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IELTS General Training Volume 6

IELTS General Training Volume 6

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(607 votes)
  • Published on: 27 Jul 2018
  • Tests taken: 609,976

Answer Keys:

Part 1: Question 1 - 10
  • 1 Mike
  • 2 four/4
  • 3 facilities
  • 4 24th
  • 5 4 hours
  • 6 Spain
  • 7 (a) path (through fields)
  • 8 minibus
  • 9 5 minutes
  • 10 family run
Part 2: Question 11 - 20
  • 11 continental (style)
  • 12 blackboards
  • 13 Fish and seafood/fish, seafood
  • 14 extra supplement
  • 15 main bar
  • 16 (two) lifeguards
  • 17 freshwater showers
  • 18 water sports office
  • 19 noticeboard
  • 20 presentations
Part 3: Question 21 - 30
  • 21 Hindi
  • 22 322 million
  • 23 Arabic
  • 24 20
  • 25 secondary speakers
  • 26 economic power
  • 27 Brazil
  • 28 raw material
  • 29 Bangladesh
  • 30 non-native speakers
Part 4: Question 31 - 40
  • 31 nervous functions
  • 32 protein
  • 33 tonsils
  • 34 (food) disinfection treatments
  • 35 the UK
  • 36 genetically inherited
  • 37 late 50s
  • 38 coordination
  • 39 sheep
  • 40 young cattle

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Review & Explanations:

Part 1: Questions 1 - 10

Questions 1-5

Complete the Travel agent’s notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

SUN TOURS TRAVEL AGENTS

Example    Answer
Number of people4
Customer’s Name  Mr. George Collins
Other travellers (+ ages of children)

Mrs. Jane Collins

1   7 years old

Jennifer 2  years old

Require4 star quality hotel + breakfast; safe, warm, quietish, beach; pref. pool; lots of restaurants near hotel no creche 3 needed
Dates of Holiday    Friday July 8th to 4 , Sunday
Pref. Flight TimeLess than 5
  • 1 Answer: Mike

    Note:

    • the words which lead you to the answer are underlined.

    • the word/number you must write for the answer is marked.

    • words which you might wrongly think could be the answer are in italics.

    • The keyword concerned in Q1 are “children” and the answer is expected to be a name

    • The Travel Agent’s question “What about your wife and children?’ can be seen as a suggestion for the answer’s appearance.

    • The answer for Q1 is quite easy to hear, but the candidate should be used to some English names, because some common names in English may not be spelled

    • They have already written the girl’s name Jennifer, so the answer for Q1 is Mike.

     

  • 2 Answer: four/4
    • The keyword concerned in Q2 should be “year old” and the answer is a number

    • The answer for Q2 is right after Q1 so the candidate needs to be careful not to miss it

    • The question “How old are the children?” can be seen as a suggestion for the answer’s appearance. They have already written “7 years old” for Mike, so we need to answer to the age of Jennifer. She is said to be 4 years old. Thus, the answer is 4.

  • 3 Answer: facilities
    • The keyword concerned in Q3 is “crèche”.

    • The customer’ requirements a safe, little place. A warm climate, a quietish, safe beach, a pool preferably and lots of small restaurants and bars near the hotel’ suggests that the answer will soon appear.

    • The candidates may miss this question as they don’t know the pronunciation of the word crèche

    • The answer is facilities.

  • 4 Answer: 24th
    • The keyword concerned in Q4 should be “holiday”  and the answer is a date.

    • The question “And what time in the summer are you thinking of taking the holiday?” suggests that the answer will soon appear.

    • the customer mentioned he needed to be back at work on the 25th, but he needed to finish the holiday before that so it’s not the answer

    • so the answer is  24th (do not write “July 24th” because it is not necessary and the speaker did not mention July a second time in his answer).

  • 5 Answer: 4 hours
    • The keyword concerned in Q5 should be “flight time”, so you need to listen when the agent talk about means of transport or the time

    • The question “And how long would you want to spend on travel” suggests that the answer will soon appear.

