IELTS Listening - Some Tips and Activities to Help You With the Listening Exam

Do you find the IELTS listening exam more difficult than other listening exams you have done?  What makes it seem difficult?  It has the same format as other exams – filling in spaces, completing information, matching exercises, and a variety of accents.  So why does it seem more complicated?

Here are some tips and activities to help you with the listening exam:

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 19 (Language School)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 18 (In a Post Office)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 17 (Helpline)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 16 (Difficulties of Having a Car)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 15 (Ordering a Pizza)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 14 (Student Interview)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 13 (Weather Report)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 12 (Work Problems)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 11 (Banking)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 10 (At the Train Station)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 9 (A Robbery)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 8 (A House Explosion)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 7 (Style Plus Magazine)

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IELTS Listening - Ielts Listening 4

Read the questions carefully, and try to work out as much as you can about the situation. Work out the type of information you have to listen for in each case. When you are ready press 'Listen'. You should only play the recording once, and try to answer all the questions whilst the recording is playing.

1. The earth and coral reefs are not defined as 'single living things' because they are

over 10,000 years old
not individual life forms
composed of living entities
not really alive
2. Which statement about Wattieza trees is false?

They were 8 metres tall
They have been around for a long time
They affected the planet's climate
They were on earth 380 million years ago
Trees over 3. years old are 'not uncommon' (fill the gap)
4. The Fortingall Yew is called a 'sapling' because

It contained sap
This is a species of tree
It was once young
It is Scottish
5. The Prometheus tree was destroyed by a scientist studying

the effects of glaciers
strength of drills
weather forecasting
the growth of old trees
Fill in the table

Age of Prometheus tree	Event
Approximately 10 years	6.
7.	Moses leads the Hebrews from Egypt
2,000 years	8.
9.	Tree chopped down

10. Bristle-coned pines survive longest

... after 969 years
... if they are in the area of the Methuselah tree
... because they are now protected
... in areas where the soil is poor in nutrients

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