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Listening for IELTS

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Unit 3
Part 2: 
Practice exercises
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CD1
In Section 3 of the IELTS Listening exam, you w ill hear up to four speakers and it is
important to recognise the speakers.
You are going to hear a conversation with four speakers: John, Steven, Linda and Joanne.
Listen and w rite how many times you hear each speaker. Two have been done for you.
John 
3_
Linda 
2_
Steven __
Joanne __
Exam information: Classification (1)
In the IELTS Listening exam, you may have to decide w hich category o r group 
item s belong to. The categories are usually lettered (A, B, C, etc.) and the item s are 
num bered (1, 2, 3). Your answ er is usually a letter.
Match the places 1-6 with the categories a, b or c.
a 
Continent
1 
Paris
2 
Asia
3 
B razil
b 
Country
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Europe
5 
Vietnam
c 
City
6 
Tokyo
Exam tip: 
Before you listen, th in k how the categories and item s m ight be related, and 
try to th in k of o th e r w ords th a t express these categories and item s. One group, e ith e r 
the item s o r the categories, w ill probably be paraphrased.
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CD1
You are going to hear a group of students talking about their N atural Earth presentation.
Listen and match the tasks 1 -5 with the person who w ill do them la-c).
N atural Earth presentation: 
Who is doing w hich tasks?
a 
Alice 
b 
K a rl 
c 
Jenny
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organise the research