    • The answer for this question is 4 hours, and it is mentioned twice.

Questions 6-10

Complete George’s notes below

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer

Possible Holiday Ideas

Top End Prices                                          Italy and France

Bottom End Prices                                     6 , Greece and Turkey (Turkey + Cyprus too far)

Crete                                         Hotel Tropicana

  • 1 mile safe walk on 7 to beach.
  • Nice pool; only a few beach bars and restaurants.
  • Really quiet; not near other tourist destinations.

Palm Hotel

  • 2 miles from beach but has 8 service.
  • Hotel in quite a busy tourist town: lots of bars, restaurants and discos.

Rhodes                                               Ocean Hotel

  • Right on beach; less than 9 from the rooms.
  • 4 star hotel quite far from main town; eat in hotel; good meals.

Hotel Spiros

  • 10 hotel quite dose to beach (5/10 mins walk) in small village with small swimming pool.
  • A few restaurants in small, quiet village; not much to do.
    • 6 Answer: Spain
      • The keyword concerned in Q6 is “bottom end price” and the answer is a country

      • The question “What are the different costs involved?” suggests that the answer will soon appear.

      • Greece and Turkey have been given, therefore, ‘Spainis the correct answer.

    • 7 Answer: (a) path (through fields)
      • The keywords concerned in Q7 is “Hotel Tropicana” and in Q8 is “Palm Hotel”.

      • The question “Can you tell me a bit about them?” suggests that the answer will soon appear.

      • At Hotel Tropicana, she mentioned that there was a safe walk along a path through some fields to the beach, therefore, the answer for Q7 is path (through fields).

    • 8 Answer: minibus
      • The keywords concerned in Q8 is “Palm Hotel”.

      • At the Palm Hotel, we can notice the use of the word ‘but’ before the correct answer it has a minibus service, so for Q8, the answer is minibus.

    • 9 Answer: 5 minutes
      • The keywords concerned in Q9 is “Ocean Hotel”.

      • As the equivalent keyword “right on the beach” is heard, we can be sure that the answer must soon appear after, and we have ‘less than‘ so the answer is five minutes.

    • 10 Answer: family run
      • The keyword concerned in Q10 is “Hotel Spiros

      • As the answer appeared immediately after the keyword, students may miss it if not paying enough attention

      • The answer for this question is family run.

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    Section 1

    You will hear a conversation between a travel agent and a customer discussing a holiday.

    Travel Agent (TA): Good morning sir. Can I help you?

    Customer: Yes. I’m thinking of going away on holiday but I’m not sure where to go.

    TA: Well sir. We have a range of destinations that we offer. Are you going alone sir or with a friend?

    Cust: With my family actually.

    TA: So, how many people is that sir?

    Cust: My wife and I and my young son and daughter . So, four.

    TA: Fine. Now with a young family can I assume that you’d like to go somewhere warm?

    Cust: Oh yes. A beach holiday. That’s what we are looking for.

    TA: Right, I’ll just take some personal details sir. First of all, what’s your name?

    Cust: George collins .

    TA: Collins? Is that C-O-L-L-I-N-S?

    Cust: Yes, that’s right.

    TA: Thank you. And what about your wife and children?

    Cust: My wife’s name is Jane, my boy’s name is Mike and my little girl is Jennifer .

    TA: How old are the children?

    Cust: Mike’s 7 and Jennifer’s 4.

    TA: Ah, they’re quite small then.

    Cust: Oh yes, We just need a safe, little place. A warm climate, a quiet ish , safe beach, a pool preferably and lots of small restaurants and bars near the hotel.

    TA: Would you want any creche facilities in the hotel so you and your wife can get away when you want?

    Cust: No. I work quite hard and I don’t see the kids as often as I want at home so I’m looking forward to spending all my time with them.

    TA: And what eating arrangements do you want?

