The Ministry of Higher and secondary education of the Republic of Uzbekistan pedagogical institute of karshi state university

Section 4: a monologue on academic subject. It is the most difficult section. There is no break in the middle, the speaker talks quite quickly and uses a wide range of vocabulary.
Examples: lecture about endangered species, talk on bringing up children subject, speech about global warming and its effects, lecture about forest reserve etc.
In Section 4, focus on given facts, key ideas and speaker's opinions and attitudes.
You will be given about 30 seconds to study the questions before the start of each section.
IELTS Listening score
Each of the 40 questions is worth 1 point. Depending on how many points you gain, you can receive a score from 0 to 9 points for the Listening Section. The following conversion table applies to calculate your IELTS Listening score:

Raw score (out of 40)	39-40	37-38	35-36	32-34	30-31	26-29	23-25	18-22	16-17	13-15	10-12	8-10	6-7	4-5
Band score	9	8.5	8	7.5	7	6.5	6	5.5	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5

Types of questions on IELTS Listening:

1. multiple choice
2. short-answer questions
3. sentence completion
4. notes, summary, plan, diagram, table or chart completion
5. labelling a diagram which has numbered parts
6. classification
7. matching