Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 1-5)

Before you do questions 1-5 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Notes completion

• For this task type, you are required to write pieces of information in gaps in such a way that the result is a complete set of notes.
• The instructions will tell you exactly how many words and/or numbers may be the maximum used. This doesn’t mean you need to write that many, but that you mustn’t write more than that.
• The questions are in the same order as the information in the audio recording. If you miss one question, leave it. You must keep going – keep listening, and do the next questions. At the end, there will be time for you to re-consider the gap, and perhaps to remember what you could write there.
• The words and numbers you write have to be exactly what you hear – don’t try to write different words with a similar meaning.
• In the example task in these practice materials, you can see that the notes are quite short, and that articles – a, an, the – are not used. For example, the notes say ‘in rent’, not ‘in the rent’ or ‘in your rent’. This means that in this case you don’t need to worry about using articles yourself.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Living in Easthill

Questions 1-5: Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Cheapest accommodation is in 1___________ flat.

Answer: SHARED
Your answer should be the kind of flat that will be the ‘cheapest accommodation’. Although the man says ‘I only want a single flat’, Fiona says, ‘What she’d recommend, to keep costs down, is a shared flat.’ She also mentions ‘a one-bedroom place’, but the point is that ‘the rent’ for a shared flat ‘would be much lower’.

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 1-5)

Before you do questions 1-5 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Notes completion

• For this task type, you are required to write pieces of information in gaps in such a way that the result is a complete set of notes.
• The instructions will tell you exactly how many words and/or numbers may be the maximum used. This doesn’t mean you need to write that many, but that you mustn’t write more than that.
• The questions are in the same order as the information in the audio recording. If you miss one question, leave it. You must keep going – keep listening, and do the next questions. At the end, there will be time for you to re-consider the gap, and perhaps to remember what you could write there.
• The words and numbers you write have to be exactly what you hear – don’t try to write different words with a similar meaning.
• In the example task in these practice materials, you can see that the notes are quite short, and that articles – a, an, the – are not used. For example, the notes say ‘in rent’, not ‘in the rent’ or ‘in your rent’. This means that in this case you don’t need to worry about using articles yourself.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Living in Easthill

Questions 1-5: Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Look on 2 ___________ for studio flats.

Answer: NEWHOME.COM
Your answer should be something that the man can ‘look on’ to help with finding a studio flat. Although Fiona talks about visiting local estate agents, this isn’t a current option as the man doesn’t live in Easthill currently. That’s why she suggests that he ‘go onto new home – as one word – dot com’. The preposition in ‘look on’ fits with this website address. She confirms this by explaining why the website is useful for the man: ‘that site has quite a few places, and there are pictures and plans and so on.’

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 1-5)

Before you do questions 1-5 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Notes completion

• For this task type, you are required to write pieces of information in gaps in such a way that the result is a complete set of notes.
• The instructions will tell you exactly how many words and/or numbers may be the maximum used. This doesn’t mean you need to write that many, but that you mustn’t write more than that.
• The questions are in the same order as the information in the audio recording. If you miss one question, leave it. You must keep going – keep listening, and do the next questions. At the end, there will be time for you to re-consider the gap, and perhaps to remember what you could write there.
• The words and numbers you write have to be exactly what you hear – don’t try to write different words with a similar meaning.
• In the example task in these practice materials, you can see that the notes are quite short, and that articles – a, an, the – are not used. For example, the notes say ‘in rent’, not ‘in the rent’ or ‘in your rent’. This means that in this case you don’t need to worry about using articles yourself.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Living in Easthill

Questions 1-5: Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

New requirement from landlords – show documents about your 3___________

Answer: EMPLOYMENT
Your answer needs to be a noun (or noun phrase), something which you could have documents about. Fiona says that you ‘always have’ had to show your passport, but the ‘new requirement’ – ‘a new piece of legislation’ – is for ‘documentary evidence... of your employment’.

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 1-5)

Before you do questions 1-5 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Notes completion

• For this task type, you are required to write pieces of information in gaps in such a way that the result is a complete set of notes.
• The instructions will tell you exactly how many words and/or numbers may be the maximum used. This doesn’t mean you need to write that many, but that you mustn’t write more than that.
• The questions are in the same order as the information in the audio recording. If you miss one question, leave it. You must keep going – keep listening, and do the next questions. At the end, there will be time for you to re-consider the gap, and perhaps to remember what you could write there.
• The words and numbers you write have to be exactly what you hear – don’t try to write different words with a similar meaning.
• In the example task in these practice materials, you can see that the notes are quite short, and that articles – a, an, the – are not used. For example, the notes say ‘in rent’, not ‘in the rent’ or ‘in your rent’. This means that in this case you don’t need to worry about using articles yourself.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Living in Easthill

Questions 1-5: Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Check if 4 ___________ and ___________ are included in rent.

Answer: SHEETS/TOWELS
You have to identify what you need to ‘check’. You don’t have to ‘check’ – ‘get clear’ – ‘bills such as electricity’ because they ‘are always included’. You don’t have to check ‘phone’ either, because it ‘will always be an extra’. But Fiona says, ‘You’ll need to know if sheets are provided, or whether you’d have to allow extra.’ You can write ‘sheets and ‘towels’ in either order.

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 1-5)

Before you do questions 1-5 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Notes completion

• For this task type, you are required to write pieces of information in gaps in such a way that the result is a complete set of notes.
• The instructions will tell you exactly how many words and/or numbers may be the maximum used. This doesn’t mean you need to write that many, but that you mustn’t write more than that.
• The questions are in the same order as the information in the audio recording. If you miss one question, leave it. You must keep going – keep listening, and do the next questions. At the end, there will be time for you to re-consider the gap, and perhaps to remember what you could write there.
• The words and numbers you write have to be exactly what you hear – don’t try to write different words with a similar meaning.
• In the example task in these practice materials, you can see that the notes are quite short, and that articles – a, an, the – are not used. For example, the notes say ‘in rent’, not ‘in the rent’ or ‘in your rent’. This means that in this case you don’t need to worry about using articles yourself.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Living in Easthill

Questions 1-5: Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Best to buy 5___________ bus pass.

Answer: NINETY-DAY
You need to write here what kind of bus pass is ‘best to buy’. There are several different kinds, and different ways in which some of them are special – ‘the shortest’, ‘the cheapest’ – but it is the 90-day pass which is recommended by Fiona for the man – ‘which would suit you the most’.

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Lesson One

Please note: Your answers will only be saved when you navigate through the exercise on a single attempt using the back/forward buttons. If you leave the page and return, it is considered a new attempt and you will lose your original answers.

Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 6-10)

Before you do questions 6-10 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Table completion

• For this task type, you need to complete a table by writing words and/or numbers in gaps.
• Make sure what you write is exactly the same as what you hear – do not change words.
• Remember that what you write must fit grammatically into the gap.
• Check very carefully that the information you write is correct for that part of the table.
• For each gap, there will probably be more than one answer which could seem correct, so don’t simply write in the first thing that appears at all correct.
• You will hear information in the order of the questions, but paraphrases will probably be used for the words around the gaps.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Questions 6-10. Complete the table below by typing on the line and pressing return. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

6___________for free

Answer: TWO/2 FITNESS CLASSES
You need to find something which is ‘for free’ at the Good Life Centre (not at Blooms). You should take out the key words from the relevant part of Fiona’s sentence: ‘They [the Good Life Centre] offer two fitness classes at no charge...’ ‘At no charge’ means ‘for free’. The fact that there are ‘two’ classes is part of the answer: to say just ‘classes’ is not enough information. ‘Fitness’ is important too, because there is a difference between these classes and the ‘specialist classes, such as tai chi’, which aren’t available for free.

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Lesson One

Please note: Your answers will only be saved when you navigate through the exercise on a single attempt using the back/forward buttons. If you leave the page and return, it is considered a new attempt and you will lose your original answers.

Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 6-10)

Before you do questions 6-10 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Table completion

• For this task type, you need to complete a table by writing words and/or numbers in gaps.
• Make sure what you write is exactly the same as what you hear – do not change words.
• Remember that what you write must fit grammatically into the gap.
• Check very carefully that the information you write is correct for that part of the table.
• For each gap, there will probably be more than one answer which could seem correct, so don’t simply write in the first thing that appears at all correct.
• You will hear information in the order of the questions, but paraphrases will probably be used for the words around the gaps.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Questions 6-10. Complete the table below by typing on the line and pressing return. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

7___________members get 10% discount

Answer: GOLD CARD
You need to write something here which can describe ‘members’ in some way – a kind of member? A number of members? You need to ensure what you write refers to Blooms Leisure Club. Fiona says that ‘you can elect to be a gold card member’ – which would fit in the gap. Then she says that if you were a gold card member, ‘you’d be entitled to a discount of ten percent in the café...’ – which confirms the information you need to know.

