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IELTS Listening FAQ

It has 40 questions worth one mark each; your raw score is converted to a band from 0–9.

Recordings use a mix of British, American, Australian and other English accents.

You can write answers in all capitals or lower case; just be consistent.

Practise daily with real test recordings, focus on predicting answers, and review transcripts.

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