One of the most difficult questions that students face in IELTS reading is matching heading type of questions. Students get worried about solving...
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accommodation Request Form
Example | Answer |
Type of accommodation: | Homestay |
Full name: | 1 Lee |
Age: | 2 |
Present address: | International House |
Room: | 3 |
Reasons for applying for homestay: | to know about local culture |
to 4 | |
Contact number: | 8141 9680 (home) |
5 (mobile) |
Keywords in Questions | Similar words in Audio Script |
Full name | Advisor: What’s your full name? Aaron: My name is Aaron Lee. |
+ This question requires us to find out information about full name + First, the question of Advisor “What’s your full name?” is the suggestion + Aaron’s answer is “Aaron Lee” + So, the missing word is Aaron |
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Age | Advisor: OK, and your age? |
+ Q2 asks for information about Aaron’s age. + First, the question of Advisor is “OK, and your age?” gives us the clue + Aaron’s answer is “I’m 18 years old.” + So, the missing number is 18 |
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Room | Advisor: Your room number? |
+ We have to figure out the room number of Aaton in this question + The question from advisor: “Your room number?” is an indicator to us. + Aaron’s answer is “It is 316C.” + So we have to fill 316C in the blankspace |
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Reasons for applying for homestay | Advisor: OK. Aaron, are you unsatisfied with your flat now? |
+ This question requires us to point out reasons why Aaron want to apply for homestay + First, advisor asked him whether he unsatisfied with his current flat and Aaron said that “…but I hope to move into a local family to have more opportunities to know about local culture and to improve my English.” + The first reason, which is to know about local culture, has been given in the test, so the other reason we need to fill is to improve English |
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Contact number | Advisor: Right. Tell me your contact number? |
+ In this Q5, we have to listen to write down Aaron’s mobile phone number + Advisor ask Aaton to tell his contact number + Aaron’s answer is “My home number is eight one four one nine six eight zero, and my mobile phone is 75863344.” + So, we can conclude that missing information is 75863344. |
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accommodation requirements:
Accommodation required date: 10 |
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Accommodation requirements own … | Advisor: Well, Aaron, can you tell me your requirements about homestay? Such as food or facilities, something like that. … Aaron: And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony… |
+ This question requires us to find down things that Aaron wants in his homestay. + Advisor’s question about other requirements give us the clue to find answer + Aaron’s answer is “And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony.” + So, we need to fill bathroom and balcony in the blankspace |
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Accommodation requirements near to … | Advisor: OK fine. Do you need a garage? |
+ In this Q7, we have to figure out the place that Aaron hope to live near to. + Advisor ask him whether he needs a garage and the clue is when Aaron said that he doesn’t drive now so he hopes to live near to campus + The missing word is campus. |
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Accommodation requirements The … will be £140 | Advisor: Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit. |
+ In this question, the missing information will be related to £140 + First, we will hear that advisor mention about the rent in his saying “Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit.” + Then, he offer the rent of homestay is about a hundred and forty pounds per week which is compatible with the question. + So we can conclude that rent is missing information of Q8 |
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Accommodation requirements Including … bill | Aaron: Does the rent include all bills? |
+ In Q9, we will have to hear about one kind of bill that is included in the rent + Aaron’s question “Does the rent include all bills?” gives us the clue + So the kind of bill that is included in the rent is water bill and we need to fill water into the space |
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Accommodation required date | Advisor: When would you like to move in? |
+ In this question, the information is related to the date. + First, advisor will give us the clue when he ask “When would you like to move in?” + Aaron’s schedule in his answer “…How about this Saturday?” and advisor’s confirmation is the 6th of October is the date that we need to find out + So we need to fill in 6th of October. |
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Aaron: Good morning.
Advisor: Good morning.
Aaron: I’d like to apply for a homestay.
Advisor: Right, sit down please. Well, I need to take down your details first.
Aaron: OK.
Advisor: What’s your full name?
Aaron: My name is Aaron Lee.
Advisor: Do you spell your first name A-A-R-O-N?
Aaron: Yes.
Advisor: OK, and your age?
Aaron: I’m 18 years old.
Advisor: So you are a freshman in our university?
Aaron: Yes.
Advisor: What’s your present address?
Aaron: I live in student accommodation – International House.
Advisor: In which area?
Aaron: North Campus.
Advisor: Your room number?
Aaron: It is 316C.
Advisor: OK. Aaron, are you unsatisfied with your flat now?
Aaron: Actually, my flat is alright, but I hope to move into a local family to have more opportunities to know about local culture and to improve my English.
Advisor: Right. Tell me your contact number?
Aaron: My home number is eight one four one nine six eight zero, and my mobile phone is 75863344.
Advisor: Well, Aaron, can you tell me your requirements about homestay? Such as food or facilities, something like that.
Aaron: Yes. Firstly, I prefer to live in a homestay house with a nice landlady and I hope she would be good at cooking.
Advisor: Ali’ight. How about others?
Aaron: And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony. I don’t want to share with others.
Advisor: OK, no problem. Anything else?
Aaron: Oh… yeah… you know, one of my friends, Chris, who lives in a family with three …
Advisor: Yeah.
Aaron: They are too noisy and my friend cannot study. So I hope there are no young children in my homestay house.
Advisor: OK fine. Do you need a garage?
Aaron: I don’t drive now and maybe I would need it in future. Oh, yes, 1 hope that, the house would be near to campus .
Advisor: OK. Not far from campus. Anything else?
Aaron: No.
Advisor: Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit .
Aaron: OK.
Advisor: Usually, the rent of homestay is about a hundred and forty pounds per week and you will have to pay two weeks’ rent as a deposit in advance.
Aaron: Does the rent include all bills?
Advisor: No. It only includes the water fee. You have to pay your electric bill and telephone bill and cable bill if you need.
Aaron: Right.
Advisor: When would you like to move in?
Aaron: As soon as possible. Well, I hope to see a house this weekend. How about this Saturday?
Advisor: Is it the 6th of October ?
Aaron: Right.
Advisor: OK. I know. Do you have any other questions?
Aaron: No, that’s all. Thanks for your help.
Advisor: You are welcome. Goodbye.
Aaron: Goodbye.
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