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Lesson One

Please note: Your answers will only be saved when you navigate through the exercise on a single attempt using the back/forward buttons. If you leave the page and return, it is considered a new attempt and you will lose your original answers.

Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 6-10)

Before you do questions 6-10 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Table completion

• For this task type, you need to complete a table by writing words and/or numbers in gaps.
• Make sure what you write is exactly the same as what you hear – do not change words.
• Remember that what you write must fit grammatically into the gap.
• Check very carefully that the information you write is correct for that part of the table.
• For each gap, there will probably be more than one answer which could seem correct, so don’t simply write in the first thing that appears at all correct.
• You will hear information in the order of the questions, but paraphrases will probably be used for the words around the gaps.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Questions 6-10. Complete the table below by typing on the line and pressing return. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Machines arranged for doing 8___________

Answer: SPECIAL ROUTINES
You need to find something which you can ‘do’ with exercise machines in health or fitness clubs. The information must be about the Good Life Centre. Don’t be diverted by ‘sequenced’ into trying to write something like ‘sequences’. You should understand that the word ‘follow’ that you hear has the same meaning as ‘doing’ in the table, which means that you write ‘special routines’. The word ‘special’ is important, as these are routines that ‘get you really fit’.

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 6-10)

Before you do questions 6-10 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Table completion

• For this task type, you need to complete a table by writing words and/or numbers in gaps.
• Make sure what you write is exactly the same as what you hear – do not change words.
• Remember that what you write must fit grammatically into the gap.
• Check very carefully that the information you write is correct for that part of the table.
• For each gap, there will probably be more than one answer which could seem correct, so don’t simply write in the first thing that appears at all correct.
• You will hear information in the order of the questions, but paraphrases will probably be used for the words around the gaps.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Questions 6-10. Complete the table below by typing on the line and pressing return. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Full-size swimming pool is now 9___________

Answer: HEATED
You need to find a word or words that can describe a swimming pool in the pattern ‘The swimming pool is X’. The description needs to be of the pool at Blooms. The possible words you hear are: ‘chilly’ (but that’s what it was, not is); ‘outdoor’ (which it still is, of course); ‘improved’ (but that’s the situation about swimming, not really the pool itself); ‘indoors’ (but that’s an adverb, not adjective, and in any case the pool is still an outdoor one); and ‘heated’ – ‘making it a heated one’ – which is the correct answer.

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Lesson One

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Lesson 1 – Listening (1 hour)

In this lesson we are going to look at Sections 1 and 2 of an IELTS listening test which include the following exam tasks:

Section 1

• notes completion
• table completion

Section 2

• multiple choice (with single answer)
• multiple choice (with multiple answers)

Before we look at the exam questions, see how much you know about the IELTS Listening Test by answering the true/false questions in Activity 1.

Audio 1: Living in Easthill
Audioscript (Section 1 - questions 1-10)

Audio 2: Travel
Audioscript (Section 2 – questions 11-20)

If you would like to read all the questions before you listen you can download them here

SECTION 1 (questions 6-10)

Before you do questions 6-10 read the following exam tips for this task type:

Table completion

• For this task type, you need to complete a table by writing words and/or numbers in gaps.
• Make sure what you write is exactly the same as what you hear – do not change words.
• Remember that what you write must fit grammatically into the gap.
• Check very carefully that the information you write is correct for that part of the table.
• For each gap, there will probably be more than one answer which could seem correct, so don’t simply write in the first thing that appears at all correct.
• You will hear information in the order of the questions, but paraphrases will probably be used for the words around the gaps.
• When you have practised listening to the recording, look at the audioscript and focus on the key words (underlined) for each answer to this task. Make sure you understand why the answer is correct.

Questions 6-10. Complete the table below by typing on the line and pressing return. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Consult qualified trainers 10___________ only

Answer: BY APPOINTMENT
You have to find something that can describe the trainers or contact with trainers. The information must be about the trainers at the Good Life Centre. ‘Consult’ matches with ‘see’ in what Fiona says. We learn that you cannot ‘see’ the trainers ‘any time’, but that ‘you must see them by appointment’, which means ‘by appointment’ is the answer.

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