On The Move

1. suitable         

Exam tip: Before you listen, try and predict what the answers will be. This will help you focus your mind as you read the questions before you hear the recording and enable you to make better guesses. Ask yourself the following questions:
*What is the subject of the answer? For example, is it a name, a date, a country?
*What word fits grammatically? Is it a noun, a verb, an adjective or an adverb?
*What is the function of the answer? For example, is it a comparison, a list, an instruction, a label, a question?

You are going to listen to two university students discussing their holiday plans. Look at the listening task below and predict the kinds of answers you are listening for.
Listen and write the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Jenny's holiday plans
1. Destination         

1. Steve is going on holiday for           

ROOM BOOKING

Name:      1:  Duncan

Exam information: Matching [1]
In the IELTS Listening exam, you may have to match pieces of information. Such tasks can be found in any section of the exam.
6. Look at the listening task below. If this were an exam task, you would have to match the tour operators with the type of service they offer. Match the sentences 1-6 that describe a service with the services a-d in the listening task.
Service:
a: offers the cheapest fare
b: has an infrequent service
c: runs an express bus
d: has a student discount
1. The service is fast 

Exam Tip: Don't always write down the first thing you hear. The recording often refers to a number of possible answers, but only one answers the question correctly. Look at this example conversation between a tourist and a travel agent about the date of a flight:
Tourist: I'd like to fly out on the twenty-third of July....that's the Sunday. Isn't it?
Travel agent: No, that's the Saturday... the twenty-fourth is the Sunday...
Tourist: Then the twenty-fourth... Yes, I'd like to go n the Sunday.
The answer would be July 24th, NOT July 23rd.
Section 1

Questions 1-4
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
City Bus Tour Booking Form

Number of passengers:       2
Passenger name[s]:              Susan Field and James (1)