How many parts and questions are in IELTS Listening?
Four parts with ten questions each, so 40 questions in total, one mark per correct answer. Part 1 is an everyday conversation for IELTS Academic and General Training alike, and the recording is heard once only.
Four parts with ten questions each, so 40 questions in total, and each correct answer is worth one mark. Part 1 is a conversation between two speakers about an everyday matter such as a booking or an enrolment, and the format is identical for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training. The paper lasts approximately 30 minutes, the recording is heard once only, and the questions follow the order of the information.
For a Part 1 form-completion task that means you answer a tenth of the paper from one single conversation, so a surname you misspell costs exactly what a lecture detail costs in Part 4. The published scoring anchors put roughly 23 correct answers at band 6 and 30 at band 7, which is why the ten marks in Part 1 are worth defending before the harder parts start.
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