IELTS Listening-এ ৪টি অংশ, ৪০টি প্রশ্ন, আর অডিও একবারই চলে — ফিরিয়ে শোনা যায় না। ব্যান্ড ৭-এর জন্য ৪০-এ ৩০টি সঠিক লাগে। এখানে সবচেয়ে বেশি নম্বর যায় বানান আর একবচন-বহুবচনের ভুলে, বুঝতে না পারার কারণে নয়।
IELTS Listening has 4 sections and 40 questions, and the audio plays once — there is no rewind, in the paper test or on computer. Band 7 needs 30 out of 40. More marks are lost here to spelling and singular/plural errors than to not understanding what was said.
Band by band: what actually changes
Each step below is the specific thing standing between one band and the next. They are cumulative — the band 7 work does not help while the band 6 problem is still there.
23/40
Read ahead during the pauses
বিরতির সময় পরের প্রশ্ন পড়ুন
The recording gives you time before each section to read the questions. Candidates at band 5 use it to check answers they have already written. Use it to read the next set instead — knowing what you are listening for is most of the task.
- Predict the answer type: a number, a name, a date, a noun
- Underline the word before and after each gap
- If you miss one, let it go — chasing it costs the next two
26/40
Spelling and plurals are marks
বানান আর বহুবচনই নম্বর
'Accommodation', 'Wednesday', 'receipt' — the words that come up most are the ones most often misspelled. A plural 's' that the speaker said and you did not write is a wrong answer, not a small slip.
- Drill the recurring Listening spelling set until it is automatic
- Listen for the 's' at the end of nouns
- Write dates and numbers exactly as the format asks
30/40
Follow the correction, not the first thing said
প্রথম কথা নয়, সংশোধনটি ধরুন
Parts 3 and 4 are built on speakers changing their minds. 'We could meet on Tuesday — actually no, Thursday works better.' The answer is Thursday. Candidates who write the first thing they recognise are being caught by design.
- Listen for actually, sorry, in fact, I mean, on second thoughts
- Wait for the sentence to finish before writing
- In multiple choice, all three options are usually mentioned
35/40
Accents and academic Part 4
উচ্চারণ আর পার্ট ৪
Part 4 is an uninterrupted academic monologue with no second speaker to slow it down, and the accents rotate through British, Australian, Canadian and American. At this level the work is exposure, not technique.
- Practise with the accent you find hardest, deliberately
- Do Part 4 dictation until you can hold a sentence in your head
- Learn the numeral formats: 1,500 spoken as fifteen hundred
The traps যেখানে নম্বর যায়
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The plural you heard but did not write যে বহুবচন লিখতে ভুলেছেন
If the speaker said books, 'book' is marked wrong.
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Writing before the sentence ends বাক্য শেষের আগেই লেখা
Parts 3 and 4 correct themselves mid-sentence on purpose.
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Distractor numbers বিভ্রান্তিকর সংখ্যা
Two prices or dates are usually given; only one answers the question.
Practise on the real interface
Reading about Listening is not sitting it. Two full computer-based mock tests are free, on the same layout and timing as the real computer-delivered test, with every answer explained afterwards in Bengali.
The other papers
IELTS Reading
রিডিং
Band 7 = 30/40 correct. Band 6 = 23/40. That gap is seven questions.
IELTS Writing
রাইটিং
Task 2 is worth two thirds of your Writing band. Spend 40 of the 60 minutes on it.
IELTS Speaking
স্পিকিং
Accuracy is one of four criteria. Silence while you search for the perfect word costs more than the imperfect word would have.