CD IELTS Prep

Sentence Completion

Complete sentences with heard words.

Listening
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What you see on screen

You type the missing words into gapped sentences while the recording plays once. Sentences paraphrase the audio, and a strict word limit applies.

How it is marked

One mark per completed sentence, with spelling and the word limit strictly enforced. Answers follow the recording order through the section.

Strategy

  • Read each gapped sentence in preview and underline the word before the gap as your anchor.
  • Check the gap's grammar; a plural slot needs the plural form you hear.
  • Type the recording's exact words without paraphrasing; tidying up risks both limit and spelling errors.
  • Use the final checking minutes to verify spelling and singular versus plural on every typed answer.

Traps that cost marks

  • Copying a word heard near the answer instead of the one the sentence structure actually requires.

  • Adding the article or unit heard alongside the keyword and breaching the word limit.

Now try it under exam conditions.

Practise Sentence Completion