Free IELTS Listening Test 20
A customer drops off garments at a dry-cleaning service and discusses options, A fire officer gives a talk to visitors during an open day at the fire station, Two students and their supervisor discuss the structure and content of a conference paper, A lecture on the history and science of food preservation methods.
- ModuleListening
- Set#20
- Parts4
- AccentsBritish, AU, NA
- Part 1Dry Cleaning
- Part 2Fire Station Open Day
- Part 3Conference Paper
- Part 4Food Preservation
Four parts
Four parts in canonical order: Dry Cleaning, Fire Station Open Day, Conference Paper, and Food Preservation. Same conversation → monologue → discussion → lecture shape as test day.
- Part 1 · Dry Cleaning
A customer drops off garments at a dry-cleaning service and discusses options
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 2 · Fire Station Open Day
A fire officer gives a talk to visitors during an open day at the fire station
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 3 · Conference Paper
Two students and their supervisor discuss the structure and content of a conference paper
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 4 · Food Preservation
A lecture on the history and science of food preservation methods
IELTS-style audio part
Question types you'll see
- Form Completion
- Multiple Choice
- Map Labelling
- Matching
- Sentence Completion
- Note Completion
How the practice works
Strict mode plays through with no replay or pause — the test-day pressure cooker. Take it cold to see where you actually stand.
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About 30 minutes of audio plus 10 minutes for transferring answers, the same as test day. Strict mode runs straight through; Breath mode lets you pause and replay.
British, Australian, and North American voices distributed across the four parts. The mix mirrors the way the real IELTS Listening test rotates accents between conversation, monologue, discussion, and lecture.
No. The page above lists the topics and question types so you know what's coming, but the audio, questions, and answer key only appear once you start a saved practice session. The analysis is more useful when you've taken the test cold.