The Academic version of IELTS is harder than the general version. All candidates do the same Listening and speaking sections.
The IELTS Listening test will take about 40 minutes.
Listen to the instructions for each section of the test carefully. Answer all of the questions.There are 40 questions altogether. Each question carries one mark.
For each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers