C1 IELTS listening practice
All four parts of the IELTS Listening test, from Cambridge IELTS books 3–20 and recent actual tests, split into short lines you type and check.
Level
- Category
- IELTS Listening
- Level
- C1 Advanced
- Lessons
- 65
- Segments
- 4,474
- Levels in category
- B1–C1
Browse 65 Lessons
65 lessons
- 61 IELTS Recent Actual Test 34 - Part 4 81 segments Start 81 segments
- 62 IELTS Recent Actual Test 4 - Part 4 57 segments Start 57 segments
- 63 IELTS Recent Actual Test 5 - Part 3 67 segments Start 67 segments
- 64 IELTS Recent Actual Test 5 - Part 4 61 segments Start 61 segments
- 65 IELTS Recent Actual Test 6 - Part 4 68 segments Start 68 segments
C1 Advanced English Lessons
C1 lessons are longer talks and videos with dense vocabulary, such as TED-Ed animations and YouTube explainers. Expect subject words from science, history and economics.
What You'll Learn
- Follow long talks even when their structure isn't stated
- Understand implied meaning and the speaker's attitude
- Catch subject vocabulary from science, history and economics
- Follow fast, natural speech with weak forms and dropped sounds
- Write down long segments accurately in one or two listens
- Time Estimate
- About 700–800 hours of guided learning in total (Cambridge English estimate)
- Skills You'll Master
- Understand long, demanding speech and recognise what is implied
- Next Level
- C2 lessons are the longest and most varied recordings on the site
What is C1 Level?
C1 is the advanced level of the CEFR. You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning, express yourself fluently without obvious searching for words, and use English flexibly for social, academic and professional purposes.