Select the correct answer.
Listening part ends immediately after when the recording stops playing.
Test takers are given additional time after the playback stops. In "common" paper-based IELTS, 10 minutes are given to transfer answers to the answer sheet. This time can also be used to double check the answers especially against the requirements in the questions. For computer-delivered test, 2 minutes are given to check the answers.
IELTS
If a university or visa application has ever asked you for an IELTS band score, you know the stakes are real: the same English you've been speaking comfortably for years suddenly has to fit a specific format and produce a specific number. Failing isn't usually about your English — it's about not knowing the test.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test worldwide. Four sections — Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking — scored 0–9 per section and overall.
IELTS Listening
If you've ever followed a conversation in English fine but lost half the detail when someone with a thick Australian or Scottish accent spoke fast — you've previewed IELTS Listening. The test deliberately uses a range of accents and speeds, plays each recording once, and times you against the clock. It rewards practice; it punishes assumptions.
The Listening section of IELTS is 30 minutes, 40 questions, four recordings — social and academic, monologue and conversation. Each plays once. Question types include multiple choice, matching, gap-fill, and short answer.