📝 IELTS · Listening

IELTS Listening: Note Completion (Practice with Answers)

Note Completion is a listening task in the IELTS exam. The worked examples below come straight from our practice bank: the full task, the correct answers, and a teacher-reviewed explanation of why each answer is right.

⏱ 10s introduction 🎯 Listening Comprehension 📊 39 questions in bank
Practise all 39 questions free
A worked example · an answer · a teacher's reasoning

When you're ready, the complete IELTS listening bank, every question of this type, AI-scored, with progress tracking, runs inside the platform with a free trial.

Practise the full Note Completion bank

39 questions of this exact type, AI-scored, with explanations for every question and full progress tracking. Free trial, no card.

Start Free Trial

Worked examples with answers

Example 01 Note Completion

Listen to the recording and complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Passage · Stimulus

Surname: ____
Mobile: ____
Section most used: ____ room
Membership fee: £ ____
Volunteer day: ____
Card ready for collection on: ____

Surname: ____
Answer: Ferreira
Mobile: ____
Answer: 07700 912 433
Section most used: ____ room
Answer: local history
Membership fee: £ ____
Answer: 8
Volunteer day: ____
Answer: Saturday
Card ready for collection on: ____
Answer: Thursday
Example 02 Note Completion

Listen to the conversation and complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Passage · Stimulus

Medication: ____, 5mg
Course length: ____ days
Take one tablet in the ____ with food
Collection after: ____ pm
Prepayment certificate: £____ a month
Today's charge: £____

Medication: ____, 5mg
Answer: Ramipril
Course length: ____ days
Answer: 28
Take one tablet in the ____ with food
Answer: evening
Collection after: ____ pm
Answer: 3
Prepayment certificate: £____ a month
Answer: 11
Today's charge: £____
Answer: 9.40
Example 03 Note Completion

Listen to the lecture and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Passage · Stimulus

Miller's classic estimate: ____ items, give or take two
Modern practical figure: closer to ____
Experts hold bigger items through ____ (the merging effect)
Eye and ear information occupies partly ____ stores
Write steps down rather than ____ them
Be suspicious of the feeling of ____

Miller's classic estimate: ____ items, give or take two
Answer: seven
Modern practical figure: closer to ____
Answer: four
Experts hold bigger items through ____ (the merging effect)
Answer: chunking
Eye and ear information occupies partly ____ stores
Answer: separate
Write steps down rather than ____ them
Answer: carrying
Be suspicious of the feeling of ____
Answer: fluency

Strategy · how to approach Note Completion

  1. Read the task instructions carefully; formats that look similar often score differently.
  2. Answer everything: blank responses earn zero in every scoring model.
  3. Review your mistakes against the explanation, not just the answer key. The reasoning is what transfers to the exam.
  4. Practise under timed conditions; pacing is a trained skill, not a personality trait.

More IELTS practice

Listening
Flow-chart Completion
→
Listening
Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)
→
Listening
Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
→
Listening
Plan/Map/Diagram Labelling
→
Listening
Sentence Completion
→
Listening
Short Answer
→

About this task type

Are these IELTS Note Completion questions like the real exam?

Yes. They follow the official task format and difficulty range, and each one is scored by the same rules the platform uses in full mock tests.

Can I practise more of these questions?

Yes. The full question bank inside the platform includes every question of this type with AI scoring and answer explanations. Start with the free trial.

Ready to practise for real?

Get the full Note Completion bank with AI scoring, progress tracking, and a free trial, no card required.

Start Free Trial