IELTS Listening: Practice Makes Perfect

This blog will help you to practice the IELTS listening advice which you can find in our blog.

Haven’t seen the advice? You can find everything you need to know here:

IELTS Listening: The Science of Listening

IELTS Listening: Mastering SECTION 2

We will share a speech about an animal family, and you can answer questions based on the speech.

On our Facebook page, we introduced today’s practice task with this post…

By listening to this presentation, you can learn the answer to the Facebook questions, and practice a specific kind of IELTS-Listening question: multiple choice.
Are you ready? Let’s begin!

QUESTIONS 1-5: Listen to the presentation and CHOOSE ONE ANSWER for each question.

1. The female polar bear has been in her den

A.   since the start of winter

B.   for a whole month

C.   since the start of spring

2. Her babies are known as

A.   puppies

B.   cubs

C.   pups

3. The babies were born

A.   unable to hear or speak

B.   unable to hear or see

C.   unable to see or speak

4. The mother bear has lost

A.   25% of her body weight over 5 months

B.   50% of her body weight over 5 months

C.   All of her milk

5. The sun

A.   does not provide warmth

B.   does not affect the ice

C.   has not raised the temperature above -30 degrees

[ANSWERS are below this image]

*ANSWERS

1. The female polar bear has been in her den

A.   since the start of winter

2. Her babies are known as

B.   cubs

3. The babies were born

B.   unable to hear or see

4. The mother bear has lost

B.   50% of her body weight over 5 months

5. The sun

C.   has not raised the temperature above -30 degrees