Practice English Listening Skills. Online Test.

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Frequently Asked Questions about this listening test

How many words are there in each level?

Each level has approximately 1,200 English words. All words were taken from our English Pronunciation Course.

There are so many sound pairs! Which one should I practice first?

All sound pairs inside each category are sorted by their frequency: the most common ones appear in the beginning and the least common ones appear at the end.

I want to practice the sounds [ʒ]/[ʃ], but there are only three words with [ʒ] in my test!

The test algorithm chooses the same number of words for each sound from each pair. For example, if you practice the sounds [b]/[p] and choose 20 questions, the test will have ten words with the sound [b] and ten words with [p].

However there are exceptions to this rule. Some sounds, such as [ʒ], are rare in English – there are only three words with this sound in the beginner's section. If you want to practice these types of sounds, you can choose more advanced levels.

By the way, all sound pairs inside each category are sorted by their frequency: the most common ones appear in the beginning and the least common ones appear at the end.

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Free ESL Listening Exercises: Build Your Ability to Understand English

Good News! You can build your English listening comprehension and skills without leaving your living room.

Our interactive online language test allows you to put your English language skills to the test! See how fast or slow you are progressing by taking our completely free ESL listening activities. By testing what you’ve learned, you can see what aspects of English you need to work on when studying.

Our customizable English comprehension test can be set for beginner, intermediate and advanced language learners. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve just started learning ESL or you’re a pro, you’ll benefit from using this free online language learning tool.

Listen. If your end goal is to learn how to speak English correctly, you’ll need to practice regularly with various tools. EasyPronunciation.com offers a lot of free options, like these ESL listening exercises, along with other learning assets like our English phonetic transcription converter.

How Do These ESL Listening Exercises Work?

We offer various different options to allow each user to set up the English listening activities to match their unique learning needs. You choose your level, the number of questions, the category, and the sounds to practice each time you take the exercises, so that you’ll have the English test perfectly suited for your language studying needs.

After you select your options, you can take the ESL listening activies for free. The English exercises offer slow and fast pronunciations of English words, so you can hear the word at multiple paces. After listening to the word, you will need to select which sound the word demonstrates.

When first learning the English language it can be difficult to decipher all the subtle differences in English pronunciation, but we’re confident with steadfast practicing via our ESL learning activities you improve your English comprehension dramatically.

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