IELTS Listening · Computer-delivered

IELTS Listening Practice Test 3: A Doctor's Appointment, The Palace of Versailles, A Finnish Study on Sentencing, Shakespeare's Life and Works

This is IELTS Listening Practice Test 3 on the computer-delivered screen, with 4 parts: A Doctor's Appointment, The Palace of Versailles, A Finnish Study on Sentencing, Shakespeare's Life and Works. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• About 30 minutes
• 40 questions
• 4 parts

What is in this test

• Part 1

  A Doctor's Appointment

  A patient describes symptoms and dates; you complete the notes on tests, medication, isolation days and fees.

• Part 2

  The Palace of Versailles

  A guided tour: you label rooms on a plan of the palace, then complete sentences about its history and architect.

• Part 3

  A Finnish Study on Sentencing

  Students discuss research on what offenders do after sentencing, including the study's goal, period and sample.

• Part 4

  Shakespeare's Life and Works

  A lecture on Shakespeare's early jobs, his theatre company, its patron and the number of works in each category.

Question types in this test

This test uses 4 of the Listening question types. Each one links to what it asks for and the mistakes that cost marks:

• Form and table completion
• Map and plan labelling
• Note and sentence completion
• Multiple choice (one answer)

Timing and marking

The recording runs for about 30 minutes and plays once. You type while it is still playing. At the end of the computer-delivered test you get two minutes to check what you wrote, not the ten minutes the paper test gives you for copying answers.

There are 40 questions, one mark each, so your raw score is out of 40. The results screen shows which questions you got right, grouped by question type, so you can see where the marks went.

What is different on a computer

You type your answers into boxes while the audio plays, so spelling is on you — there is no spell-check. The volume control and the question navigator are on screen.