IELTS Listening Practice Test 15
4 parts · 40 questions · about 29 minutes of audio. Below are all the questions. Take the test in your free dashboard to play the recordings, answer as you listen, and get your band score with the transcript of every answer.
Part 1: Questions 1–10
You will hear a conversation between a travel agent and a customer at the World's Best Vacation Travel Agency.
Questions 1–7
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Choosing a holiday
Before the meeting
- Dan tells Trudy to hold his
Mountain Getaway
- duration: days
Deep Sea Adventure
- price: than Mountain Getaway
Safari Camp Out
- rating: the vacation
- animals: elephants, and lions
- at night: sleep under the
Latest technology
- Travel 2000
Questions 8–10
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a radio report about indoor air quality in American schools.
Questions 11–15
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 11–15.
- A the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- B the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- C the U.S. Government Accountability Office
- D the National Bureau of Economic Research
- E the Journal of Building Engineering
- F the Inflation Reduction Act
- G the Biden administration
Questions 16–20
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a host talking to two NASA photographers about their work.
Questions 21–22
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 23–24
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 25–30
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
James Blair says that when he began, he would shoot three or four Drop or choose answer of 35-millimetre film at a single event. With digital photography there is no Drop or choose answer, so he has to remind himself to slow down and think about each shot. Back in the office, one assignment may produce images for several different Drop or choose answer, so the team usually chooses a Drop or choose answer selection than before. For images intended for public use they look for the right moment and a good Drop or choose answer, whereas engineering documentation is more subtle and needs a bigger Drop or choose answer of photographs.
- A cost
- B customers
- C engineers
- D larger
- E release
- F rolls
- G smile
- H smaller
- I volume
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a radio report about NASA's new supersonic aircraft, the X-59.
Questions 31–35
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 36–40
Label the diagram below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The X-59
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booking a holiday | 1–10 | Form completion, Multiple choice |
| 2 | Air quality in schools | 11–20 | Matching features, Multiple choice |
| 3 | Photographing astronauts | 21–30 | Multiple choice (choose more than one), Summary completion (word list) |
| 4 | A quieter supersonic jet | 31–40 | Sentence completion, Diagram label completion |
How to use it
- Open the test in your dashboard. Each part has its own track with the spoken instructions and the time to read the questions, as in the real exam.
- For exam practice, play each part once at 1× speed. To train your ear, slow it down or replay sections.
- Select words in a question to highlight the keywords you are listening for.
- After submitting, use “Show in transcript” to see exactly where each answer was said.
Audio sources
The recordings are real, copyright-free audio. The questions are written by Sprechify, and the spoken instructions use a synthetic voice.
- Part 1: Let's Learn English, Lesson 5: Greatest Vacation of All Time. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 2: Officials: Air Quality Is Problem at US Schools. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: NASA Photographers (NASA Houston We Have a Podcast). NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston We Have a Podcast (NASA audio is generally not subject to copyright in the US)
- Part 4: NASA Prepares for First Flight of Its New Supersonic Jet. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain