IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Craze Off

There was a time people went crazy over the Bermuda pants, cocaine, break dancing and so much more. Soon these fads wore off and new came up. But, what makes these fads to go off and new ones to arrive. What makes the craze off? This time we are going to listen to a BBC audio that talks about the crazy fads, their arrival and why they just went off. Why do some things become craze for people while others just don’t make that impact on lives.

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

 

 

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. In which game do the players have to catch the virtual monsters?
  2. Which two words are used to define a sudden and widespread enthusiasm for something that lasts for only a short time?
  3. What term is used to define the situation when a digital information is layered on top of a smartphone?
  4. What is the best selling toy of all time?
  5. Which term is used to describe how people get influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors?
  6. What acronym is used for the fear of missing out?
  7. Which word describes the first model of a machine from which others develop things?
  8. Which country did the inventory of the Rubik’s cube belong to? Hungary
ANSWERS
  1. Pokemon Go
  2. craze, fad
  3. Augmented reality
  4. Rubik Cube
  5. Herd mentaility
  6. FOMO
  7. Prototype
  8. Hungary

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IELTS Listening Sample Question # Procrastination

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

PROCRASTINATION

 

You can download the audio from the given link –

AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. Which term describes the situation when you don’t do what you are supposed to do?
  2. Which American said, ” You may delay, but time will not”?
  3. Which term is used to refer to something that is more important than other things?
  4. Which term is used to refer to “working hard”?
  5. What is the synonym used for boring?
  6. Which term is used to refer to doing two things together, one that you love but is not productive and the other that you don’t but is productive?bundling
  7. What is a mistaken belief or idea called?

ANSWERS

  1. Procrastination
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Priority
  4. knuckle down
  5. Tedious
  6. Temptation
  7. Fallacy

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IELTS Listening # Young Business Leaders

YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. It talks about young business leaders.

You can download the audio from the given link –

AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. How young were the founders of Facebook and Microsoft when they first set up their companies?
  2. What kind of a company is Microsoft?
  3. What is the person who run a business called?
  4. Which phrase refers to being part of a team?
  5. What does the phrase, bring something to the table means?
  6. The speaker uses a word for a well-developed mind. What is it?
  7. Which word means good judgement?
  8. The speaker uses a phrase to mean that something, in the end, was successful. What is it?
  9. In which year did Mark Zuckerberg launch Facebook?

ANSWERS

  1. university students
  2. computer software company
  3. Executives
  4. on board
  5. provide something useful
  6. keen mind
  7. Acumen
  8. paid off
  9. 2004

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IELTS Listening # Smell And Memories

Smell And Memories

The audio given below has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about things which are important for us, smell and memories. You can play or download it, from the given link –

 

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.

  1. What phrase means creating picture in your mind means?
  2. Which smell reminds Kate of her grandmother’s home?
  3. Does the our smelling senses become better or worse as we grow up?
  4. Describe in one word, “to start something off”.
  5. What is the synonym of fragrance?
  6. The speaker uses a word to describe the smell of food in positive way. What is it?
  7. The speaker uses two words to describe smell in a negative way. What are they?

Smell And Memories
ANSWER

  1. To conjure up
  2. smell of mothball
  3. poor
  4. Trigger
  5. Scent
  6. Aroma
  7. Odor, stink

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