IELTS Listening Essential Tips

IELTS Listening Essential Tips

This is the article for IELTS Listening Tips and Tricks by Super Achievers Abroad Education. Its Best IELTS Coaching in Gurgaon which one offers classroom and online one-to-one IELTS Preparation sessions.
How you can get Band 7+ in IELTS Exams for Abroad Immigration, and here we share the secrets to success in the IELTS Listening test.
The essential IELTS listening tips and tricks for your success in the IELTS test. Learn the right listening techniques with over 20+ top tips to help you achieve a high score in IELTS Exams. Learn about the IELTS listening exam content, writing the answers correctly, types of questions, making notes, scoring, and much more. This video lesson is a must-watch for every IELTS student before going to the IELTS exam.

Watch the video lesson first and then read through the summary of IELTS listening tips below.

IELTS Listening Tips Video:

IELTS Listening Tips

Below is a list of IELTS listening tips and tricks that have been given in the video above. Read these tips carefully.

Super Achievers Abroad Education says that the recording will be played only once. You will not hear it a second time.
You must practice completing a full listening test by listening only once before your test. You should do this a number of times.

When you are developing skills and vocabulary, you might want to practice listening more than once. This is fine when you are in training.
You will need to multitask. This means you must be able to read the questions, listen for the answer and write down words all at the same time. You should practice doing this.

Practice transferring your answers to the answer sheet at home before your test. Here is a link to download the IELTS listening answer sheet.

According to the best IELTS coaching center in Gurgaon, You should write your answers on the answer sheet using a pencil, not a pen. This is the same as the IELTS reading test.

Scores are calculated by the number of points you got correct. Here is a link to learn all about the IELTS band scores: IELTS Band Scores Explained. You don’t lose a mark if your answer is wrong. Your score will not change due to incorrect answers.

If you don’t know the answer, guess. Always write something in the box on your answer sheet. Who knows, maybe you guess right !!

Super Achievers Abroad Education always recommends that You write your answer using capital or lowercase letters. However, I recommend using all capital letters. See the official IELTS website to confirm the use or lower or upper case: http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/prepare-your-test/test-day-advice/listening-test-advice.

Check the number of words you can have for your answer. Each time the question type changes, the number of words for the answer might change too. Here is an example of instructions: “No more than two words and/or a number”. To learn exactly what these instructions mean, please watch the video lesson above.

Check the instructions to see if you can have a number (which means only one) or numbers (plural which means more than one number).

Dolly Madam the best trainer of IELTS, suggests How words and numbers are calculated:

A date “1950” is considered one number.
A large number “1,000,500” is considered one word.
A hyphenated word “part-time” is considered one word.
A compound noun which is not hyphenated “tennis shoe” is considered two words.

“at the hospital” or “hospital”. Should you write the article and preposition? Your answer will depend on the type of question you have. If you are completing the sentence, for example:

The best place to meet is ………. = the answer must be grammatically correct so you need “at the hospital”.
If the question is a note or form completion, such each 1) PLACE: …… = the answer can be just one word (with or without the article) “hospital” or “the hospital” (if two words are possible.

SPELLING!!! If your answer is spelled wrong, the answer is marked wrong. You must have the correct spelling to get a point and have the answer marked correctly.

Don’t worry about spelling while you are listening because you don’t have time to concentrate on spelling. You need to concentrate on listening to the recording and following the questions.
Check your spelling when you transfer your answers to the answer sheet. That is the time to check and make sure everything is correct.

Mater Trainer Shobhit Sir always gives the best suggestion to every IELTS trainee for Writing letters or words. If you get a multiple-choice question, it will ask you to write down the letter as your answer. For example:

spring
summer
winter
If the answer is b, you must write “b” on your answer sheet not “summer”. The word “summer” would be marked wrong because the instructions ask you to write a letter not a word.

IELTS Listening Question Types

form completion
note completion
summary completion
sentence completion
multiple choice
diagram labelling
map labelling
table completion
form chart

If you want to practice with these types of questions, go to my IELTS listening page.
Don’t try to understand everything. IELTS will add lots of extra information but you only need to listen for answers. Keep yourself focused on listening for answers to questions.

Answers may come quickly. You might get three answers in a very short time. Get ready to write your answers down quickly. Answers may come slowly. There may be a gap between answers. Don’t panic. This is common in section 4.

Look out for answers that are plural. IELTS knows that students have difficulty hearing the plural “s”. So, these answers will certainly be given to test your listening ability.
Common Problems

Giving the answer and then changing it. Here is an example: “Is it ok to meet at 7pm?” / “Yes, 7pm works fine for me” / “Oh I’ve just remembered I have a late meeting, could we make it half past instead?” The answer was 7pm but then the speaker changed it to 7.30pm. Always keep listening and be ready for the speaker to change the answer.
Similar words might not be the right answer. Watch this video about IELTS listening multiple choice to understand this tip.

If you miss an answer, just move on to the next question. Don’t waste time. Don’t lose your place in the recording.

CONCENTRATE!!! 30 minutes is a long time to actively listen for answers. If you lose focus, you will miss answers. Don’t let that happen to you. Practice full tests at home to build up your ability to concentrate.


For more tips and explanations – please watch the video above.


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