Section 1: You will hear a woman calling a local museum, about children’s art and craft workshops. First, you have some time to look at Questions 1 to 5.
You will see that there is an example which has been done for you. You should answer the questions as you listen because you will NOT hear the recording a second time.
Listening Audio: [Click the start button to play the audio]
Tapescripts for IELTS Listening Sample 8
Section 1
Section 1 – Questions 1-10
[Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 5.]
Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
CHILDREN’S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Example: Workshops organised every: Answer: Saturday.
• Adults must accompany children under 1 ………………..
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 ……………….. Street.
• Security device: must push the 3 ……………….. to open door.
• Should leave car behind the 4 ……………….
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 ……………….. (on 200765).
Questions 6-10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Next two workshops
| Date | Workshop title | Children advised to wear: | Please bring (if possible): |
| 16/11 | Building 6 …………… | 7 …………… | 8 ……………. |
| 23/11 | 9 ……………. | (Nothing special) | 10 ……………. |
Section 2
Section 2 – Questions 11-20.
You will hear a customer services official giving information to a passenger at a railway station in a town called Trebirch. First, you have some time to look at Questions 11 to 17.
[Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17.]
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
TRAIN INFORMATION
11. Local services depart from ………………….. railway station.
12. National services depart from the ………………….. railway station.
13. Trains for London depart every ………………….. each day during the week.
14. The price of a first-class ticket includes ……………………
Questions 15-17
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Type of ticket | Details |
| Standard open | no restrictions |
| Supersave | travel after 8.45 |
| Special | travel after 15 …………………. and at weekends |
| 16 ………………….. | buy at least six days ahead limited numbers 17 ………………….. essential |
Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters, A-G.
Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?
A a science museum
B a theme park
C a climbing wall
D a mining museum
E an aquarium
F a castle
G a zoo
Section 3
Section 3 – Questions 21-30.
Questions 21-30
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)
Name: Sandy Gibbons
| Target previously agreed | Work completed | Further action suggested |
| Investigate suitable data analysis software | – Read IT 21 ………………… . – Spoken to Jane Prince, Head of the 22 ………………… . |
Sign up for some software practice sessions. |
| Prepare a 23 …………………. for survey | – Completed and sent for review | Add questions in section three on 24 …………………. |
| Further reading about discipline | – Read Banerjee – N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s essays on managing the 25 …………………. |
Obtain from library through special loans service. |
| New Target | Work completed | Timing |
| Do further work on Chapter 1 (Give the title: Context 26 ………………….. ) |
– Add statistics on the 27 ………………….. in various zones- Include more references to works dated after 28 ………………….. | By the 29 ………………….. |
| Prepare list of main sections for Chapter 2 | – Use index cards to help in organisation. | Before starting the 30 ………………….. |
Section 4
Section 4 – Questions 31-40
You will hear part of a lecture about the history of moving pictures. First look at questions 31 to 40.
[Now Listen carefully and answer Questions 31 to 40.]
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
The history of moving pictures
31. Some photographs of a horse running showed
A all feet off the ground.
B at least one foot on the ground.
C two feet off the ground.
32. The Scotsman employed by Edison
A. designed a system to use the technology Edison had invited.
B. used available technology to make a new system.
C. was already an expert in motion picture technology.
33. One major problem with the first system was that
A. only one person could be filmed.
B. people could only see very short films.
C. the camera was very heavy.
34. Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had
A. been told about the American system.
B. seen the American system.
C. used the American system.
35. In 1895, a famous new system was developed by
A. a French team working alone.
B. a French and German team working together.
C. a German team who invented the word ‘cinema’.
36. Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving
A. the subject matters.
B. the camera.
C. the film projector.
37. The ‘Lantham Loop’ invention relied on
A. removing tension between the film reels.
B. adding three more films reels to the system.
C. making one of the film reels more effective.
Questions 38-40
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
38. The first motion picture was called The ……………………….
39. ……………………… were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40. Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ……………………….
Tapescripts for IELTS Listening Sample 8
[Source: Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 6]
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In the answer sheet, it only appears “8”. How do you know that “8 years” is correct?
I got 33 out of 40. Could you please tell me my band score? Thanks!
