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IELTS Listening practice test 3
A complete IELTS Listening practice test in the real format: four parts and 40 questions, ten per part, played once, in about 30 minutes. Part 1 is a phone call to hire a village hall, Part 2 is a guide's introduction to a museum in an old textile mill, Part 3 is a tutor and a student discussing a dissertation plan, and Part 4 is a lecture on bioluminescence. Question types are form and note completion with a two word limit in places, matching, and multiple choice with one or two answers. This test is harder than tests 1 and 2: more answers are paraphrased and more distractors are corrected or ruled out. Format checked against ielts.org on 1 November 2026: four parts, 40 questions, about 30 minutes, recordings heard once only. On paper you would then get 10 minutes to transfer answers; on computer, 2 minutes to check.
Exam mode: timed, answers at the end, like the real test. Practice mode: untimed, the answer and explanation after each question.
What is in this test
Covers: multiple choice (12) · form completion (10) · matching (10) · note completion (8)
A sample question
Why did the student change the topic of the dissertation?
- The original topic needed expensive equipment.
- Similar information had already been collected.
- The tutor thought the original topic was too narrow.
Marked when you take the test; the explanation appears in your review.