Free IELTS Listening Test 45
A customer calls an appliance repair service about a broken washing machine, A guide gives a walking tour of a working harbour, explaining its history and trade, A tutor and two students discuss different sampling methods for social science research, A lecture on how linguists help solve crimes by analysing language evidence.
- ModuleListening
- Set#45
- Parts4
- AccentsBritish, AU, NA
- Part 1Appliance Repair
- Part 2Harbour Tour
- Part 3Sampling Methods
- Part 4Forensic Linguistics
Four parts
British, Australian, and North American voices distributed across the four parts. If you've trained on one accent only, this set is where you'll feel the gap.
- Part 1 · Appliance Repair
A customer calls an appliance repair service about a broken washing machine
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 2 · Harbour Tour
A guide gives a walking tour of a working harbour, explaining its history and trade
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 3 · Sampling Methods
A tutor and two students discuss different sampling methods for social science research
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 4 · Forensic Linguistics
A lecture on how linguists help solve crimes by analysing language evidence
IELTS-style audio part
Question types you'll see
- Form Completion
- Multiple Choice
- Map Labelling
- Matching
- Sentence Completion
- Note Completion
How the practice works
Breath mode lets you pause, replay, and reread — useful when you're still learning the question type. No timer, full transcript or passage on the side.
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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.