Exam rhythm
Practise moving with the audio — the same way the real test works.IELTS Listening
Listen, answer, and see exactly what you missed.
Take real listening tests with an exam-style audio player. Review connects every mistake to the exact moment in the audio.
Listening Studio
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Cue awareness
Review highlights the exact phrase that gave the answer.Spelling discipline
Answers are checked exactly, so you learn the spelling the test wants.Test view
Audio-first practice without visual clutter.
The player and the questions stay on one screen, so you can focus on listening and spelling.
Review view
Replay the part that explains the answer.
Review shows the words you missed, the traps you fell for, and the spelling that cost you marks.
Coverage
Listening question types
FormsMapsPlan labelsMultiple choiceMatchingSentence completionNotesTables
Strategy guides
Read before you practise.
7 guides on listening, built from the band descriptors, with worked examples and model answers.
Question types
- IELTS Listening completion: notes, forms and tables Note, form, table and sentence completion share one marking scheme and one set of traps. The word limit, the spelling rule, and how to predict the answer.
- IELTS Listening diagram labelling: parts and processes Diagram labelling looks technical but rarely tests technical vocabulary. What it really tests, why answers follow the picture, and the traps.
- IELTS Listening map labelling: how to stop getting lost Map labelling punishes you for reading the map instead of following the speaker. The orientation routine, the direction language, and the correction trap.
- IELTS Listening Matching: never cross out a used option Options can repeat, so crossing them off as you go destroys later answers. Plus tracking three speakers in Part 3, and why the consensus wins.
- IELTS Listening Multiple Choice: listen for the correction Speakers name an option, then change their mind. The first thing you hear is usually the distractor. Here are the phrases that signal a correction.
- The four parts of IELTS Listening, and what each one tests Forty questions, thirty minutes, played once. Parts 1 to 3 pause in the middle to let you read ahead. Part 4 does not, which is where focus fails.
FAQ
Listening questions, answered.
Can I replay the exact moment I got something wrong? +
Yes. Review connects each mistake to the point in the audio that carried the answer, so you can hear what you missed instead of guessing at it. That is usually worth more than sitting another whole test.
Can I drill one Listening question type at a time? +
Yes. Forms, notes, tables, sentence completion, multiple choice, matching, maps and plan labels can each be practised on their own. Map labelling repays this most, because you might otherwise meet one map across several full tests.
Are my answers checked for spelling? +
Yes, exactly, because the real test does the same. Practice that quietly forgives a misspelling trains a habit the exam will not forgive, so answers here are marked the way they would be marked on the day.
How should I practise Part 4? +
As its own event. Parts 1 to 3 pause partway so you can read ahead, and Part 4 does not, so it needs a continuous run of ten questions rather than being met at the tired end of a full test.
Does the practice screen work like the real test? +
The player and the questions stay on one screen, so nothing competes with the audio while you answer. That matters more than it sounds, because the recording is played once and attention is the thing being tested.
Why do I lose more marks in the second half of the test? +
Usually concentration rather than vocabulary. The parts get harder as they go, moving from a practical conversation to an academic lecture, and the mid-part pause disappears exactly where your attention is already lowest.
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