IELTS Listening drill · Part 1 · Form completion
Booking a kayak tour
Someone phones to book a kayak tour. Listening Part 1 is always an everyday conversation with a form or notes to complete, and it tests the basics that lose easy marks: names spelled out, phone numbers, dates, prices, and answers that change. You don't need a recording. Pick how you want to hear it below.
2Read the questions, then listen
In the real test you get time to read the questions first. Use it to guess what kind of answer each one needs.
Gap 1A surname that will be spelled out. Write each letter.
Gap 2A phone number. Listen for a correction.
Gaps 3, 5, 6, 9Numbers: a date, how many people, a price, an age.
Gaps 4, 7, 8, 10Words. Careful: other options will be mentioned first.
Questions 1–10 · Complete the form. Write one word and/or a number for each answer.
Riverbend Kayak Tours · Booking form
1Name: Jordan
2Phone number:
3Date of tour: Monday August
4Tour: the tour
5Number of people:
6Price per person: £
7Meeting place: the next to the old bridge
8Bring: a change of clothes and
9Minimum age for children:
10Payment: by on the day
4Now you speak Speaking Part 1 practice
Part 1 of the Speaking test often starts with your name, and examiners sometimes ask you to spell things. Practise saying letters and numbers clearly, then answer the questions.
- Spell your full name out loud, letter by letter, then say your phone number slowly.
- Do you enjoy water sports? Why or why not?
- Do you prefer activities indoors or outdoors?
- Do you usually book things by phone or online? Why?
double T / double Lhow to say two of the same letter: K-E-double T-E-R…
"oh" or "zero"both are fine for 0 in phone numbers
the fourteenth of Augusthow to say a date out loud
thirty-eight poundssay the number, then the money