IELTS Listening Part 1 Tips

Listening part 1 is considered to be one of the easiest parts of the listening test. In this part you will listen to a conversation between two people set in a day-to-day social situation. The various types of questions that can be expected include: multiple-choice questions, form completion questions or matching questions (although, also remember that these questions might appear in other parts of the listening test as well). 

Some of the most important strategies to be followed while an answering the listening part one questions are: 

1. One should always read the instructions very carefully because the instructions in the question are always different. Always carefully look for the options that are available for you to answer the question, if the question says write no more than one word and/or a number, then the possible options that you have are, to either write: one word OR one number OR a combination of both 

2. Remember that the answers are always in the order of the audio so listen carefully so as to be able to recognize the keywords.

3. Most of the situations tin the IELTS listening part one will be familiar to your, so remember to use and refer to your prior knowledge and life experiences. 

4. You can always predict your answer by knowing the blank type of the answer and recognizing that what can be filled in the blank, for example, a word or a number. 

5. Listen to the conversation till the end even if you have found you answer. 

6. Do not re-write anything that has already been written in the paper for you, for example, the sign of a dollar in case of money or hours in case of time. 

7. Initially always write the answers in the question paper and then later on transfer them to the answer sheet in the time given to you, to do so (in the pen and paper-based test). 

8. Do not forget to check the spelling or grammatical mistakes such as those of singular or plural, nouns and verbs.