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Home / IELTS Listening Practice Tests / IELTS Listening Practice Test 14

Questions 7-10

Complete the sentences below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.

7 The customer had the option for his previous flight.
8 There are three meal options without meat: vegetarian, vegan, and .
9 The vegan option doesn’t contain any , eggs, fowl, or honey.
10 The meal option for the customer’s flight to Kiev must be changed before the departure time.

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EnglishClub : 2015 : June

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30th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• Supreme Court: the highest federal court (US)
• legal: allowed by law
• struggle: fight
• entitled: deserving of the right to have or do something
• benefits: advantages, such as tax savings or lower health care costs
• conservative: traditional; careful about change
• deny: to prevent someone from getting or doing something

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28th June 2015 by Josef Essberger

Somebody locks you in a time-machine and you have to go forward (the future) or backward (the past). You will never come back to “now”.

You can go any length of time, one day, a thousand years, a million years… Which would you choose? Future or past?

And why?

Please leave your comments below 🙂

time-machine (noun): an imaginary machine that lets people travel in time and go to the future (for example tomorrow or next year) or past (for example yesterday or last year)

25th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Interesting Facts in Easy English

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• binomial nomenclature: a two-part system for naming species (e.g., Panthera tigris)
• genus: a subdivision of a family of organisms (e.g., Panthera is the genus for tigers, lions and leopards, and a subdivision of the Felidae family, which includes all cats)
• gelatinous: slimy and jellylike
• fragile: easily breakable, delicate
• incubation period: the development stage after eggs are laid and before they hatch
• octopuses: the accepted plural form of octopus (sometimes referred to as octopi or octopodes)

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25th June 2015 by Josef Essberger

Would you like to be famous? And what would you like to be famous for?

If achieving fame meant that you would lose all your friends, would you still want to be famous?

Please leave your comments below 🙂

famous (adjective): known by many people
achieve (verb): successfully get or reach
fame (noun): the state of being known by many people

24th June 2015 by Josef Essberger

These two words may seem alike but actually they have rather different meanings.

A house is a building that people live in. It stands on its own land (unlike, say, an apartment or flat) and often has a garden. It may be detached (not joined to another house), semi-detached (joined to one other house), or terraced (in a row, like townhouses all joined together).

• We are selling our house and want to buy a bigger one.
• That house used to be brown, but last week the owners painted it white.

A home is the place where you live, especially as part of a family. It could be a house, or it could be a condominium or apartment or flat, or anywhere else.

• I have to go home. I’ve just remembered that I left my apartment door open.
• After the hurricane they had to move into a temporary caravan. But already they’ve made it into a real home for the children.

Just think of house as a physical thing, and home is more like an idea.

NB: there is a tendency by real estate agents in the USA to use “home” instead of “house”. So they advertise “Home for Sale” instead of “House for Sale” etc. This is perhaps due to the emotive nature of the word “home”, which may better serve the purposes of commercialism. But we have seen what happens when words lose their meanings.

23rd June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• disgruntled: bitter; unhappy about a situation
• ex: a person who is no longer in a relationship
• to take something literally: to think of something in the sense of the words themselves, rather than the intended idiomatic sense
• possession: something that you own
• witty: funny in a wise way
• notable: worth noting; noticeable
• wear (noun): a deteriorated condition caused by usage

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21st June 2015 by Philip D

1. IELTS Exam Day Punctuality and Preparation
Make sure to arrive on time at the exam center – remember that you will need to bring proper ID, such as a driver’s licence. Think about various routes to the exam center, in case there is a delay with your preferred option and try to arrive early. Remember, that the more sleep and fresh you feel for the exam, the better possibility you might have for passing the exam. Some people book a hotel in another city – in that case see if you can find somewhere close to the center and also preferably somewhere quiet: be on time, prepared and as fresh as possible.

2. Understand the IELTS Exam
Try to have a good understanding of the exam – through understanding the exam format, that can help you be prepared about what types of questions to expect. Have a good look through the IELTS band descriptors for the exam, so that you understand about the speaking and writing grading methods. Also check out the grading system for the reading and listening exams. Think about how many questions you would need to answer correctly in order to achieve your goal for the IELTS.

3. Answer the IELTS Exam Questions
Try to answer the questions directly for the IELTS. Think about what is required. For instance, for the speaking part 2, make sure to answer all questions. Also, follow the instructions carefully, so that for the IELTS reading, you answer with the correct amount of words and for the IELTS writing that you write at least the minimum amount of words required.

4. Keep an Eye on Time During the IELTS Exam
A key feature of the IELTS exam is time management. Remember that for the writing you will need to think of the answer, make any synonyms, write and check for 20 minutes for the task 1 and 40 minutes for the task 2. It is very important, that you are therefore able to answer all the questions completely in the required amount of time. Of course, if you do run out of time that might not mean failing the exam, but presumably much better is to carefully schedule your time, so that you are not overly rushed.

5. Practice for the IELTS Exam
Make sure that you do enough practice for the IELTS exam. Some, like native speakers, might not need to do much more than familiarise themselves with the exam and perhaps do a complete practice exam. However, for others who are not native speakers, it might require a lot more preparation in order to achieve your goal required. Think about the amount of time you have before the exam, and how much improvement you need.

