How to Pass ANY IELTS Listening Test! - IELTS Practice Test

Listening is one of the most challenging sections of the exam. In this video, we'll take a full

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each part of the listening comprehension test together and I will give you some tips on how to answer. the questions, okay, let's start with an overview of the AL Listening Test.

There are four sections, in section one you will hear two people talking. Section two will generally be a single person giving instructions. Section three is also a conversation, but with more people. and also in an academic context, finally, in section four, you will hear a person giving an academic lecture. The test takes approximately 30 minutes in total, this includes time to read the questions before listening to each section and time to check your answers on the audio recordings. and the questions become more difficult as you progress through the exam. There is also time before each section to read the questions and time after each section to check your answers.

This is what the answer sheet looks like. If you want, you can download this answer sheet from the description of this video and write the answers while watching the answer sheet also includes additional questions that you can practice after this video, download them for free by clicking the link in the description. Let's start our practice with section one of the AL Listening Test. is a form filling question, we will hear two people in a conversation discussing a form they must fill out. Always read the instructions that are printed in bold capital letters because they are important.

Read everything to understand the context. Predict the type of information. that they will be listening to, for example, we can see that question two will be a moment, be careful with distractions, they could say something like the race used to be 6 km, but now it is 7, the answer would be seven, not six, to question seven. Let's spell Pete's last name. They almost always spell names because they are not common words. Get ready to hear the letters of the English alphabet. Okay, we have read the questions carefully and thought about the type of information we are hearing.

We are ready, let's listen to the audio and start answering questions 1 to 6. Try to answer them while the audio plays. Feel free to take more time if you need it. Let's listen, good morning, Dave. Smith speaks Hello, could I speak to the race organizer at Camberwell Park? Yes, it's me. Brilliant. He was talking to some friends of mine about the race and they suggested that he contact you for more details. Sure what you would like to know about. Well, they said. It takes place every Saturday, that's right, yeah, okay, that's great, do you know where the park is?

Oh yes, I've been there before, but it's pretty big and I'm not sure where to go. There is a circular track that goes to the right. Around the park, the race starts at the cafeteria,

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es by the tennis courts, then loops around the lake twice and ends where it started. What time is the race? Well, the race itself starts at 9:00 am. m., but runners start arriving at approximately 9:00 a.m. m. 8:45 Okay, so I need to get up early on Saturday morning and how long is the race? Well, before it was 3 km, but most people wanted to do a little more than that, so we lengthened it to 5 km and now we turn around. lake twice and that adds an extra 2km right, I'm not sure I'd ever run that far so I better start training a little.

It's a good idea, but it's not a race, it's really just for fun and the best thing would be. to take it easy the first few times you do it and then see if you can gradually improve your time is race time, so how do I know how well I've done? When you cross the finish line, you will be given a barcode. and you can take this to one of the Run volunteers who will scan it and then you can get your time online when you get back home. Oh, I see you collect all the results exactly.

I see it's great, so how do I sign up? Well, there are several ways to do it. I could take your details over the phone, but it's much easier if you do it using the website. Okay, I think that's probably all I need to know for now. Oh yeah, does it cost anything to sign up or do you collect money every week? Well, no. It costs nothing to register, but we charge for the race. In fact, we just increased the fee to $5. It used to be $2, but because we were losing a little, we had to increase it.

Fine, thanks. I think I have enough. information on how to participate in the race, okay, how are you doing? Let us know in the comments. Now let's try to answer questions 7 to 10. Listen carefully. You mention the volunteers. I have a friend who is interested in helping. Can you give me some details? You could

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them on, sure, well, you should ask your friend to contact Pete Mour, he handles all the volunteers. Okay, I didn't quite understand his last name. Me, his phone number, yeah, wait, it's here somewhere, let me find it. I have two numbers for him.

I think the one starting with 01273 is old, so he uses this one, call 01447 3 29 0. Okay, I got it. You can tell me? anything about volunteering, like what kind of activities it entails, sure, we need volunteers for basic things like the course, we have to do it before all the runners arrive, okay, so it's a very early start, oh yeah, It's true, but if your friend prefers it. arrive a little later, she can also help guide the runners so they don't go the wrong way. I see. I think you do a report on some of the races. Yes, that is correct.

