IELTS Listening Practice Test 16
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 two friends, Anna and Ashley, about Anna's weekend and pets.
Questions 1–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Notes on Anna's weekend and pets
Anna's weekend
- Anna went to the D.C. Fair.
- Anna won place in a pet contest.
- Ashley thinks Anna does not have a .
Fair contests
- There was a contest to spit a seed.
- There was a pet .
- Anna's closest thing to a pet is a pet .
- A girl and her dog wore matching costumes.
- Dublin could have won the Best contest.
Pets and family
- Ashley says pets become part of your .
- Ashley gives Anna Dublin's .
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a radio report about the best-selling vehicle in the United States.
Questions 11–15
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Ford F-150
- America's best-selling vehicle for the past 42 years
- A new truck leaves the factory in Michigan every seconds
- Best-selling truck in the US for years
- Vaux Adams likes the big in his truck
- Ford keeps in contact with buyers through market
- First version created in
Questions 16–20
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below.
Why buyers keep choosing the F-150
Ford says the F-150's success comes from listening to buyers and from constant innovation. Buyers can choose different kinds of engines and larger Drop or choose answer inside the vehicle. In the Dearborn factory, every workstation has its own Drop or choose answer, which helps workers design vehicles and control quality. The manager says the interior of the truck feels like a Drop or choose answer vehicle. However, experts admit that the F-150 uses a lot of Drop or choose answer. For buyers who are worried about this, Ford now sells an all-Drop or choose answer F-150 Lightning.
- A computer
- B electric
- C engines
- D furniture
- E gas
- F luxury
- G quality
- H spaces
- I seats
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a podcast about student citizen-science experiments planned for the International Space Station.
Questions 21–26
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 21–26.
- A the value of having no fixed correct answer
- B the students’ passion as the origin of the project
- C the need to control the worms’ food and bacteria
- D the use of a device to culture soil bacteria in a soil-like environment
- E the involvement of school pupils in a parallel control experiment
- F the engineering constraints affecting the design of protective pods
- G the possible benefits of the research on Earth
Questions 27–30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a lecture about learning root words to build vocabulary.
Questions 31–35
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below.
Vocabulary and Root Words
English is difficult for non-native speakers because it has many rules and Drop or choose answer. Its pronunciation cannot always be predicted by Drop or choose answer, and it contains many Drop or choose answer. However, learning Drop or choose answer words can help. By learning just 20 or 30 root words, you can expand your vocabulary to include Drop or choose answer of new words.
- A exceptions
- B spelling
- C idioms
- D root
- E hundreds
- F pronunciation
- G rules
- H suffixes
- I Latin
Questions 36–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Building Vocabulary with Root Words
- Types of roots include prefixes, bases, and .
- Most English root words come from Greek and .
- The base word 'struct-' comes from Latin meaning .
- Adding '-ion' to 'construct' forms the noun .
- Adding '-ly' to 'constructive' produces an .
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A day at the state fair | 1–10 | Note completion |
| 2 | America's best-selling vehicle | 11–20 | Note completion, Summary completion (word list) |
| 3 | Student science on the space station | 21–30 | Matching features, Multiple choice |
| 4 | Building vocabulary with root words | 31–40 | Summary completion (word list), Note 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 9: Pets Are Family, Too!. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 2: America’s Best-selling Vehicle Still on Top after 42 Years. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Citizen Science on Station (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: Grow Your Vocabulary by Learning Root Words. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain