All candidates talcing the IELTS Test do the same type of Listening test, but the version differs according to the test date. The Listening test takes about 30 minutes, with 10 minutes allocated for you to transfer your answers from the question booklet to the answer sheet. The test is in four sections. | The key words in question 17 are Which kind of car thief is likely to use a stolen car for committing a crime The use of which in this question tells you that the answer is most likely to be ONE of the answers in questions 15 and 16 but you will have to listen very carefully to know which one. NOW START YOUR TAPE Listen to the first part of the talk and do questions 12-17. Use the short time given to review the questions. STOP YOUR TAPE when you hear the instruction to do so. Questions 18 and 19 Question 18 Choose the picture A-D which best shows what the police officer says a vehicle owner SHOULD DO. Question 19 Choose the picture A-D which best shows what the police officer says a vehic le owner SHOULD NOT DO Questions 18 and 19 are based on the second part of the talk about preventing vehicle theft Look closely at the instructions the questions and the pictures Take particular notice of those words in the questions given in BOLD ITALIC CAPITALS These emphasise that the first set of pictures is concerned with what you SHOULD DO or the right thing to do and the second set is concerned with what you SHOULD NOT DO or the wrong thing to do Although it may not be completely clear what the pictures represent when you first look at them you will find as you listen to the talk that they all relate quite clearly to what is said Can you predict what the answers might lie Can you eliminate any of the possibilities You will now be told to look at the rest ot the questions for Section 2 before the final part of the talk START YOUR TAPE Use the short time provided to look at questions 18 and 19 again Listen to the rest of the talk and answer questions 18 and 19 STOP YOUR TAPE Use the time given at the end to check your answers. Use this time the best way you can by either going over your answers for Section 2 or by reading the questions for Section 3. Continue until you hear the instruction to turn to Section 3. STOP YOUR TAPE TEST TIPS If you need to write your answers more .
