Academic & General Training format
Four recordings.
Forty questions.
Stay with the story.
A complete listening practice test with conversational voices, realistic distractors and an academic lecture. Put on your headphones and give it your full attention.
4recordings
40questions
33minutes, including checks
Before the recording starts
Get ready to listen
- The recording plays once, continuously, with preparation pauses built in.
- Answer on screen as you listen. Spelling and word limits matter.
- Use the final two minutes to check all 40 answers.
- Keep this page open. An interrupted or resumed attempt is labelled in your report.
Listen to the short sample and adjust your headphones.
The complete recording is included in this file. It works offline. Answers are saved in this browser.
Natural speech, focused listening
Separate voices for the conversations, everyday contractions, normal pacing and clear sound. These are AI-generated recordings. No music or background noise competes with the answers.
A useful score, with clear limits
Automatic raw score, indicative Listening band, question-by-question explanations and full transcripts after submission. This original mock is not an official IELTS test and has not undergone official calibration.