Unit 1

Exam tip
You w ill be expected to know the spellings of com m on w ords and names. Any usual
names w ill be spelt out for you. An answ er spelt w rongly w ill be marked incorrect, so
get plenty of practice before the exam.

Taxi PLEASE USE BLOCK CAPITALS

Lv.v.v.v.

N A M E OF PASSENGER: ■SAM W IL L IA M S

PICK-UP W id &thJ u l y
DATE A N D T IM E : ( 1 ) ....................

PICK-UP POINT:
NO. & STREET: (2) .......................... W IL L O W S It> E B .A N K
TOW N: ( 3 ) .......................................................................
POSTCODE: ( 4 ) .......................................................................

M O B ILE N U M BER : (5) o j - y z j..........................

DESTINATION: H B A T H f^O W - T E R M IN A L 5

*» ) 6 You will hear a conversation between a flight attendant and a passenger completing a
08 landing card before arriving in the UK. Complete the form.

LAN DING CARD Please complete clearly in English and BLOCK CAPITALS
immigration Act 1971

Family name
UH
First name(s)

(1) ......................................................
Sex Date of birth
, D D . M M, Y Y Y Y ,
□ M 0 F (2) I I I I I I I I I

Town and country of birth

SHENZHEN CH-INA
Nationality Occupation
CHINESE STUDENT
Contact address in the UK (in full)

(3) ...............................................................

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 Part 3: Exam Practice

Exam tip
When you com plete a form, it is im portant to keep to the required num ber of words
for each answer. You will be told how many words to use, e.g. NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. If you w rite too many words, your answer w ill be
marked incorrect.
A hyphenated word counts as one word, e.g. mother-in-law. A num ber can be w ritten
in letters or numbers, e.g. twelve or 72; either way, it counts as one word.

Section 1

^ ))) Questions 1 -7
09
You will hear a telephone conversation between a hotel receptionist and a caller making
a reservation. Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.

S ilv e r Tu ip Hot el

N um ber of nights i

Type o f room : (circle one) (1) Single / Double - tw in beds / Double - king-sized bed

Nam e (2)

H om e address (3) .................................................................... Avenue,

Cam bridge

Postcode (4)

Transport (5)

M eals (6)

Date of arrival (7)

12 Get Ready for IELTS: Listening

 Unit 1
^ ))) Questions 8 - 1 0
10
Listen to the next part of the conversation and choose the correct letter, a, b or c.

8 The custom er's m obile phone num ber is:

a 07976 122577.
b 07961 122577.
c 07961 121597.

9 The custom er w ould also like to:

a receive tourist inform ation,

b make a restaurant booking,
c book tickets for the theatre.

10 He leaves a m essage for:

a M rA la m i.
b M r El Fassi.
c M rA laoui.

Exam tip
During the exam, listen very carefully and don't presum e the firs t inform ation you hear
is always correct. Som etim es the speaker can change his/her m ind and correct the
inform ation given.

Now listen again to check your answers before you look at the answer key.

Progress check

How many boxes can you tick? You should work towards being able to tick them all.

Did you ...

listen closely for num bers that sound similar?
check your spellings?
check that you have w ritten the correct num ber of w ords in the answers?

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 Food and cooking
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A IM S : Language related to: food, cooking methods, numbers, weights, prepositions • Identifying
stages in a process • Keeping to word counts • Completing notes, tables and flow charts
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• Matching information

Part 1: Voc a bulary

Types of food

m
meat dairy products vegetables

1 Complete the table by putting the following foods into the correct column.

potatoes bananas cabbage turkey lamb pineapple

cheese butter carrots beef cherries yoghurt

meat dairy products vegetables fruit

potatoes

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Some nouns can be countable and uncountable. They often become uncountable when
they are prepared for eating, e.g.

There are ten chickens in the field. / W ould you like som e chicken ?
I bought tw o cauliflowers yesterday. / M y son doesn't like cauliflower.

2 Say whether the following foods are C (countable) or U (uncountable) or C/U (both countable
and uncountable).

1 carrot . f i/ K . . . 6 onion
2 rice ............ 7 bread
3 lamb ............ 8 egg
4 bean ............ 9 pea
5 butter ........... 10 coffee

L4 Get Ready for IELTS: Listening