IELTS LISTENING QUESTION TYPES :

These are the 4 most common question types in the IELTS Listening test:

1. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

This type of question asks you to choose the correct answer or answers from a list of three or four choices.

To help you predict answers to Multiple Choice questions, you need to look at the key words in the answer choices to identify:

Similar answers : similar sounding words; one word differences; differences in time and tense.

Similar sounding words: Usually with numbers. They sound very similar when spoken.

 

2. COMPLETION QUESTIONS:

In Completion questions, information is missing in one of the following:

· A SENTENCE

· A FORM

· A TABLE

· A FLOW CHART

· A SUMMARY PARAGRAPH

You need to complete the information with words or sometimes a number as your answers.
There are two prediction strategies you should use during the 30-second break to help you hear the answers to Completion questions:

Underlining the keywords, and identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and articles.

 

3. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Short Answer questions are usually questions that begin with question words, such as:

· What?
· Why?
· Where?
· When?
· Who?
· How much?
· How many?
· How often?

These words give clues about the type of answer you should be listening for, such as a name, an amount of money, a distance, a place, a time or a reason.

 

4. LABELLING A DIAGRAM. The diagram could be:

· A man-made object such as a camera

· A natural object

· A map of a building or a city