6. Failing the IELTS Exam
For some/many people the IELTS exam can be very expensive and also take a lot of time to do. Therefore, try if at all possible to pass on the first attempt. Moreover, through repeated failure this might not be so good for general confidence. Therefore, try to make sure that you are sufficiently ahead in your practice tests for the IELTS, to be reasonably confident that you may pass – of course, that is not a guarantee, however even if you fail you still might be able to get a regrade although that might perhaps take quite a few weeks to process and you still might fail even still.

7. What Are Your Weak Areas for the IELTS Exam?
Try to make sure that you are able to focus in on your weak areas. It might seem nice to continue to build on strengths, such as more vocabulary, however also make sure to focus on areas like grammar that might be lacking. For instance, for the writing it is based on 4 grading criteria, including vocabulary and grammar. Keep examining your weak areas and see how they are improving – even if you are very good at vocabulary for example, you might still fail, as the examiner could not properly understand your writing.

8. Is a Tutor Required for the IELTS Exam?
Certainly for some students, like native speakers or high-level non-native speakers, a tutor might not be required, although it would certainly be advisable if possible for them to read about the IELTS before taking it, to make things easier. For others, it is not an easy question to answer, as every student is different – some students may still be able to pass, just by reading books and practising speaking with non-native speakers, etc.. However, perhaps with a teacher it is likely to increase a student’s skill and also may mean that the amount of overall time required is less and that the possibility to pass may increase, with a lower risk of failing.

9. Keep Your English Regular for the IELTS
For the IELTS exam speaking, some students may think that if they speak fast, that this might impress the examiner. I would say that although it is good to speak at least at a regular speed, speaking too fast might actually be counterproductive, especially if there are a number of mistakes in the speaking and thus the errors will be produced even more quickly. For the writing, certainly, it is good to have impressive and nicely structured sentences, however also be aware that it should look sufficiently natural and not appear to be overly unnatural wording.

10. Remember That It’s an English Exam, Not a Science One, Etc
Try not to worry too much about having some “amazing” ideas for your speaking and writing answers. Remember that the primary reason for the exam is to test your English. For sure, your answers should be well structured and reasoned, however do not spend too much time trying to think of some very unusual answer. The primary goal is to focus on your grammar and vocabulary, as well as “coherence and cohesion” and the task response – the idea, whilst important, should not be the main focus of the examiner, so long as it properly answers the question.

19th June 2015 by Editor

Are your students practising making predictions in English? On EnglishClub’s YouTube Channel, you will find a unique set of videos that can be used for a fun making predictions activity.

You Know What I’m Gonna Do?

EnglishClub’s video series “You Know What I’m Gonna Do?” features our Thai friend, Kid, using the informal contraction gonna. (She also asks her questions in an informal way: “You know …?” instead of “Do you know…?”). In each video Kid asks viewers what they think she is gonna do with the object that she has in her hands. Read the rest of this entry »

18th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Interesting Facts in Easy English

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• territory: the area owned by a certain nation
• European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together
• shoreline: the place where water meets land
• bordered by: to have something (e.g., water) along one’s territory line

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17th June 2015 by Editor

To teach is to learn twice. ~ Joseph Joubert

EnglishClub has a new reading and vocabulary resource all about Music. In this section, you will find in-depth articles and glossaries about many different music genres. If you’ve never tried using a jigsaw activity in the ELL classroom, now is a great chance to give it a try.

What is a Jigsaw Activity?

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16th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• front man: the lead of a band or show; usually the lead singer
• remaining: the one(s) still present or available after an occurrence
• stretcher: a temporary bed for carrying an injured person
• crutches: long sticks used to support people who need help walking
• confirm: to say or prove that something is certain or true

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11th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

11th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Interesting Facts in Easy English

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• positive reinforcement: praise for doing something good
• criticism: negative feedback
• fine: money you have to pay for breaking a law or rule
• leave a lasting impression: cause one to remember something for a long time

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9th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

9th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

• convenient: making life easier
• on the decline: not used or done as often as before
• impolite: rude; not having good manners
• retrieve: to get
• time consuming: taking up a lot of one’s time
• landline: a telephone phone service that transmits communication using physical cable wires

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6th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

Writing Prompt: We use reported speech to tell someone what we have heard or seen. We use reported questions to tell someone what someone has asked. Review the structure and use of reported questions. Then write a letter to a friend telling her about a visit or chat you had with a long lost relative or friend. Use as many reported questions as possible. Remember that reported questions are punctuated with a full stop [.], not a question mark [?].

Example

Hey Louis,

I phoned our long lost cousin Waverley this weekend. She wanted to know why Jim and I hadn’t called her in years. I told her we have been busy raising our kids. She also asked how you were doing. I told her you were studying science at university. She asked if you were going to get your PhD. When I said yes, she asked whether you would come and visit her in Montana. I told her I would ask you. It’s funny. She asked if you would visit, but she didn’t ask if I would visit. I asked her why she always liked you better. She said you guys spent a lot of time together when we were kids. Just before she left, I asked if I could come and visit her sometime. She said she was pretty busy.

Jim asked if I would ever call her again. I doubt I will.

Leah

4th June 2015 by Tara Benwell

FluentU

FluentU is a language learning site that helps you learn English through videos and vocabulary practice. You can sign up for a free account to see how it works before you decide to pay a monthly or annual subscription. There are two subscription rates to choose from. Choose your level first. Then select some videos that interest you. Build your vocabulary as you watch and Read the rest of this entry »