    Cust: Just half board please. We’ll have breakfast at the hotel but we’ll eat lunch and dinner at a beach café. We’d want about four star quality for the hotel by the way.

    TA: Right. And what time in the summer are you thinking of taking the holiday?

    Cust: I finish work on Friday night on July the 8th and I’m off for two weeks. So, I’ll need to be back at work on the 25th . I’ll need to finish the holiday then on the 24th.

    TA: And how long would you want to spend travelling?

    Cust: Oh, as little as possible of course with the little ones. Not more than a couple of hours in the car to get to an airport and then not more that 4 hours on a plane.

    TA: That’s fine. You can get to all of the nice resorts on the mediterranean easily in less than 4 hours. Right then. Let’s show you some brochures before the conversation continues you have some time to look at questions 6:00 to 10:00 now listen carefully and answer questions six to ten .

    TA: As I said sir, most Mediterranean destinations are easily within your preferred flight time.

    You can choose really between Spain, France, Italy, the old Yugoslavia, greece or Turkey as well as the Mediterranean island's .

    Cust: Wow, what a great choice. What are the different costs involved?

    TA: With you wanting a 4 star hotel and pool some countries will be definitely cheaper than others. Price wise, Italy and France will be at the top end, Spain, Greece and Turkey will be at the lower end.

    Cust: Greece and Turkey sound great actually. I’ve always wanted to go there and I’ve seen some beautiful photos.

    TA: I think that Greece would suit you better as the flight to Turkey is actually quite long. You’re getting towards five hours there.

    Cust: OK, well Greece is fine.

    TA: Of course with Greece you have the choice between the islands and the mainland . It’s the islands that are famous of course but you’ll have to get there by boat or take a short connecting flight . Some of the bigger islands are served directly though from UK airports.

    Cust: Well, one of the larger islands sounds best then. What about Cyprus? I’ve heard that a lot of British people go there.

    TA: Yes, it’s very popular. The trouble for you with Cyprus though is that it’s down in the eastern Mediterranean near Turkey and the flight is quite long to get there. I was thinking more of Rhodes and Crete.

    Cust: Let’s have a look at those 2 then.

    TA: Here are some brochures. This is the Hotel tropicana and this is the Palm Hotel. Both of them are in Crete. In Rhodes we have the Ocean Hotel and Hotel spirits .

    Cust: Can you tell me a bit about them?

    TA: Of course. The Hotel Tropicana is about 1 mile from the beach and it’s a safe walk along a path through some fields to get there. They have a nice pool which you can see in the photo. There are only a few beach bars and restaurants though. It’s really quiet, away from all the bustle of other tourist destinations . The Palm Hotel is further from the beach, about two miles , but it has a minibus service that goes to and from the beach all day. The hotel itself is in quite a busy tourist town that has lots of bars, restaurants and discos. It’s great for going out.

    Cust: I don’t know if either of those suits us. We don’t want noisy and we don’t want a long way to the beach.

    TA: Let’s have a look at the Rhodes hotels then. The Ocean Hotel is right on the beach. It’s less than five minutes usually to get to the beach area from the rooms. The hotel is quite a long way from the main town and people usually take all their meals in the hotel. The hotel is 4 star though and we know the food is quite good as we’ve been told so by previous holidaymakers .

    Hotel Spiros is a family run hotel also quite close to the beach – about five or ten minutes walk. It’s in a small village and has a small swimming pool as well. There are a few restaurants scattered around the village but again, it’s not a big tourist village so there’s not much to do.

    Cust: To be honest, both of those sound fine. We don’t want a night life as we won’t be able to leave the kids. Something close to the beach, somewhere to eat and sit in the evening is all we need. I’ve made some notes. Let me take the brochure with the details of these two hotels and I’ll take them back and show my wife and see what she thinks. They both seem just what we want though.

    TA: OK sir. Come in again when you’ve decided or if you want to see some other places.

    Cust: I will. Thanks very much then. Goodbye.

    TA: Goodbye.

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