In fact, we do a weekly report on each race. We always try to illustrate it. Well, my friend really likes taking photographs. He just bought a new camera. In fact, that would be great. I don't know if Pete has anyone taking pictures this week. Oh, I'll let you know. Okay, uh. Could you ask your friend to call Pete and tell him yes, I'll do it? Okay, thanks, bye, bye, okay, how was he? Let's take a look at the correct answers. Here are number one, Coffee, for number two, you can write the time as 900 a. m. or 9:00 and you can write 9 as a number or a word with the number three kilometers can be written in the American or British style, both are correct or you can simply write km for the number four and five, the barcode and the place web can be one word or two words, both are fine the answer to question six is ​​five for the last name in the number s be sure to use a capital letter at the beginning notice how with some questions like number 10 there is more than one correct answer , remember You can download the answer sheet for free and work along with the video by clicking the link in the description below.

Also included are our additional listening practice questions. Well, this is exactly what section one looks like on exam day, of course the recording and questions are different in each test but the type of questions is the same make sure you listen carefully to the missing information on the form and fill in the spaces in white with practice and attentive and concentrated listening. You can do very well in section one, let's move on to section two in this part. normally you listen to a single speaker giving instructions today we will practice multiple choice questions and combination questions we will start by analyzing multiple choice questions the approach here is quite simple in the second part of the exam the multiple choice questions are mostly going to be about details , the main thing you need to do here is read the questions and write down the key words that will help you focus for the number 11.

I want to know where the idea for the 12 came from. I need to find the unusual details for the 13. What are they? worried and 14 what decision has not been made, you should read the answers quickly and listen carefully to catch any synonyms that might reveal the answer. Now take a look at the other type of question that matches questions 15 to 20. The main thing you need to understand is that the questions will come in the same order as the numbers, so for each question listen note down what characteristic they talk about and then select the appropriate letter.

Now let's listen to the audio and start answering questions 11 to 14. Multiple choice questions try to answer. While the audio plays once again, feel free to take more time if you need it. Let's listen. Good morning. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to tell you a little about two exciting new developments in the town of Brack, within an outdoor swimming pool. and the adventure playground in Central Park, as many of you know, the idea for these initiatives came from you, the public, in the extensive consultation exercise carried out by the council last year and were carried out with money from the swdc the Southwest Regional.

The development commission first of all opens into the pool as many of the older members of the audience will remember that 30 years ago there used to be a wonderful outdoor pool on the seafront but it had to be closed because it was deemed unsafe For the design of this new heated pool, we were very pleased to enlist the talents of internationally renowned architect Ellen Wendon, who managed to combine a charming 1930s design that fits in nicely with many of the other buildings in the area with state-of-the-art features such as a recycling system unique in the world that allows seawater to be used in the pool there has now been a lot of debate in the local press whether there would be enough space for the number of visitors we are hoping to attract, but the design is misleading and rigorous controls have been carried out on capacity.

Also, in case you were wondering, we are on schedule for our June 15 opening date and on budget, a testament to the excellent work of local contractors Hickman. We hope that as many people as possible will be there on June 15. We have hired award-winning actress Coral White to declare the pool open and drinks and snacks will be available poolside. There will also be a competition for the public to decide which sculpture we plan to have at the entrance; you will decide which famous historical figure of the city we should have. Great, now let's try to answer questions 15 to 20, the matching questions, listen carefully and now let's move on to the Central Park playground, which we are pleased with. to announce just won the Douglas award for safety the news came last week the unique design is based on the global village concept with the play area divided into six areas showcasing different parts of the world, each with a representative feature, for example there is a section about Asia and it is represented by attractions and equipment in the form of snakes, orangutans, tigers, etc., fauna native to the forests of the region, moving south, towards Antarctica, we could not run to a track of ice, I'm afraid, but I opted to climb mountain-shaped blocks instead.

