Welcome Talk for New Running Club Members
IELTS Listening PracticePart 2medium
Recording
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You can replay the recording as many times as you like while practising. In the real exam you hear it once only.
Questions
Which type of runner is each group best suited to?
Choose your answers from the list A–D and select the correct letter for each group. You may choose any letter more than once.
- A. complete beginners
- B. experienced runners wanting speed
- C. people training for a marathon
- D. people who mainly want to socialise
Club information
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
What must members wear on the winter evening runs?
About this Listening test
“Welcome Talk for New Running Club Members” is an original IELTS Listening practice test in the style of Part 2 with 9 questions (Matching Features, Note Completion and Multiple Choice). Play the recording, answer as you listen, then submit to have every answer marked instantly and read the transcript.
Part 2 is a monologue in an everyday social context — a guided tour, a welcome talk, an announcement about local facilities. You answer 10 questions, commonly multiple choice, matching, and map or plan labelling, by following one speaker’s organised description.
How to approach it
- In the preparation pause, read the questions and mark the key difference between multiple-choice options, so you listen for meaning rather than matching words.
- For a map task, orient yourself before the audio starts: find the entrance or starting point, the compass if there is one, and every label already printed.
- Common trap: Map disorientation: "on your left" is the speaker’s left along the route being described, not the left of the page.
Read the full Listening Part 2 strategy guide · How we write and check our tests
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