Free IELTS Listening Test 22
A customer calls a catering company to arrange food for a birthday party, A guide explains how the recycling centre operates during a public tour, Two students and a tutor discuss how to prepare arguments for an upcoming debate, A lecture on the art and science of glassmaking from ancient times to the present.
- ModuleListening
- Set#22
- Parts4
- AccentsBritish, AU, NA
- Part 1Catering Order
- Part 2Recycling Centre Tour
- Part 3Debate Preparation
- Part 4Glass Making
Four parts
Part 1 — Catering Order — is the practical English you'd hear on a real visit. The set escalates into a Glass Making-style talk by the time you've warmed up.
- Part 1 · Catering Order
A customer calls a catering company to arrange food for a birthday party
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 2 · Recycling Centre Tour
A guide explains how the recycling centre operates during a public tour
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 3 · Debate Preparation
Two students and a tutor discuss how to prepare arguments for an upcoming debate
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 4 · Glass Making
A lecture on the art and science of glassmaking from ancient times to the present
IELTS-style audio part
Question types you'll see
- Form Completion
- Multiple Choice
- Map Labelling
- Matching
- Sentence Completion
- Note Completion
How the practice works
After submission you'll see exactly which question types pulled your score down and which evidence you missed. The analysis is the diagnosis, not just a band.
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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.