I thought they might have had glacier slides but the designers wanted to avoid being too literal and then we head to South America and here the theme is the El Dorado games that replicate finding mines full of precious stones and then moving to South America North here there was considerable debate. I know that the contribution of cinema and jazz was considered, but the designers ultimately opted for rockets and the International Space Station towards the east of Europe and perhaps the most traditional option of all in the areas, medieval castles and other fortifications and, for last but not least moving to southern Africa and a complete set of wonderful mosaics and trails to represent the Great Rivers of this fascinating and varied continent.

Now the opening date of our global playground is July 10 and again. We'd love to see you there, so make an appointment and come see this gorgeous new original amenity right in the heart of the city. How did it go? Let's take a look at the answers along with the audio script, as always, if you want to listen to the audio again feel free to go back to question 11 the speaker said that the idea for these initiatives came from you, the audience, so the answer points out that right after there is a distractor, in fact there are two distractors, they mention both city council and swdc be careful, sometimes you will hear all three, but you should choose the option that is directly connected to the question message and move on to the Question 12.

This also has two distractors, which come before the answer. Just listen to the answer at the end. end of this part of listening, so again be careful if you think you hear the answer, keep listening. They are trying to make sure that you are not just hearing the words, but that you really understand how the ideas connect for question 13. the same thing both A and B are mentioned but notthey worry so they don't complain complete the question question 14 in this case they mention the statue at the door or the sculpture at the entrance the other A and B are not mentioned take a look at the answers to the combination questions questions 15 to 20 out of 15 mention the animals in Asia and then the native fauna of its forests, fauna that is, the animals that live in that area tells us that option E Local animals is correct and even If you do not understand this word fauna, the reference to snakes , orangutans and tigers is a big clue for 16 Antarctica, we hear they chose climbing blocks in the shape of mountains, so that's right, moving on to 17 South America, we hear gemstones. synonym of the word in option D Jewelry 18 North America we hear that the designers chose Rockets and the International Space Station, which makes H the correct answer for 19 when they mention Europe, they talk about castles and fortifications, so a is the correct answer and finally for number 20 the speaker mentions Africa and the Great Rivers making them waterways the correct answer remember to download the answer sheet and get access to more listening practice questions for free, let's move on to the next section, section three, in this section you will usually hear three people speaking in a more academic context, also usually in section three if you have multiple choice questions.

They will be less detail oriented and instead we will really test their ability to understand how details relate to each other in a more meaningful way. Let's take a look here. We have two questions and there are five answer options for each one as always read the instructions choose two letters from a to e and read the questions the first is a little easier you need to identify two hobbies but look at the second question what are the two reasons why the ones that the doll went to live on the island this question is testing your ability to understand cause and effect the effect is that the hair doll goes to the island what caused this what are the reasons moving on to questions 25 to 30 read each of the questions what type of information you are looking for note in question 25 we see the words because in 26 main reason and 28 why these questions look for cause and effect relationships 27 and 29 both look at Super relatives we see the most important words and of greater influence and finally 30 look for a criticism or a reason why people disagree these are common types of questions that you may see in section three of the listening comprehension test, be careful, it will require you to follow the ideas more carefully than in previous sections of the test.

Ready, let's listen to the audio and start responding. questions 21-24 multiple choice multiple response questions try to answer them while the audio is playing, as always feel free to take more time if you need. Let's listen well to our presentation. I'll start with Thor's early life. Hodal. um, why don't you start by describing the kind of kid he was, especially his passion for collecting things? That's right, it had its own little museum and I think it's unusual for children to develop their own values ​​and not join in with their own hobbies. I'm thinking about how Hodal wouldn't go hunting with his father, for example, yes, he preferred to learn about nature by listening to his mother read to him and from very early on he knew that he wanted to become an explorer when he grew up.

His camping trips were in Norway. I think not, eh, it was climbing that he spent his time doing when he was young. Oh, right after college, he married a classmate and together they decided to experience life on a small island to find out how harsh the climate was. The conditions shaped people's lifestyles as part of their preparation before leaving home. They learned basic survival skills, such as building a shelter. I guess they needed that knowledge to live wildly in a remote place with few inhabitants isolated by the C, which is what they were. The goal of making a major part of your talk should be the radical theory hair doll formed by examining mysterious ancient carvings he found on the island.

