HOLMES IELTS SAMPLE LISTENING TEST
Sample question one: selecting topics
Task description:
You will be provided with a number of topics, three of which summarise parts of the listening text. The others are not discussed in the listening text. Your task is to decide which three topics are discussed.
Sample task :
Tick the three items which are discussed in the talk.
A. Teaching schedule for student teachers
B. Safety issues for student teachers on the field trip
C. Accommodation
D. How the field trip fits into the teaching degree
E. Vietnamese students' level of proficiency in English
F. How the work requirements for the field trip compare with the work requirements for student teachers who remain in Australia
G. Quality of English language teaching in Vietnamese universities
| H. Textbooks commonly used in Vietnamese English classes |
Sample question two: summary completion
Task description :
The input for this type of question will be a summary of all or part of the listening text. The summary will contain a number of gaps. All of the information in the summary will be contained in the listening text although the words used may be different.
Your task is to complete the summary using not more than three words for each gap.
Sample task :
Complete the notes below by writing no more than three words in the spaces provided.
Simon Taylor, a … (1) … from the education faculty, gave some information about the … (2) … to … (3) … which will be held in the … (4) … . The student teachers will complete three weeks in a Vietnamese language centre involving ten hours of … (5) … and ten hours of … (6) … .
Sample question three: multiple choice
Task description :
In this question type you will be given a 'stem' which may be an incomplete sentence (e.g. Questions 1 below) or a question (e.g. question 2 below). The stem will be followed by three or four options - one will be correct (the answer) and three may seem possible but are in fact incorrect
in some way (the distractors).
In tackling this type of question it is very important to read the stem carefully. Candidates often make careless mistakes when they misread the stem and so choose the wrong option.
Sample task :
Circle the appropriate letters A - D.
1. Participants on the field trip will be:
A. Vietnamese teachers
B. students of English
C. Australian teachers
D. trainee teachers
2. How long will the field trip run for?
A. 1 week
B. 3 weeks
C. one month
D. one semester
3. The Foreign Language Centre runs classes:
A. 7 days a week
B. 6 days a week
C. 5 days a week
D. 3 days a week
Sample question four: form completion
Task description:
You will be provided with an incomplete form which covers information from the listening text. Your task is to complete the gaps in three words or fewer. The information in the form will be presented in the same order as the information you hear. In other words, you will hear the answer to question one before the answer to question two. So it is very important that you use the time given to look at the question booklet to try and work out the order that you will hear the required information. In the case below, the questions are ordered vertically through the days of the week not horizontally. So you can expect to hear information about Monday first, then Tuesday etc. rather than mornings first then afternoons, evenings etc.
Sample task :
Complete the form. Write no more than three words for each answer.
