Thirteen or thirty? G or J? £455 or £465? In IELTS Listening Part 1, marks are often lost on numbers and letters, not difficult words.

In this lesson, you’ll do a full Part 1 task: Marcus phoning a removal company to book a house move. Then you’ll learn to hear the difference between similar numbers, recognise letters that sound alike, and write dates, times, prices and phone numbers correctly.

A full Part 1 task with one audio track
13 or 30? How to hear -teen and -ty numbers
Letters that sound alike, and how to write every number correctly
12 checking phrases, five practice activities and the full audio script

🎧 Audio: listen to the track for this lesson here: startielts.co.uk/listening-part-1-numbers-letters-audio

13 pages · Fillable PDF · Suitable for A2–B1 learners and above