I think you should finish that, okay, let's now try questions 25 to 30, the single multiple choice answer. You ask, listen, okay Victor, so after your part I will talk about the adult life of the Thor doll, continuing with the theory I had about Polynesian migration up to that point, of course, scholars have believed that humans migrated by first time to the Polynesian islands from Asia. In the west, yes, they thought that travel from the east was impossible due to the huge expanse of empty ocean that lies between the islands and the nearest inhabited land, yes, but Haod Doll spent years studying the movements of clouds, the ocean currents and wind patterns to find out if it was actually possible and another argument was that there was no tradition of building large ships in the communities east of Polynesia, but Herod knew that they made many coastal voyages and built canoes locally, yes, or they sailed on rafts, as demonstrated by the long journey Hodal made next was an incredibly risky journey.

Sometimes I wonder if he made that trip for private reasons. You know, to show others that he could have spectacular adventures. What do you think? Olivia. Well, I think it was more of a matter of just. testing his idea to see if migration from the East was possible, yes, it's probably that and the poor guy suffered a little at that time because the war forced him to stop his work for a few years, yes, when he started again and planned his epic journey Do you think it was important for him to achieve it before anyone else?

I haven't read anywhere that that was his motivation. The most important factor seems to have been that he used only ancient techniques and local materials to build his raft. Yes. I wonder how fast he was. It took them 97 days from South America to the Pacific Islands and after that his doll went to Easter Island. Shouldn't we mention the purpose of that trip? I think he sailed there on a boat made from lee no that was later in Egypt Olivia oh yeah that's right well what I wanted to do was talk to the local people about their ancient stone carvings and then make a himself to learn more about the process.

I see well, what a great life even. Although many of his theories have been disproved, he certainly left a lasting impression on many disciplines, didn't he in my opinion? He was the first person to establish what modern scholars call practical archaeology. I mean, today they're trying to recreate something from the past. As he did with his raft trip, it is unfortunate that his ideas about the origin of the Polynesians have been completely discredited. Yeah, well, I'll prepare a PowerPoint slide at the end that acknowledges our sources. I mainly used William's life and work of Thor Hodal.

Oliver, I thought the research methods he used were very sound, although I must say that the overall tone seemed a bit dated to me. I think they need to make a new revised edition. Yes I agree. What's up with the topic? I found it really challenging. Well, it's a complex topic. I thought the book had many good points. That you thought? How did he do for you? Now I will show you the answers. Feel free to go back and listen to the audio again if you need to. Here are the answers to section three. 21 B 22 C 23 d 24 e 25 a 26 C 27 C 28 a 29 B 30 a As I mentioned, this section is a little more challenging than section 1 because the questions are less detail-oriented.

Let's now look at section four, which is usually In an academic lecture you will see that there are some similarities between this section and section one, of course, it will be more challenging than the first section because, as you know, the exam becomes progressively more difficult, not Don't worry if you feel intimidated by the section. 4 at first you will probably find that there is a lot of unknown vocabulary, but that's okay because you don't need to understand every word to understand the questions and remember that you only need to focus on the specific information in the questions themselves.

That section 4 is similar to section 1 and this is because it is a note completion task. We'll review the method we used in section one and also add a few more strategies. Make sure you understand the instructions. In this case, you can only do it. write a word for each answer read the title and headings these will help you know where to look and what information to expect read everything on the page quickly look for keywords and, as in section one, look for clues that will tell you if the answer will be a singular noun a plural noun a verb an adjective or an adverb try to predict the answer make an educated guess in section four you must look at all the questions before the audio starts there is no pause to read halfway as it happens In other sections, the computer-delivered test will show all 10 questions, but on the paper-delivered test, the last questions may be on the page.

There are always 40 questions in total. Listen to the audio and try to answer questions 31 to 36. So what am I going to do? What we are talking to you about today is something called ethnography. This is a type of research aimed at exploring the way human cultures function. It was first developed for use in anthropology and has also been used in sociology and communication studies, so what does it have to do with business? You may well ask: companies are finding that ethnography can give them deeper insight into the possible needs of current or future customers, as well as providing them with valuable information about their attitude towards existing products, and ethnography can also help companies to design new products or services that really attract customers.

