Free IELTS Listening Test 39
A homeowner calls a gardening company to arrange regular lawn and hedge maintenance, A dive instructor gives a briefing to beginners before a trial scuba session, A tutor and two students discuss when to use qualitative research methods, A lecture on how engineers and designers copy solutions found in nature.
- ModuleListening
- Set#39
- Parts4
- AccentsBritish, AU, NA
- Part 1Gardening Service
- Part 2Diving Centre Intro
- Part 3Qualitative Methods
- Part 4Biomimicry
Four parts
Test 39 mixes quick-fire information capture (Part 1) with sustained-attention monologue (Parts 2 and 4). The cues come fast in some sections and slow in others — pacing your attention is the skill.
- Part 1 · Gardening Service
A homeowner calls a gardening company to arrange regular lawn and hedge maintenance
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 2 · Diving Centre Intro
A dive instructor gives a briefing to beginners before a trial scuba session
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 3 · Qualitative Methods
A tutor and two students discuss when to use qualitative research methods
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 4 · Biomimicry
A lecture on how engineers and designers copy solutions found in nature
IELTS-style audio part
Question types you'll see
- Form Completion
- Multiple Choice
- Map Labelling
- Matching
- Sentence Completion
- Note Completion
How the practice works
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Test 39.
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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.