, are discussing their project on urban beekeeping.
Questions 21–30 · Choose TWO · Multiple choice · Matching
- 4Practise
Part 4
You will hear part of a lecture about bioluminescence in the ocean.
Questions 31–40 · Completion
Listening Test 2
Cookery course enquiry · Food festival radio talk · Fast fashion presentation · Sleep in animals
- 1Practise
Part 1
A woman is calling a cookery school to ask about courses.
Questions 1–10 · Completion
- 2Practise
Part 2
You will hear a local radio presenter talking about a food festival.
Questions 11–20 · Multiple choice · Matching
- 3Practise
Part 3
Two business students, Lucy and Mark, are planning a presentation about fast fashion.
Questions 21–30 · Multiple choice · Choose TWO · Matching
- 4Practise
Part 4
You will hear part of a lecture about sleep in animals.
Questions 31–40 · Completion