IELTS General Training Volume 3
- Published on: 15 Dec 2017
- Tests taken: 1,505,316
Answer Keys:
Part 1: Question 1 - 8
- 1 listening
- 2 vocabulary and grammar
- 3 general classes
- 4 15/fifteen
- 5 department
- 6 May
- 7 week five
- 8 10 B,D,G
Part 2: Question 11 - 20
- 11 C
- 12 A
- 13 B
- 14 B
- 15 C
- 16 B
- 17 E
- 18 G
- 19 C
- 20 A
Part 3: Question 21 - 30
- 21 D
- 22 C
- 23 B
- 24 3rd/third term
- 25 industry
- 26 plans
- 27 new lab/laboratory
- 28 (additional) seminars
- 29 pairs
- 30 (an) interview
Part 4: Question 31 - 40
- 31 gardens
- 32 one fifth
- 33 super stores
- 34 glass
- 35 older residents
- 36 waste
- 37 windfarms/wind farms
- 38 co-operative (buildings)
- 39 retirement (homes)
- 40 social (housing)
Leaderboard:
| # | User | Score | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMOLARA OJEYINKA |  | 9.0 | 15:13 | |
| Shatabdi Kundu |  | 9.0 | 15:38 | |
| Meera Ramamoorthi |  | 9.0 | 15:45 | |
| 4 | Kunal Diyali | | 9.0 | 16:03 |
| 5 | TÚ HÀ |  | 9.0 | 16:12 |
| 6 | Rajesh Makanwal |  | 9.0 | 16:15 |
| 7 | Mohsina Shaikh | | 9.0 | 16:21 |
| 8 | Juliana Obun | | 9.0 | 16:51 |
| 9 | Monika Chauhan | | 9.0 | 16:52 |
| 10 | Leslie Penasas |  | 9.0 | 16:58 |
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Review & Explanations:
Questions 1-7
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Courses Available inFor example: ….Writing… in first term 1 in second term 2 throughout the year 3 during long vacation Class sizes: 4 maximum Course costs often paid by the 5 Exams available in 6 Must enrol by 7 |
- 1 Answer: listening
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Q1. Courses Available in
______ in second term
Administrator: …in this first term we are just doing a writing course.
…
Administrator: … next term you can do listening
+ In this question, we have to find out which kind of courses will be available in second term
+ When first introducing about the courses, we can hear that the administrator said “…in this first term we are just doing a writing course”. After that, there is other important thing mentioned in his saying “next term you can do listening”. From two above main clues, we can conclude that the listening course is in second term.
+ So, the missing word is listening.
- 2 Answer: vocabulary and grammar
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Q2. _____throughout the year
Student: … there’s nothing that you run all year?
Administrator: Well, let’s have a look. Yes. there is a class for vocabulary and grammar every term.
+ This question requires us to point out which kind of courses is available throughout the year.
+ The student’s question “there’s nothing that you run all year?” informs us that the following information will discuss about this matter.
+ Then, we can hear the admin’s response “Well, let’s have a look. Yes. There is a class for vocabulary and grammar every term.”
+ Because phrase “every term” has the similar meaning as “throughout the year” in the question, we can infer that vocabulary and grammar course is available throughout the year.
+ So, the answer should be vocabulary and grammar.
- 3 Answer: general classes
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Q3. _____ during long vacation
Student: And what about in the holidays?
Administrator: We don’t do anything during the winter or spring break but over the summer there’s just general classes …+ The information about the courses in long vacation is required to be figured out in Q3.
+ The important keyword in this question is “long vacation” – the other expression of “holidays”, so when hearing that the student asked “And what about in the holidays?”, we should pay more attention.
+ The admin’s answer “We don’t do anything during the winter or spring break but over the summer there’s just general classes …” gives us the clue.
+ Because summer is one of the long vacations, we can ensure what we are looking for is general classes.
+ So, we need to fill general classes in the blank.
- 4 Answer: 15/fifteen
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Q4. Class sizes:_____ maximum
Student: Do you have about 20 students in each class - …?
Administrator: We try to keep it at about 12 and certainly not more than 15.
+ In this question, we have to point out the maximum number of students in each class of these courses.
+ After brief introduction about the course, the audio continued to mention about facilities.
+ The first one that mentioned about the matter of class size is the student’s question “Do you have about 20 students in each class - …?”
+ Right after that, the admin responsed: “We try to keep it at about 12 and certainly not more than 15”. Thanks to the phrase “certainly not more than 15”, we can know that the maximum size of class is 15.
+ So, the right answer for this question is 15/fifteen.
- 5 Answer: department
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Q5. Course costs often paid by the____
Student: Right – and how much are the classes?
Administrator: … – usually the department will fund you and even sort out which classes you need.
+ This question required us to find out who often pay the course costs
+ Firstly, the student’s question “how much are the classes?” gives us the clue about the cost in this question.
+ Then, we can hear the admin answered “usually the department will fund you and even sort out which classes you need.”,
+ In this case, the verb “fund” has the same meaning with the word “paid” so we can assert it is the department that often pays the costs for the students.
+ So, the missing word is department.
- 6 Answer: May
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Q6. Exams available in_____
Student: … Do you put us in for exams?
Administrator: Yes. But we don’t like them to clash with your main course exams in June, so we run them in May…
+ The information about time of exams is required to be pointed out in this Q6.