I want us to look at some examples of how ethnographic research works in business. A team of researchers did a project for a company that manufactures kitchen equipment. They observed how cooks use measuring cups to measure things like sugar and flour. They saw that the cooks had to check and re-check the contents because although the measuring cups had numbers inside them, the cooks could not see them easily, so a new cup design was developed to overcome this problem and it was a success. of sales. Another team of ethnographic researchers examined how cell phones were used. In Uganda in Africa, they discovered that people who did not have their own phones could pay to use the phones of local businessmen because these customers paid in advance for their calls and were eager to know how much time they had spent on the call, so until now , the telephone company designed phones for global use with this additional feature.

Ethnographic research has also been carried out in computer companies. In one company, system administrators were observed for several weeks and it was discovered that a large part of their work involved communicating with colleagues to solve problems, but they had no standard way of exchanging information from spreadsheets, etc. ., so the team came up with a software idea that would help them do this in other research that one team observed and talked to. This led nurses working in hospitals to recognize that nurses needed to access their patients' computer records no matter where they were located. This led to the development of a portable tablet that allowed nurses to check records at locations spread throughout the hospital from time to time.

Research can be conducted even in settings where researchers cannot be present, for example in a project conducted for an airline, respondents use their smartphones to record information during airline trips in a study that aims to track emotions. of passengers during a flight. Let's try now. questions 37 to 40 again, I will give you 30 seconds to read before the audio plays. So what differentiates studies like these from ordinary research? Let's look at some of the general principles behind ethnographic research in business. First of all, the researcher must be completely open-minded, he has not devised a hypothesis to test, as is the case in other types of research, but waits for the research participants to inform him as to the choice. of the participants, that's not really true.

All of this is different from ordinary research, the criteria by which participants are chosen can be something as simple as the age group they are all in. Researchers can select them according to their income or they can try to find a set of people using a particular product, for example, but it is absolutely crucial to recruit the right people as participants, as well as the criteria I have mentioned, they have to feel comfortable talking about themselves and being observed while doing their activities. In fact, most researchers say that people open up.quite easily, perhaps because they are often in their own home or workplace, what makes this type of research special is that it is not just about sending a questionnaire to the participants, but the research is usually based first in observing what they are doing. doing at that moment, but that does not mean that the researcher never talks to the participants;

However, unlike traditional research, in this case it is the participant and not the researchers who decides what direction the interview will follow. This means that the researcher is less likely to impose their own ideas on the participant, but after they have said goodbye to their participants and returned to their office, the researcher's job is not done. Most researchers estimate that 70 to 80% of their time is not spent collecting ideas. data, but in their analysis, looking at photos, listening to recordings and transcribing them, etc., researchers can end up with hundreds of pages of notes and, to determine what is significant, they do not focus on the sensational or unusual things, but will try .

Identifying a pattern of some kind in all this data and discerning the meaning behind it can result in compelling insights that in turn can feed back into the entire design process. As was? It's certainly harder than section one. The language is. It is more complex, but remember that you can still get a good score even if you only answer a few questions in the correct section, let's see the answers attitude or attitudes numbers time or minutes software patience emotions income comfortable observation and analysis if you didn't get all the answers no worry, it's good to have problems and make mistakes here this is practice it's part of your learning journey every correct answer in section 4 is a success a step on the path to achieving the result you need there will surely be some stumbles along the way all the answers are reasonably common words that can be found in everyday life, but some of them, such as analysis, can pose a challenge with spelling, very often students get the answer correct but it is marked as incorrect because they misspell .

Has that ever happened to you, the key to improving in all aspects of English, including spelling and listening, is focused and intentional practice, if you need more help, don't forget to head to E2 test prep. com and enroll in an Iz course and remember to download the free additional Iz listening practice questions from the description below, so that's it for today's session, it's good to practice sections of the AL listening test and work . in improving specific skills and strategies, keep up the great work to