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Multiple choice 4  \n2. Short answer questions 6  \n3. Sentence completion questions 9  \n4. Notes/ table/ form/ summary/ flow chart/diagram  \ncompletion questions 10  \n5. Labelling a diagram which has numbered parts 15  \n6. Classification questions 17  \nGeneral Tips for the listening test 20  \nMake sure you have a copy of the How to prepare for IELTS – FAQs booklet in addition to this booklet.  \nDetails of the Listening Test  \nProcedure of the test  \nThe listening module is the first test you do on the test day.  \nThe tape is only played once.  \nYou are given a question paper and an answer sheet. While you listen you write your answers on the question paper.  \nWhen the tape stops you are given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.  \nThe test takes about 30 minutes.  \nStructure of the test  \nThe first two sections are concerned with social needs.  \nSection 1  \nIn this section you will hear an informal or semi-informal conversation between two people. For example, you might hear a discussion about what’s on television; or you might hear someone making a complaint about their rented flat or a faulty product, or someone asking for information or making a booking.  \nSection 2  \nIn this section you will hear a monologue in a similar context to section 1. For example you could hear someone talking about the restaurants in a town or describing the rules or regulations in a hostel or the procedure you need to follow in order to make a complaint.  \nThe last two sections are concerned with situations related to educational or training contexts.  \nSection 3  \nIn this section you will hear a conversation with up to four speakers. It will be more formal than Section 1. The speakers could be students discussing a lecture or planning something for class or talking to someone in authority at a college or university.  \nSection 4  \nIn this section you will hear a monologue in the form of a lecture or talk. It will also be more formal.  \nAll the topics will be of general interest and not biased towards students of particular disciplines.  \nTest instructions  \nAt the beginning of each section the speaker will give a brief introduction to the situation. For example,  \nYou are now going to listen to a conversation in a language school. Paulo is registering for a course and talking to a lady at the student services counter.  \nYou will then be given instructions:  \nRead questions 1 to 6. As you listen to the tape, write the correct answer in the spaces provided.  \nYou are then told to look at the questions:  \nFirst you have some time to look at the questions 1 to 6.  \nThe tape will be silent for about 30 seconds. Then the speaker will repeat which questions you have to answer:  \nNow listen and answer questions 1 to 6.  \nQuestion types*  \nThe types of tasks are:  \n1.Multiple Choice  \n2.Short-answer questions  \n3.Sentence completion  \n4.Notes/table/summary flow-chart/diagram completion  \n5.Labelling a diagram which has numbered parts  \n6.Classification  \nThere are 40 questions in total and about 10 questions in each section and at least two types of questions in each section. Both the texts and the tasks increase in difficulty as the test progresses.  \nMarking  \nYou are given a mark for each of the 40 questions and your result is converted into a score which corresponds to one of the bands from 1-9 which you will see on your result sheet. You can be awarded a whole ora half band in the listening section. (See IELTS Handbook: p.20 or Focus  \non IELTS: p.7 for details.)  \nThe Question Types  \n1. Multiple Choice  \nThe questions  \nThere are three types of multiple choice questions in the IELTS listening exam.  \n1. Where there is one possible answer. (These are sometimes picture multiple choice.)  \n2. Where there are multiple answers for only one mark.  \n3. Where there are multiple answers and one mark for each.  \nFor these questions you may be given the start of a s","cbCaiiurxVNDl6Az","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiurxVNDl6Az","pdf",616132,22,"English","# Details of the listening test\n## The Question Types\n## General Tips for the listening test\n## Details of the Listening Test\n## Procedure of the test\n## Structure of the test\n## Test instructions\n## Question types\n## Multiple Choice\n## How to do the multiple choice questions","[{\"question\":\"How long does the IELTS Listening test take, and how is the timing handled?\",\"answer\":\"The test takes about 30 minutes. 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