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 No magic, just logic! What if we tell you that you can easily predict what words will
be used as answers in real IELTS listening tests? You may say that if it were possible,
all candidates would get 9s. But it really IS possible! All you need to do is to carefully
analyze all the IELTS practice tests from such books as the Official Cambridge Guide,
Official Materials and the like. And you need to ask students who have taken the real
test to share some information with you. However, you don’t have to do so because
we’ve already done it for you. So, if we look at the answers in IELTS practice tests,
when you sit a real test, you will notice that many answers in the IELTS listening test
are VERY VERY basic words which you use every day. BUT these words are not as
simple as they seem, and they definitely deserve your attention! Why is it the case?
This is because IELTS creators often choose the words which are frequently misspelt.
As a result, most non-natives make mistakes in the spelling of these words because
they underestimate their importance and therefore do not spend time reviewing them.
And even among those words IELTS has its all time favourites:

1) words that have the same or almost the same pronunciation in English and your
native language (eg. an address in English and адрес (adres) in Russian or a talent
and талант (talant))
2) words containing Ss and Cs
3) words containing Js and Gs

Even when you are relaxed and not pressed for time such words as science, service,
council or resources will make you think twice before writing them down. But when
candidates are in a hurry and don’t have time to think a lot during the real test, mis-
takes are almost inevitable.

Of course, you cannot be 100% sure that only these words will be used when you
sit the test, but the probability is very high. So by learning them, you can increase the
chances of getting more correct answers.

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 2
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 FREQUENTLY USED
ANSWERS
DAYS OF THE WEEK • coffee
• Wednesday • a computer
• Tuesday • a card (a student card, a credit card)
• Thursday • a bank account
• October
MONTHS • a camera
• June • a coin
• July • a classroom
• August • cash
• September • a coast
• October • a catalogue
• December • competition
• a caravan
LETTER C PRONOUNCED AS /S/ • a captain
• central • a secretary
• a reception desk • extinct
• confident
LETTER C PRONOUNCED AS /K/ • intact
• a card • a cab
• a car • a calendar
• a color (colour) • a cave
• a camp • creativity
• a balcony • an activity
• a café • cotton

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 3
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• copper • a concert
• a carnival • a process
• culture • a reception
• a lecture • a specialist
• a customer • insurance
• a product • science
• secondary • plastic
• climate • residence
• cattle • a society
• Africa • a license
• education • exercises
• a topic
• a dictionary LETTER Y PRONOUNCED AS /I/
• a cake • physics
• climbing • anonymous
• cooperation • analysis
• crops • an ecosystem
• an infection • an analyst
• a company • synthesis
• cooking • a gym
• local
• a certificate LETTERS G AND J
• traffic • a garage
• electronic • an engineer
• engineering
LETTERS C AND S • jogging
• research • a gym
• a source • a guest
• a course • August
• service • a garden
• expenses • a bag
• an insect • a jet engine
• social • a manager
• special • a job
• a council • jeans

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 4
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• a jacket • legal
• July • government
• June • sun
• writing
PH AND F PRONOUNCED AS /F/ • swimming
• a phone • water
• a family photo • a supermarket
• physics • summer
• autumn
OTHER POPULAR WORDS • online
• a view • poverty
• a tourist • a forest
• a group • a disease
• a fountain • a helmet
• business • an apartment
• environment • a bird
• technology • a map
• equipment • double
• a website • an office
• a restaurant • sugar
• emergency • blue
• Northern • a guide
• Southern • infrastructure
• a friend • a month
• a bicycle • a towel
• a survey • air
• a passport • teeth
• health • a knife
• an experiment • a farm
• a salary • a ticket
• tunes • feedback
• a talent • electricity

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 5
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 RECENT ANSWERS
SEPTEMBER 2017 • references
• central • flexible
• a card • photocopy
• a good view • a uniform
• reception • furniture
• translated • a supermarket
• color • a school
• July • money
• environment • liquid
• education • sugar
• a website • labour
• intelligent • a coast
• a restaurant • products
• emergency • a camera
• reasons • summer
• online
DECEMBER 2017 • a swimming pool
• equipment • drums
• safety • December
• lunch • a music concert
• dry • a library
• a garage • women
• water • production
• transportation • a bridge

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 6
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
JANUARY 2018 • interaction
• liquids • glue
• storage • cooperation
• a bicycle • a keyboard
• plastic • a seat
• Saturday • a family
• a passport • a train
• silver coins • a roof
• textile • a newspaper
• people • hot weather
• a bridge • temperature
• a survey • a size
• a castle • bones
• pottery • a kidney
• lions • wild
• technology
• a training MARCH 2018
• population • a sports centre
• an instrument • Thursday
• treatment • North
• a telephone • a vest
• a conversation • July
• coffee • a forest
• a cafe • a disease
• Thursday • crops
• radio • winter
• windsurfing • hunting
• potatoes
FEBRUARY 2018 • population
• a hotel • a poison
• a bridge • protected
• a walk • a wall
• a petrol station • a heart
• poverty • an infection
• a face • wheelchairs

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 7
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• relaxation • circulation
• a fountain • business
• immune • government
• a bird • university
• a society • social
• stress • a college
• a painter • qualification
• top • age
• a cafe • Tuesday
• a phone • juice
• a photo • grocery
• a station • categories
• a company • a pizza
• engineering • labels
• antibiotics
• salt APRIL 2018
• a threat • a screen
• water • a manager
• half • cooking
• cheese • a forest
• business • June
• slow • a singer
• a wedding • a band
• legal • arts
• a bridge • Friday
• a map • a rose
• fish • methods
• a waterfall • light
• moderate • outdoors
• an access • approaches
• storage • an office
• boxes • double
• stickers • south-west
• bins • drugs
• a beach • an industry

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 8
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• erosion • English
• oxygen • transport
• steam • bus
• a nest • evenings
• Thursday • painting
• intensive • back
• coal • gardening
• tools
MAY 2018 • October
• biomass • a gallery
• a product • a theatre
• waste • Australian
• to store • maps
• powder • a workshop
• holes • a picture
• electricity • a library
• factories • wildlife
• Chinese • sports
• shopping • design
• a license • deserts
• South • seasonal
• Wednesday • olive oil
• stairs • grass
• radio • a square
• a melody • a camel
• memory • slaves
• a flavour • animals
• sugar • dark blue
• sculptures • guides
• symbols • water
• honey • a dishwasher
• wounds • a credit check
• minerals • a kitchen
• a secondary school • a window
• a builder • conservation

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 9
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• traffic noise • a pump
• history • standard
• balance
• children JULY 2018
• population • a desert
• entertainment • soi
• infrastructure • water
• trousers • a helicopter
• corn
JUNE 2018 • local
• a month • support
• orange • a port
• east • Tuesday
• trousers • a knife
• a museum • a mirror
• state • a certificate
• general • a mat
• balance • European
• noise • a citizen
• environment • full-time
• water • sports
• entertainment • business
• infrastructure • a flat
• electricity • traffic
• a canoe • birds
• a helmet • a vacation
• a race • electronic
• a towel • air
• clothes • flooding
• insurance • a tax
• a summer camp • a highway
• a map
• baseball AUGUST 2018
• a bottle • a family

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 10
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• accidents • energy
• a candle • warm
• a lock • antifreeze
• theory • a month
• a certificate • tourists
• a folk festival • sun
• June • trees
• a ticket • rivers
• a nurse • flowers
• headache • a cake
• sunscreen • safety
• light • drinks and snacks
• Thursday • June
• social • army
• teeth • learning
• stomach • reasons
• a knife • trust
• a signature • teamwork
• a manager • leaders
• automatic wheels • writing
• a supermarket • eye-contact
• a farm, • time
• marketing
• airlines SEPTEMBER 2018
• pilots • hunting
• feedback • a disease
• exercises • a nest
• privacy • a cinema
• competitions • health
• a meal • agriculture
• experience • farming
• a holiday job • fishing
• a party • public
• July • China

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 11
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• feedback • an interview
• mining • a visa
• traffic • a passport
• trees • resources
• gas • evaporation
• liquid • light
• noise • mud
• crocodiles • reduction
• rats • a nest
• basic • stressful
• home • a heart
• garden • starvation
• July • competition
• a handle • a medical centre
• free repair
• reusable bag OCTOBER 2018
• silver • a blue card
• bones • an agency
• feathers • weather
• ink • a campsite
• paper • by bike
• hard • a passport
• strings • lunch
• steel • water
• a name • confidence
• lead • listening
• powder • risks
• wax • therapy
• oil • safe
• park • responsibility
• student (adj.) = a student card • history
• swimming • problems
• music • a bicycle
• washing • a floor
• police • a supermarket

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 12
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
• hunting
• a human NOVEMBER 2018
• environment • a train
• population • a park
• noise • a pet
• pollution • a garden
• colours • a river
• a frog • 6 months
• birds • a portrait
• corn • a castle
• media • a family
• fear • symbolism
• insects • print
• blood • a poet
• rivals • farming
• complex • quality
• shoes • methods
• climbing • depth
• transport • emotions
• dancing • an actor
• football • light
• a hospital • a word
• enthusiasm • a purpose
• an office • a myth
• a restaurant • a dream
• a meeting room • family (adj.)
• a biography • to accept
• software • central
• student (adj.) • an address
• parking • a pool
• a teenager • a view
• history • a lounge
• horror • a reception
• a tunnel • prices
• energy • red

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 13
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 • July • engineering
• money • business
• Math • printed
• a language • a tutorial
• a uniform • documentation
• to swim • traditional
• cultures • journalism
• a manager • an interview

#2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• a thesis – theses (pl.) • a database
• a dissertation • a subject (a person or animal that is
• a survey studied or experimented on)
• research • a sample
• a questionnaire • a study
• an extension • a draft
• a workshop • an assignment
• data • theory
• data analysis

#3 SUBJECTS
Many conversations in IELTS listening are dedicated to studies. For example, one
student asks: What is your major? The other student says: My major is Physics. And
this is the word that you should write down in your question booklet. Here is the list
of the most popular majors. Many of these words are commonly misspelt by non-
native speakers, therefore they are often used in IELTS tests as answers. The most
popular subjects in IELTS listening are Civil Engineering, Physics and Economics.

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 14
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 • Accounting • Graphic Design
• Ancient History • Journalism
• Anthropology • Law
• Applied\ Clinical Psychology • Linguistics
• Architecture • Mathematics
• Cellular and Molecular Biology • Microbiology
• Botany • Nursing
• Chemistry • Pharmacy
• Civil Engineering • Philosophy
• Counseling • Photography
• Ecology • Physical Education
• Economics • Physics
• Entrepreneurship • Political Science
• Ethics • Sculpture
• Fine Arts • Sociology
• Gender Studies • Statistics
• Geography
• Geology

#4 FIVE NOUNS YOU’VE PROBABLY

BEEN USING INCORRECTLY ALL
THIS TIME
There are 5 words that are frequently used by IELTS candidates in IELTS writing
and speaking and listening, but many people forget that it is incorrect to use these
words in the plural form as they are uncountable. And the verb should always be
singular.
These nouns are:

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 15
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 1) waste
CORRECT: There is a lot of waste
INCORRECT: There ARE a lot WASTES

2) advice
CORRECT: He always gives me good advice
INCORRECT: He always gives me good ADVICES

3) knowledge
CORRECT: I like to obtain knowledge
INCORRECT: I like to obtain KNOWLEDGES

4) equipment
CORRECT: Factories need new equipment not to pollute the environment
INCORRECT: Factories need A new equipment

5) research
CORRECT: I will do research
INCORRECT: We will do A research or researches

#5 WANNA GET A GREAT RESULT IN

IELTS LISTENING? STOP CONFUSING
THESE WORDS!

1) a drought & a draught & a draft

a drought |draʊt| = a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to
crops
a draught |drɑːft| = a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 16
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 a draft |drɑːft| = a version of something (such as a document) that you make before
you make the final version

2) a vacation & a vocation

a vacation |vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n| = a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity,
usually used for rest, recreation, or travel
a vocation |və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n| = a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind
of work

3) a fair & a fare

a fair |feə| = a large public event at which there are various kinds of competitions,
games, rides, and entertainment; an event at which many people gather to buy things
or to get information about a product or activity; an event at which different things
(such as crafts or food) are sold usually for charity
a fare |feə| = the money paid for a journey on public transport

4) a route & a root

a route |ruːt| = a way to get from one place to another place
a root |ruːt| = the part of a plant that grows underground, gets water from the ground,
and holds the plant in place

5) a kettle & cattle

a kettle |ˈkɛt(ə)l| = a container for boiling water
cattle |ˈkɛt(ə)l| = cows, bulls, or steers that are kept on a farm or ranch for meat or
milk

WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED AS 17
ANSWERS IN IELTS LISTENING
 YO U W I SH YO U F O U ND EA RL IER
I ELTS T I PS AN D SECRE TS
IELTS
P R E P A R A T I O N

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WORDS THAT ARE

FREQUENTLY USED
AS ANSWERS IN IELTS
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