Free IELTS Listening Test 48
A family calls a campsite to book a pitch and ask about facilities, A glassblower gives a demonstration and talk about the art of glassblowing, Two students and a supervisor discuss writing a research grant application, A lecture on deep-sea exploration technology and the discoveries it has enabled.
- ModuleListening
- Set#48
- Parts4
- AccentsBritish, AU, NA
- Part 1Camping Site Booking
- Part 2Glassblowing Demo
- Part 3Grant Application
- Part 4Deep Sea Exploration
Four parts
Four parts in canonical order: Camping Site Booking, Glassblowing Demo, Grant Application, and Deep Sea Exploration. Same conversation → monologue → discussion → lecture shape as test day.
- Part 1 · Camping Site Booking
A family calls a campsite to book a pitch and ask about facilities
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 2 · Glassblowing Demo
A glassblower gives a demonstration and talk about the art of glassblowing
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 3 · Grant Application
Two students and a supervisor discuss writing a research grant application
IELTS-style audio part
- Part 4 · Deep Sea Exploration
A lecture on deep-sea exploration technology and the discoveries it has enabled
IELTS-style audio part
Question types you'll see
- Form Completion
- Multiple Choice
- Map Labelling
- Matching
- Sentence Completion
- Note Completion
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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.