Ielts listening practice test online british council

Download the following IELTS Practice Speaking test and think of “model” responses to the questions in parts 1-3 of the test. We suggest you practice the speaking test with a study partner and complete all 3 parts of the test without a break, to make your practice as realistic as possible. You will have approximately 11-14 minutes to complete this section of the test, so we recommend you time yourself as you complete your practice test. 

IELTS Practice Speaking Test (pdf) IELTS examiners rate the IELTS Speaking test using 4 assessment criteria - Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation. View videos of IELTS Speaking test samples below:

Speaking test sample - Part 1

Speaking test sample - Part 2
Speaking test sample - Part 3

You may view additional videos on the IELTS Official YouTube channel.

For more information about how IELTS scores are calculated, see IELTS scoring in detail.

Road to IELTS offers free online preparation practice which covers the four skills evaluated in IELTS: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.

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British Council has plenty of free IELTS practice tests available online. You can take them as many times as you need to build your confidence, practice your English and get used to the test format, so you feel ready for the real exam.

The IELTS online practice tests include both the questions and the answers so that you can take the test as you would on the day, then mark how well you did afterwards. Recreate the exam conditions with time restrictions allocated to each section (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), so that you are more prepared for the exam conditions on the day.

There are four recordings to listen to in the Listening section of the test, and you have a total of about 30 minutes to complete these. If you are doing the IELTS on paper test, you also have an extra ten minutes on top to transfer your answers to your answer sheet.

Your exam paper will include questions based on the recording you’ve just listened to, asking you to pick out key pieces of information and write them down. You can make notes during the course of the recording, and you will also have time to write up your answers once the recording has finished.

You’ll be asked 40 questions altogether – 10 questions on each recording – and you should answer all of them if you can. Each question is worth one mark.

*Top Tip: Remember, rushing won’t help so take some deep breaths and try to relax. Assigning enough time to look through the questions beforehand is always a good idea, and the same goes for double checking your answers once you’ve completed them.