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Question types in IELTS listening test

There are 9 different types of question used in the IELTS listening test. These are:

  1. Form completion
  2. Notes completion
  3. Table completion
  4. Flowchart completion
  5. Summary completion
  6. Labelling style questions
  7. Multiple choice questions
  8. Short answer questions
  9. Classifying and matching questions

This online course has complete lessons covering each question type, but on the following pages you will see an example of each question.

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Question types in IELTS listening test

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