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Do I get extra time to transfer IELTS Listening answers?

Nov 4, 2026
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On paper, yes: ten minutes at the end to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. On computer, there is nothing to transfer and two extra minutes to check.

On paper, yes: ten minutes at the end to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. On computer, there is nothing to transfer and two extra minutes to check.

What matters is not the length of either period but what it is for: ten minutes is enough to lose marks on a spelling you had right, and two minutes is enough to fix one.

On paper, a correctly heard answer copied onto the wrong line scores nothing, so if you are slow, transfer in blocks of five questions rather than saving everything for the last ten minutes. On computer there is no transfer at all: the answer you type stands, which makes the two minutes a review of spelling and word limits rather than a copying task.

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