In today’s quick tip IELTS Warsaw give some hints of getting a head start on the listening test.
Use the time before the audio starts to predict, as much as you can, the answers. While it may seem difficult to get the exact answer, this is not the point. Your score can be improved by being able to predict the part
of speech of the word/words in the gap (e.g. a noun or adjective?) or if the answer is a date or a name. You can write notes on the question sheet as this won’t be marked by the examiner.