IELTS Online: Course

Recognising the different question types

These are the four most common question types in the IELTS Listening test:

• Multiple Choice questions
• Completion questions
• Short Answer questions
• Labelling a Diagram.

Multiple choice questions

Multiple Choice questions are a very common question type in the Listening test. There may be Multiple Choice questions in all four sections. However, the questions and answers become increasingly difficult as you move from Section 1 to 4. For example, in Sections 1 and 2, the answer choices may be basic facts such as costs or dates, whereas in Section 3 and 4 the answer choices are likely to be more complex, such as people’s opinions and attitudes.

In the IELTS Listening test, there are Standard Multiple Choice questions and Modified Multiple Choice questions.