+ The matter of examination was first mentioned by the student who asked “Do you put us in for exams?”
+ From the admin’s response “Yes. But we don’t like them to clash with your main course exams in June, so we run them in May…”, we can get information that they chose to run the exams in May instead of Jun in order to avoid of clashing with the students’ main course exams.
+ So, the answer should be May.
- 7 Answer: week five
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Q7. Must enrol by _____
Student: Do I have to sign up for something now? I’m not quite sure what I want.
Administrator: Classes haven’t quite started yet so you’ve got time to decide what you do. All we insist is that you sign up before week five.+ In this question, we need to find out the the deadline that the student must enrol before.
+ Thanks to the phrase “sign up” from the question of student “Do I have to sign up for something now?” which has same meaning with the word “enrol”, we can know that the following part will discuss about this question.
+ And the answer of administrator provides us the clue for the answer.
+ At first, he said “Classes haven’t quite started yet so you’ve got time to decide what you do.” And then he noticed that “All we insist is that you sign up before week five”, which means that before week five, all the students have to enrol in these courses.
+ So, in Q7, week five needs to be written down in the blank space.
Questions 8-10
Choose THREE letters, A-G.
Which THREE items does the student need to bring to the first class?
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- 8-10 Answer: B,D,G
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Q8-Q9-Q10. Which THREE items does the student need to bring to the first class?
A. passport
B. computer disk
C. note from tutor
D. notebook
E. student identity card
F. dictionaryG. registration form
Administrator: … you’ll be given a registration which you’ll have to show to the teacher when you have your first class.
Administrator: Yes, you’ll be given a password when you go to your first class, so remember to bring a disk with you to save your work on as you won’t be allowed to save it on the hard drive.
Administrator: … you’ll need a notebook as we don’t provide paper or files.
+ This question asks us to find out three things that the student need to bring to the first class.
+ After discussing about matter of enroling, we can hear the admin instructed “you’ll be given a registration which you’ll have to show to the teacher when you have your first class”
+ From his saying, we can conclude that the first item we should choose for this question is registration form.
+ We will hear in the audio the admin said “Yes, you’ll be given a password when you go to your first class”, which is very easy to misunderstand because of its similar structure to the above question, so we need to be careful here.
+ After this saying, the speaker continued “so remember to bring a disk with you to save your work on as you won’t be allowed to save it on the hard drive”. This sentence provides us the right answer, which is computer disk.
+ We can figure out the clue of the last item again from the saying of the administrator “you’ll need a notebook as we don’t provide paper or files”.
+ According to this sentence, we will know that because the class doesn’t provide paper or files, the student need to bring a notebook to the first class.
+ So, the right answer is B,D,G
Source 1
Source 2
Section 1
Student: Hi. I’ve come to ask about the English courses you run for international students.
Administrator: Oh right – I assume you’re a student at the university?
Student: Yes, I’ve just started.
Administrator: OK. Well, we’ve got a range of courses. It depends what you think you need. And how much. Um – we can’t run everything at the same time though so. for example, in this first term we are just doing a writing course.
Student: I see. That sounds quite useful. What else is there?
Administrator: Um. some of the courses only run for single terms and we lend to focus on what students have difficulty with. That means we don’t usually do speaking courses but next term you can do listening. That’ll help you with lectures and things. Our provision is all based on what the majority of our international students need.
Student: So is everything term-based – there’s nothing that you run all year?
Administrator: Well, let’s have a look. Yes. there is a class for vocabulary and grammar every term. That’s for everybody but it’s split into three or four levels.
Student: And what about in the holidays and ?
Administrator: We don’t do anything during the winter or spring break but over the summer there’s just general classes because that’s what most students want – a bit of everything.
Student: OK. Quite a variety then. I’ll have a think about what I really need bccause I haven’t got much time. Do you have about 20 students in each class – the same as our Science seminars ?
Administrator: We try to keep il at about 12 and certainly not more than 15 . It’s important for language classes. They’re very different from your normal courses.
Student: Right – and how much are the classes?
Administrator: The rate varies depending on how many hours you attend but you shouldn’t have to pay – usually the department will fund you and even sort out which classes you need.
Student: Brilliant! It would be quite useful for me to have a certificate to lake back to my country. Do you put us in for exams?
Administrator: Yes. But we don’t like them to clash with your main course exams in June, so we run them in May. That leaves you time for revision.
Student: Do I have to sign up for something now? I’m not quite sure what 1 want.
Administrator: Classes haven’t quite started yet so you’ve got time to decide what you do. All we insist is that you sign up before week five. That gives you about three weeks to decide.
Student: OK.
Administrator: Then, when you’ve made up your mind, you need to come back here to the administration office to enrol.
Student: What do I need to bring with me when I enrol? My identity card . I guess?
Administrator: Yes. or your passport and . Then you’ll be given a registration form which you’ll have to show to the teacher when you have your first class.
Student: OK. And should I ask my tutor about which classes I should do then?
Administrator: Yes. then you get a note from him and give that to the desk when you register.
Student: Can I use the computers here as well?
Administrator: Yes, you’ll be given a password when vou go to your first class, so remember to bring a disk with you to save your work on as you won’t be allowed to save it on the hard drive.
Student: OK. Will I need anything else? dictionary ?
Administrator: We’ve got loads of those here that you can borrow, but you’ll need a notebook as we don’t provide paper or files.
Student: OK. Thanks.
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