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NO PAYMENT. NOTHING HELD BACK.  \n[ieltsforfree.com](ieltsforfree.com) · a division of IELTStestONLINE  \n| CONTENTS\u003Cbr>01 IELTS listening test |\n| --- |\n| 02 Predicting and anticipating in IELTS listening |\n| 03 Signpost words in IELTS listening |\n| 04 Numbers and details in IELTS listening |\n| 05 IELTS listening completion questions |\n| 06 IELTS listening multiple choice questions |\n| 07 IELTS listening short answer questions |\n| 08 Matching and classifying in IELTS listening |\n| 09 Labelling a diagram in IELTS listening |\n\n10 IELTS listening Section 4 strategies  \nEvery recording in this book is a tappable link. Open the PDF on a phone and the audio plays straight from the page, or download [the whole set as a ZIP from ieltsforfree.com. The](the whole set as a ZIP from ieltsforfree.com. The) listening test is identical in both modules.  \nCHAPTER 01  \nIELTS listening test  \nThe IELTS listening test is the same in both modules. Four sections, forty questions, about thirty minutes of audio, and every recording played once only. That last point is what makes it difficult: there is no going back.  \nThe sections get progressively harder, moving from an everyday conversation to an academic talk. Most of the technique is about what you do in the pauses rather than what you do while the recording plays.  \nThe four sections of the IELTS listening test  \nSame for Academic and General Training candidates.  \n1 Section 1  \nA conversation between two people about an everyday subject, such as booking something or joining a club. Often includes personal details, spelling and numbers.  \n2 Section 2  \nOne speaker on a non-academic subject: a tour, a facility, a local service. No second voice to help you follow the thread.  \n3 Section 3  \nA conversation between two or more people about study or a project. Harder, because speakers interrupt, disagree and change their minds.  \n4 Section 4  \nOne speaker giving an academic talk. The hardest section, and the only one with no pause in the middle, so losing your place is costly.  \n5 Accents  \nBritish, American, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian voices all appear. You are never asked to identify an accent, only to understand it.  \n6 Transfer time  \nOn paper you get ten minutes at the end to copy your answers. On the computer test you get two minutes, because you type as you go.  \nHow to improve your IELTS listening band  \nMost of these are about preparation rather than hearing.  \n1 Use the pauses on the next questions  \nYou are given time to check your answers. Spend it reading ahead instead, because you get ten minutes atthe end for checking on paper.  \n2 Always be two questions ahead  \nIf you hear the answer to question 5 while still waiting for question 4, you have missed 4. Accept it and stay with the recording.  \n3 Predict the answer type  \nBefore the audio starts, work out whether each gap needs a name, a number, a date or a place. It halves the work when you hear it.  \n4 Expect corrections  \nSpeakers say a number then change it. The second one is the answer, so keep listening after you think you have it.  \n5 Watch the word limit  \nNo more than two words means two, and a three-word answer is wrong even when it contains the right two.  \n6 Never leave a blank  \nThere is no penalty. In the transfer time at the end, put a sensible guess in every empty space.  \nQuestions about the IELTS listening test  \nIs the IELTS listening test the same for Academic and General Training?  \nYes. Listening and speaking are identical in both modules. Only reading and writing differ.  \nHow many times is the recording played?  \nOnce. 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