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Listening comprehension exercise for ESL 13

✓ Useful for IELTS ✓ Useful for TOEFL ✓ Useful for TOEIC
Hear a word or short phrase in American English and identify it from multiple choices. This word-level audio comprehension practice trains the ear for the listening sections of IELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC — where accurate real-time word recognition is the core skill being tested. Suitable for all levels (A2–C1).



1.
Which word do you hear?
  hell
  heal
  hail

2.
Which word do you hear?
  heal
  hail
  hell

3.
Which word do you hear?
  CD
  seedy
  city

4.
Which word do you hear?
  CD
  city
  seedy

5.
Which word do you hear?
  CD
  city
  seedy

6.
Which word do you hear?
  said
  set
  sad

7.
Which word do you hear?
  said
  sad
  set

8.
Which word do you hear?
  set
  sad
  said

9.
Which word do you hear?
  snake
  sneak
  snack

10.
Which word do you hear?
  sneak
  snack
  snake

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TOP TIP! Little pieces of advice to help you improve your listening comprehension

TOLERATE AMBIGUITY
Language is imperfect and incomplete. Accepting partial understanding reduces anxiety and keeps your brain processing meaning instead of panicking over gaps.

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