IELTS Listening Test 6 — Answers & Answer Key
The complete answer key for IELTS Listening Test 6: all 40 correct answers across the four listening sections, with every question and its accepted answer variants. Free and no sign-up — check your answers, then convert your raw score to a band.
IELTS Listening Test 6 answer key (all 38 answers)
Where several answers are shown, any of those spellings/formats is accepted.
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD only for each answer.
- 1.Kite Place near the __________ Answer: harbour / harbor
- 2.Cross the __________ and turn right Answer: bridge
- 3.Best to go before __________ pm, earlier than closing time Answer: 3.30 / three thirty
- 4.Called __________ Answer: Rose / rose
- 5.look for the large __________ outside. Answer: sign
- 6.Take a __________ minibus, number 289 Answer: purple
- 7.a handful of __________ Answer: samphire
- 8.beans and a __________ for dessert. Answer: melon
- 9.spices and __________ Answer: coconut
- 10.a __________ tart Answer: strawberry
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter; A—H, next to Questions 11-16.
Choose TWO correct answers
- 11.Superheroes __________ Answer: C / c
- 12.Just do it __________ Answer: D / d
- 13.Count on me __________ Answer: F / f
- 14.Speak up __________ Answer: G / g
- 15.Jump for joy __________ Answer: B / b
- 16.Sticks and stones __________ Answer: H / h
- 17.Which TWO reasons does the speaker give for recommending Alive and Kicking? Answer: It is funny. / It deals with an important topic.
- 19.Which TWO pieces of advice does the speaker give to parents about reading? Answer: Allow children to listen to audio books. / Get recommendations from librarians.
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Complete the flowchart below. Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 26-30.
- 21.How does Clare feel about the students in her Year 12 science class? Answer: frustrated at their lack of interest in the subject
- 22.How does Jake react to Clare's suggestion about an experiment based on children's diet? Answer: He feels some of the data might be difficult to obtain.
- 23.What problem do they agree may be involved in an experiment involving animals? Answer: Any results may not apply to humans.
- 24.What question do they decide the experiment should address? Answer: Are mice capable of controlling their food intake?
- 25.Clare might also consider doing another experiment involving Answer: varying amounts of exercise.
- 26.Choose mice which are all the same __________ 🢃 Answer: C / c
- 27.Divide the mice into two groups, each with a different __________ 🢃 Answer: H / h
- 28.Feed group B the same, but also sugar contained in __________ 🢃 Answer: E / e
- 29.Place them in a weighing chamber to prevent __________ 🢃 Answer: B / b
- 30.Do all necessary __________ Answer: F / f
Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD ONLY in each gap.
- 31.Fibres from some __________ during washing. Answer: clothing
- 32.They cause injuries to the __________ of wildlife and affect their digestive systems. Answer: mouths
- 33.They enter the food chain, e.g., in bottled and tap water, __________ and seafood. Answer: salt
- 34.They may not affect human health, but they are already banned in skin cleaning products and __________ in some countries. Answer: toothpaste
- 35.Microplastics enter the soil through the air, rain and __________ Answer: fertilizers
- 36.Earthworms are important because they add __________ to the soil. Answer: nutrients
- 37.The study aimed to find whether microplastics in earthworms affect the __________ of plants. Answer: growth
- 38.__________ loss in earthworms. Answer: weight
- 39.a rise in the level of __________ in the soil. Answer: acid
- 40.Changes to soil damage both ecosystems and __________. Answer: society
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IELTS Listening Test 6 answers — FAQ
Where can I find the answers for IELTS Listening Test 6?
This page lists every correct answer for IELTS Listening Test 6 — all 40 questions across the four listening sections, with each question and its accepted answer variants shown together.
How many questions are in IELTS Listening Test 6?
IELTS Listening Test 6 has 40 questions across four sections, matching the real IELTS Listening test (Sections 1–2 everyday/social contexts, Sections 3–4 educational/academic).
How many correct answers do I need for band 7 in IELTS Listening?
On IELTS Listening you typically need about 30 out of 40 correct for band 7, 26 for band 6.5 and 23 for band 6. Convert your raw score from this test with the band-score calculator.
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