IELTS Nexus

Listening

Train your ear for every accent

1/33 lessons complete

Four sections, forty questions. Master conversations, monologues, and academic lectures with guided audio drills.

Foundation

Lesson 1: Numbers, Time & Conversational Variations

Bridging conversational speech and standard digital format

45 min · 10 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 2: Spelling & Proper Nouns

Names and addresses spelled letter-by-letter, and the words that dress them up

60 min · 20 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 3: Date & Day Formats

Ordinal dates, teen/ty numbers, and tracking multiple days at once

60 min · 20 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 4: Distractors: The 8 Signals That Change the Answer

The complete reference for self-corrections, pivots, and eliminated options

60 min · 24 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 5: Choice, Preference & Distractor Traps

Tracking how speakers narrow options down to a final decision

60 min · 16 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 6: Quantifiers

Decoding “a few”, “several” and “many” as smokescreens for exact numbers and attitudes

60 min · 26 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 7: Sequence Markers in Transactional Monologue

Treating transition words as railroad switches, not background noise

90 min · 15 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 8: Priority

Spotting the phrase that outranks everything around it

90 min · 21 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 9: Choice

How a single speaker filters several options down to one recommendation

90 min · 22 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 10: Negative Factual Statements

Hearing what is not allowed, not required, or simply absent

90 min · 24 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 11: Prepositions of Location

Turning spoken spatial language into an accurate floor plan

90 min · 29 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 12: Classification

Grouping items into categories exactly as the speaker describes them

90 min · 26 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 13: Cause & Effect

Signalling why something happened and what resulted

90 min · 24 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 14: Consequence

Signalling what happened next

90 min · 25 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 15: Problem & Solution

Detecting a difficulty as it is raised, and the fix as it is proposed

90 min · 21 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 16: Agreement & Disagreement

Catching the shifts speakers make between doubt and concession

90 min · 24 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 17: Clarification

Noticing the moment a speaker rephrases for clarity

90 min · 21 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 18: Future Intent

Distinguishing what is happening now from what is planned next

90 min · 22 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 19: Cause & Effect

Mapping the full logical chain behind a theory or historical event

90 min · 23 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 20: Problem & Solution

Understanding the larger academic challenges a lecture describes

90 min · 25 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 21: Relative Relationships

Analysing comparisons between data points

90 min · 20 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 22: Categorisation

Organising abstract ideas into hierarchies

90 min · 21 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 23: Supporting Evidence

Finding what really supports the main idea

90 min · 22 clipsAudio included
Foundation

Lesson 24: Signposting

Tracking transitions to new sub-topics and perspectives

90 min · 20 clipsAudio included
Advanced

Listening Practice Test 1

A full four-section IELTS Listening test under real exam conditions.

40 min · 4 sectionsAudio included
Advanced

Listening Practice Test 2

Four sections, forty questions, played once.

40 min · 4 sectionsAudio included
Advanced

Listening Practice Test 3

Four sections, forty questions, played once — a step up in difficulty.

40 min · 4 sectionsAudio included
Advanced

Listening Practice Test 4

Four sections, forty questions, played once.

40 min · 4 sectionsAudio included