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Listening Practice Test 8

A full IELTS Listening mock test with four parts and 40 questions: booking a room for a party, joining a community garden, students planning a talk on solar power, and a lecture on how honeybees communicate. Instant band score.

  • • 40 minutes, 40 questions, 4 parts
  • • The timer starts when you press Start and the test submits itself when time runs out
  • • Your answers are saved on this device as you go
  • • Each part is played once, like the real test. Read the questions before you press Play
  • • Write your answers while you listen; you can check them before submitting

Short on time? Practise one part

About 10 minutes. Check your answers as you go, see why each one is right, and get an estimated band for that part.

What is in this test

  1. Part 1

    You will hear a man phoning a community centre to book a room for a birthday party.

    Question types: Completion and short answer (1–10)

    Accents: British and Australian

  2. Part 2

    You will hear the organiser of a community garden talking to a group of new members.

    Question types: Multiple choice (11–15), Completion and short answer (16–20)

    Accents: Australian

  3. Part 3

    You will hear two engineering students, Nadia and Oliver, discussing a presentation on solar power with their tutor.

    Question types: Multiple choice (21–24), Completion and short answer (25–30)

    Accents: British and American

  4. Part 4

    You will hear part of a lecture about how honeybees communicate.

    Question types: Completion and short answer (31–40)

    Accents: American