IELTS Listening Practice Test 4

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20-06-2025

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The IELTS listening test is conducted in 4 sections. There are a total of 40 questions. You will hear a total of 4 recordings which are monologues and conversations of a native speakers. All the recordings in the IELTS listening will be played once only. Each section of this IELTS Listening Practice Test 4 contains 10 questions. At the end of the test, you will be given some time to transfer your answers.

This article will provide you all the answers to the questions of the IELTS Listening Practice Test 4. Taking this IELTS listening practice test, will help you to achieve a good band score in your listening section. Along with the 40 questions for each 4 sections, the solutions of the test are also provided for your reference.

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IELTS Listening Practice Test 4 with Answers

The IELTS Listening practice test 4 with answers is given below. You will have to answer 40 questions in response to four different recordings. 

Section 1

Questions 1-5

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

CHILDREN'S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS

Example                                  

Workshops organised every: Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1 ....................
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 .................... Street.
• Security device: must push the 3 .................... to open door.
• Should leave car behind the 4 ...................
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 .................... (on 200765).

Questions 6-10

Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Next two workshops

Date Workshop title Children advised to wear: Please bring(if possible):
16/11 ‘Building 6 ...............’ 7_________ 8________
23/11 9 _________ (Nothing Special) 10_______

Section 2

Questions 11-14

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TRAIN INFORMATION

11. Local services depart from _________railway station.
12. National services depart from the ________railway station.
13. Trains for London depart every ________each day during the week.
14. The price of a first-class ticket includes __________

Question 15-17

Type of Ticket Details
Standard open no restrictions
Supersave travel after 8:45
Special travel after 15_______ and at weekends
16 ________ buy at least six days ahead limited numbers 17______ essential

Questions 18-20

Choose THREE letters  A-G. Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?

A) a science museum
B) a theme park
C) a climbing wall
D) a mining museum
E) an aquarium
F) a castle
G) a zoo

Section 3

Question 21-30 

Complete the tables below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)

Name: Sandy Gibbons

Targets previously agreed Work completed Further action suggested
Investigate suitable 
data analysis software

– Read IT 21______

– Spoken to Jane Prince, Head of 
the 22 ______

Sign up for some software practice sessions
Prepare a 23_____ for 
survey
– Completed and sent for review Add questions in section three on 24 ________
Further reading about discipline

– Read Banerjee

– N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s essays on managing the 
25 _______

 

Obtain from library through special loans service

 

New Targets Specific suggestions Timings
Do further work on Chapter 1
(Give the title: Context 26______ )
– Add statistics on the 27_______ in various zones - Include more references to works dated after the 28_______ By the 29_____ of term
Prepare list of main 
sections of Chapter 2
– Use index cards to help in organisation Before starting the 30 _______

Section 4

Questions 31-37

Choose the correct letter A,B or C.

The history of moving pictures

31. Some photographs of a horse running showed
    A) all feet off the ground.
    B) at least one foot on the ground.
    C) two feet off the ground.

32. The Scotsman employed by Edison
    A). designed a system to use the technology Edison had invited.
    B) used available technology to make a new system.
    C). was already an expert in motion picture technology.

33. One major problem with the first system was that
    A). only one person could be filmed.
    B). people could only see very short films.
    C). the camera was very heavy.

 34. Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had
    A). been told about the American system.
    B). seen the American system.
    C). used the American system.

 35. In 1895, a famous new system was developed by
    A). a French team working alone.
    B). a French and German team working together.
    C). a German team who invented the word 'cinema'.

 36. Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving
    A). the subject matters.
    B). the camera.
    C). the film projector.

 37. The 'Lantham Loop' invention relied on
    A). removing tension between the film reels.
    B). adding three more films reels to the system.
    C). making one of the film reels more effective.

Questions 38-40 

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38. The first motion picture was called The ............................
39. ........................... were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40. Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ..........................

Answers

Section 1

1. 8
2. (IN/ON) TAMER
3. GREEN BUTTON
4. LIBRARY
5. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
6. CASTLES
7. OLD CLOTHES
8. BOTTLE TOPS
9. UNDERSEA WORLDS
10. SILVER PAPER

Section 2

11. KING STREET
12. central
13. HALF HOURS / 30 MINUTES
14. REFRESHMENTS
15. 10:15
16. ADVANCE
17. (SEAT) RESERVATIONS
18, 19 & 20. C, D, G [in any order]


Section 3

21. CATALOG(UE)S
22. COMPUTER CENTRE/ CENTER
23. CHECKLIST
24. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
25. CLASSROOM
26. REVIEW
27. SCHOOLS
28. ((THE) YEAR) 200
29. END OF TERM
30. RESEARCH

Section 4

31. RESEARCH
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. C
37. A
38. GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
39. SOUND EFFECTS
40. POOR SOUND QUALITY

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Conclusion

We believe that you find this article helpful. This IELTS Listening practice test 4 has four sections with 40 questions and all the answers provided here. You should always concentrate on the key points while listening to the audio to score well in the test.

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