Good practise material. This helps us a ton.
I always lose my points because of missing the ‘s’ at the end of words.:(
In the typescript is 13. half-hour; NO 13= half hours.
Yes.
Hi, IELTS Mentor, I cannot find the audio. 🙁 Could you please help me? Thank you.
Hello, everyone! I have heard all the information from the audio correctly, but made mistakes were in spelling when I compare them with the answer sheet. Are they crucial? I won’t get points for my answers below, will I? 9. undersea worlds (no capitals) 13. half hour (no plural) 14. refreshment (single form) 23. check list (written separately) 12. Kingstreet (written in one word). Please tell me how to improve these mistakes, it’s a bitter thing to lose points on spelling when trying so hard to hear all the answers. Thanks!
The answer to the question 40: Poor sound quality. I wrote “bad sound quality”. Is it correct? Because in the passage it was mentioned that ” the sound was not good”. So I used “bad”. Please reply.
I got 37/40
No recording… Please help.
You have mentioned wrong answer sequence from the answer 21 onwards.
No audio!
I listened twice and it’s mentioned clearly education department. So I guess, the model answer is wrong.
Please see the instruction again. It may be of three words.
Hi there, for question number 1:8 yearsis that a correct answer?
Where is the answer of question 21??
Why other samples are not available now? Please put it as soon as possible.
For number 9, is Undersea World (without the s) incorrect? Thanks.
I got 39 correct answers. The answer to question 5 is education department but you have given it as ‘educational department’. Can you please check it out?
Could be “2000” the answer for question 28?
Working now.
Most of the recordings are not working, even on YouTube. I am using both Chrome and Firefox. None worked.
Both are correct answers.
Hi, in the question 5 why the answer is ‘educational department’ and not ‘education department’ as the transcript suggests? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
Very useful.
I am reaching only 28 to 30 in every tape… I want to score 35. Could you please help me?
Where is the audio of this listening task, sir??? I have tried to find it but couldn’t get it so far.
Can’t play the audio. Please, add the audio.
Yeah! that is why in question no. 30 I answered “term ends” because I was thinking about the given instruction. Is my answer acceptable? Many thanks for this. It’s really helpful.
I couldn’t find the answer to the question 21 here. What’s the answer then? Thanks.
“King Street” is the correct answer. This is a name that should be accurately written. “Kingstreet” would be treated as a wrong answer.
Hello, I wrote “Kingstreet” instead of “King Street”. Will that also be a correct answer?
HI, would it be right for question 5 to answer “Education Programme”? Or it has to be necessarily “educational”?
I achieved 34 out of 40. Please send me another listening & reading material for my exam preparation.
It should be 2000 instead of 200 in the answer # 29.
Hello, in the list of answers, you skipped Number 21, 18-20. C, D, G, 22. catalog(ue)s23. computer center /centreSo instead of 21: Catalog(ue)s; You wrote: 22. catalog(ue)s. Therefore all the answers following are in the wrong sequences.
Dear Rimi, The answer ‘refreshment’ for 14 would be correct but if you write ‘sound effect’ as the answer to the question 39, it would be wrong. If you look at the question 39, you will find that after …. there is the word ‘were’ so using ‘sound effect’ is grammatically wrong.
Hi, I would like to know if I answer ‘refreshment’ instead of ‘refreshments’, or ‘sound effect’ instead of ‘sound effects’; would that be considered as wrong answers in the actual test? Thank you.
Dear Marizze, For question 38 & 40, you are actually allowed to write 3 words as instructed in the question. However, for question 30, there was no such instruction and that’s why you can actually use 3 words if the answer requires 3 words.
I do not understand why some answers are composed of three words when the instruction clearly states “no more than two words” e.g. question number 30, 38, and 40.
Answer misplaced Q. 21 and Q. 40. Poor sound quality, three words but the question asked 2 words. Please corrects those issues.
Hi Majdy, the words written within () are mostly optional. If you follow the pattern of the answers, that would be self-explanatory, we hope.
One question please – ‘Some answers sometimes written between (). Is it mandatory to add the word between () to get the correct answer or just that word is optional?
The answer to the question 40 must be “poor sound”. The assignment says “Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.”
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