# HSK 6 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio You follow short talks, full interviews and longer talks heard only once, from home and neighbours to travel, health and culture. For advanced learners who know the HSK 5 words well and are preparing for the new HSK 6. Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-6-listening-practice ## At a glance - Level: HSK 6 (new HSK) - Format: Listening practice · PDF · 56 pages · US Letter (prints on A4) - Price: Free · free with a saymei account · updated Nov 1, 2026 ## Download Free with a SayMei account, on the workbook's page: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-6-listening-practice. SayMei emails a copy too. ## A line from the workbook 先听懂主要意思，再抓细节。 (Xiān tīngdǒng zhǔyào yìsi, zài zhuā xìjié.) — First get the main idea, then catch the details. ## By the end you can - Sit four full listening sections in the new HSK 6 format. Each set has 40 questions in three parts and takes about 30 minutes, with every recording played once, as in the exam. That makes 160 questions in all. - Match a short talk to the right statement in Part 1. Questions 1–8 in each set: a short talk, then four statements in characters, and you choose the one that matches what you heard. 教老人用手机，最重要的是耐心。 (Jiāo lǎorén yòng shǒujī, zuì zhòngyào de shì nàixīn.): When you teach older people to use a phone, patience matters most. - Follow full interviews in Part 2. Questions 9–28: four interviews per set, each followed by five questions on what the speaker did, thinks and recommends. - Keep up with longer talks in Part 3. Questions 29–40: three talks per set, each followed by four questions, so you need the main idea first and the details after it. - Hear HSK 6 topics from daily life, work and society. Set 1 is home, family and neighbours; Set 2 study, work and careers; Set 3 shopping, food, the city and services; Set 4 travel, health, sport and culture. - Play the audio free, whole or part by part. The listening page has a track for each whole set and one for each of its three parts, so you can replay just the part you found hard. - Mark your answers and read every recording. One exam-style answer sheet per set, transcripts of every line in characters, and a key with a score box for each part and each set. - Know what to do after each score. The key ends with next steps: at 60% or more, go on to the next set; below 60%, build your words first, then replay the set part by part. ## What's inside - Set 1: Set 1 · 40 questions - Set 2: Set 2 · 40 questions - Set 3: Set 3 · 40 questions - Set 4: Set 4 · 40 questions - Answer sheets: Answer sheets - Transcripts: Transcripts - Answer key: Answer key ## How to use this book One set a sitting, about 30 minutes, then time to mark it and replay what you missed. One set a week gets you through the book in a month. - Before you start: Set up. Print the set's answer sheet from page 23. Sit somewhere quiet with headphones and open the listening page or scan the QR code. - About 30 minutes: Play the whole set. Play it without pausing, as in the exam. Each recording plays once, so read the four options before each talk starts. - Afterwards: Mark and score. Check your answers with the key on page 54 and write your score for each of the three parts. - Next day: Replay the weak part. Play the part where you lost the most points on its own track and follow the transcript line by line. - Then: Read along aloud. Read the transcript aloud after the speakers, copying their speed and pauses, then play the part again without the text. - Below 60%: Build the words first. Work on the HSK 6 Vocabulary Workbook or HSK 6 Reading Practice, then try the listening sections of the HSK 6 mock tests. ## Who it's for Advanced learners preparing for HSK 6 in the new HSK (HSK 3.0) who want more listening practice than a mock test gives, and teachers who need four ready sets for class. Before you start: You should know the HSK 5 words well and be learning HSK 6. The options and transcripts are in characters only, with no pinyin or English. ## What's in each set? 40 questions in three parts, about 30 minutes. Questions 1–8: a short talk, then choose the one of four statements that matches it. Questions 9–28: four interviews, each with five questions. Questions 29–40: three longer talks, each with four questions, where you need the main idea first and the details after it. Four sets make 160 questions. ## What topics do the sets cover? Set 1 is home, family and neighbours. Set 2 is study, work and careers. Set 3 is shopping, food, the city and services. Set 4 is travel, health, sport and culture. Every recording plays once, as in the exam. ## Do the transcripts have pinyin or English? No. The transcripts are in characters only, line by line with each speaker marked, so you can check what you heard as it would be written. ## How should I work through it? One set a sitting: read the four options before each talk starts, then mark the set with the key on page 54 and score each of the three parts. The next day, replay the weakest part on its own track with the transcript. One set a week gets you through the book in a month. ## Is it a full mock test? No. It has four listening sections only. For a full paper with reading, writing and speaking too, try HSK 6 Mock Test, which has its own free listening audio. ## What if I score below 60% on a set? Build your words first with the HSK 6 Vocabulary Workbook or HSK 6 Reading Practice. Then replay the set part by part with its transcript, and try the listening sections of HSK 6 Mock Test and HSK 6 Mock Test 2. ## Do I need a SayMei account? Yes, to download the PDF, and the account is free: sign up with Google, Apple or your email address. With it we email you a copy of the workbook, keep every workbook you download on your account on all your devices, save your place in the free online practice, and you can practise speaking with Mei Lin, SayMei's AI tutor. ## How do I print it? The PDF is US Letter size. On A4 paper, choose "Fit to page" (or "Scale to fit") in the print dialog so nothing is cut off. Print the whole workbook or only the pages you need; colour looks best, and black and white works too. Version 2026-11, updated Nov 1, 2026.