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IELTS listening exam practice: part 1

Listen to a phone conversation in which a woman calls to book a table at a restaurant.
See or print the audioscript and do an activity on paper (.pdf 24.8 Kb)

Try this comprehension activity language activity on the audio.
Comprehension activity: complete with the missing information
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Read and listen to an article which gives tips for the IELTS listening.
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For more IELTS practice, visit our IELTS pages.
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At 21 Aug 2009 09:48 LEP Admin wrote:

Thank you Parry. There was a problem but it should all be working correctly now.

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At 20 Aug 2009 13:03 Parry wrote:

the material is good...but there is some problem in d site.Sometimes we are not able to hear the audio clip & also the questionare does not come up

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At 6 Aug 2009 16:08 mitra wrote:

This is the best learning English site ever. I practice to improve my listening every day. I need to pass IELTS with score 7 and it is very difficult. Thank you for the helpful lessons.

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At 5 Aug 2009 10:19 emma wrote:

Thank you for the clear audio material. It has helped me a lot especially with the diction.

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At 1 Aug 2009 14:37 Marina wrote:

Thank you very much for this opportunity to prepare for IELTS exam. I find it very usefull!!!

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At 28 Jul 2009 16:55 Muhammad Nadeem wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam, i am very happy to see the listening practice from britishcouncil.it is a great chance for to do a lot of practice as i am not able to attend ielts classes in my city.i hope i can do a lot of practice by britishcouncil.it is a great oppertunity of those students who dont have ideas about ielts practice.thanks a lot for this efforts.

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At 25 Jul 2009 11:41 saladin wrote:

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At 24 Jul 2009 21:42 tiziana wrote:

Very interesting articles, amazing way of studying, hope to improve. Tiziana.

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At 23 Jul 2009 04:05 Eroshan Hillary wrote:

I would really like to thank you for providing this valuable listening material for free. I am really grateful for them. I can learn a lot to improve my listening skill and comprehension. BEST WISHES FROM EROSHAN HILLARY I1 STUDENT.

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At 20 Jul 2009 21:36 lubna michael almadanat wrote:

wonderfull samples thank you so much ,please we need more in near future.

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At 20 Jul 2009 19:26 nourhano wrote:

it was really helphel conversation i really enjoyed it very much thank you

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At 15 Jul 2009 20:13 shailendra sharma wrote:

It is nice to do this type of exercise those provide you the real insight view of ielts test. I reall appreciate it.

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At 4 Jul 2009 10:58 jackson Sudhir wrote:

i do like to have more recordings.. thanks for the present one...

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At 29 Jun 2009 14:23 Anita wrote:

Its a good effort by British Council to provide such precious recordings to the learners. PLZ provide such type of more exercises. Thaaaaanxxxx alot.

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At 24 Jun 2009 05:16 Dulce wrote:

This excercise was really helpful, I hope you to upload more excercises

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At 21 Jun 2009 23:05 angel wrote:

cool wld like more practice questions plsssssssss

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At 18 Jun 2009 08:32 nge nge wrote:

I would like to listen about job skills.

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At 12 Jun 2009 09:27 Crimson wrote:

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At 9 Jun 2009 18:34 Juan Carlos Riva wrote:

Thank a lot for this amazing recording. It helped me a lot in order to improve my listening and comprehension skills. I hope you can give us more exercises like this. Best wishes from Lima - Peru

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At 7 Jun 2009 15:52 Joy wrote:

This is very helpful.. thanks alot!

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At 6 Jun 2009 09:40 Nitin wrote:

It helps a lot to learn to speak english.

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At 28 May 2009 06:13 lucy reeves wrote:

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At 28 May 2009 06:02 lucy reeves wrote:

this is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally nice. where can i find the answers for the pratice test? thanks. very helpful

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At 24 May 2009 15:46 JanaOdessa wrote:

very usefull

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At 18 May 2009 14:50 Dr.Bharat Mangukiya wrote:

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At 5 May 2009 08:19 DR.MONI wrote:

Need more exercises on listing ielts exam,thanks vary much,,,,,

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At 4 May 2009 11:27 tuyen wrote:

Very good one for preparing IELTS.

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At 28 Apr 2009 08:09 Neo wrote:

Need more same quality work

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At 28 Apr 2009 01:01 william torres wrote:

This exercise is excellent.!

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At 27 Apr 2009 17:13 LEP Admin wrote:

Irfana, the writing link should be working now. Thanks.

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At 21 Apr 2009 02:54 jack iskandar wrote:

Dear sir/madam, I would really like to thank you for providing this valuable listening material for free. I am really grateful for them. I can learn a lot to improve my listening skill and comprehension. Once again million thanks for your generosity. Best wishes from Indonesia. Jack Iskandar

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At 20 Apr 2009 01:03 irfana jilani wrote:

thanks very much for this nice audio recording. it helped me . i have tried some of the exercises on writing module but the link there is not working. i am preparing for the IELTS. your site is excellent and very helpful. would the problem i mentioned be corrected soon? i will be highly obliged. thanks

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At 19 Apr 2009 23:09 LISBETH URQUIZO wrote:

i would like more exercises

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