IELTS Sample Listening Questions # Poetry

Poetry

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS

  1. Which is Britain’s favorite poem?
  2. Which word is used to express the way of describing someone or something by using qualities of something else?
  3. Which metaphor is used to describe a very cold wind?
  4. Which word is used to describe when we use an object or shape or idea to describe something else?
  5. Which train stations is the speaker talking about when she speaks of “Mind the Gap”?
  6. What according to Dave can poetry communicate?
  7. In which year did Dave Neita came from Jamaica to England?
  8. Which word is used when we are trying to make the other person comfortable?
  9. Which metaphor is used to show that you are informing people about something just few minutes before doing it?

poetry
ANSWER

  1. “How Do I Love Thee?
  2. metaphor
  3. biting wind
  4. symbolism
  5. London Underground
  6. feelings, thoughts, ideas
  7. 1995
  8. hospitality
  9. short notice

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IELTS Listening Sample Question # Keeping Quiet

Keeping Quiet

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS

  1. What according to the speaker comes to us as we gain more knowledge and experience in life?
  2. Who said “Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time and
    sometimes you weep.”
  3. What is the ability of a person to do things and without offending and upsetting people?
  4. What according to Vanessa is the key to success in work and romance?
  5. Which phrase is used to tell someone to keep quiet?
  6. What is the synonym of wise man?

Keeping Quiet
ANSWER

  1. wisdom
  2. Carl Sandburg –
  3. diplomacy
  4. Silence
  5. to keep schtum
  6. sage

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Hills And Mountains

Hills And Mountains

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
http://goo.gl/WVrNxe

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS

  1. Which place has the world’s highest hill?
  2. What is Great Britain’s official mapping agency called?
  3. What is the Welsh word for mountain?
  4. What is the official height for a mountain?
  5. How high was the Wales mountain than the official mountain?
  6. Who was the actor in “The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain”?
  7. Which phrase is used to refer to “piles of soil”?
  8. What is the person with the official job of drawing maps called?

hills and mountains
ANSWER

  1. Oklohama
  2. Ordnance Survey
  3. Mynydd
  4. two thousand feet
  5. six inches
  6. Hugh Grant
  7. mounds of earth
  8. cartographer

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IELTS Listening Sample Question # Dancing Into Old

Dancing Into Old

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. You can download it, from the given link –
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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.

  1. What does it mean to be more accepting and tolerant about growing age?
  2. Which classic ballet did John Lowe picked to give his performance in Ely?
  3. How old was John Lowe during his performance?
  4. In which dance type do the dancer marks the rhythm by dancing shoes on floor?
  5. Which phrase is used to describe an event that started because of an action in the past and is still in continuity?
  6. Which phrase is used to describe “allowing oneself to become less healthy or attractive?”
  7. According to John, what is a sure shot way to remain fit irrespective of age?
  8. Which word does John uses explain why British men don’t take ballet dancing?

Dancing Into Old
ANSWER

  1. To grow old gracefully
  2. The Stone Flower
  3. Almost 80
  4. Tap
  5. Ever since
  6. To let themselves go
  7. Ballet dancing
  8. Effeminate

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