IELTS Part 1 Live Listening Practice - IELTS Energy Podcast 1335

Aubrey I'm excited for today's episode I know we  have had so many listeners ask for more real outs listening practice and today we're giving you guys  this is your wish come true here this is going to be awesome it's gonna be so good um so guys  today we are going to um do do a live listening test right so we will do the dialogue right just  like you would hear on a normal Iz part one and then we'll talk about the answers okay so we'll  talk about the questions to listen for and we'll read the

dialogue and then we'll talk about the  answers before we get to that though we want to remind you guys to go back and listen to a couple  recent episodes that we're really really proud of the first is um 1328 don't use get on Iz it's just  been such a popular episode and so if you missed it You' got to go back and listen to 1320 28 okay  and also 1333 a very recent episode why slowing down gets higher speaking scores because there's  a lot of advice in there that you guys will not hear anywhere

else yeah I think some listeners  have been surprised like you're assuming the faster I talk the more fluent I'll sound so some  surprising Insight in that episode about how it affects your score to speak quickly why you  should slow down and how that will help you yep exactly just awesome episodes all the time  here on I energy so if you guys aren't following hit follow right now so you don't miss an episode  um we love to do different shows sometimes like today with the live listening practic

e the last  time we did this was four months ago guys and I'm just looking at the YouTube comments now on that  episode um and they're so good I was like we have to do this again one person said this episode is  way too awesome please please do more of these um another person said um I find it to be such an  awe inspiring episode that at the end I was like holy cow these guys again didn't fa fail to make  me feel in all the quality material like oh my gosh that's so so nice yes amazing we're gra

teful  that you guys loved that one I know you're going to love this one this is really useful practice  and also all of the tips we've given you for the listening exam you need to make sure that  you're using them while you you know use this real listening practice exactly exactly so we are  going to do an is listening part one today guys um and first we will read the questions okay um  and then we will do the audio like you would hear on the test and then we'll give you the answer so  if you w

ant to write these questions down you can you can also go to our blog alls english.com and  this is episode 1335 so we will put the questions and answers in that blog post as well so let's  talk about I's listening part one first what can students expect in part one of the listening  test yeah these are conversations about daily topics they'll be one to two maybe three people  one to two or more people talking about very two or more people always two or I see the part one  one to two or more tha

t makes sense it's not a monologue it's always a conversation so two or  more people just talking about everyday topics yeah like renting a house or um applying for a  scholarship stuff like that right um so let's get to describing what the questions look like this  is a note completion question when there's a note completion question guys there will be a lot of  information there already there's a lot of notes there already done usually there's bullet points  there it's just in note form right

but there's a few pieces of information missing right and  those are the questions that you have to answer so don't skip the information that's already  there I think that's a mistake students make you need to read everything on those notes before  you listen because that helps you keep track while you're listening all of that information is in  order you can't just stare at question one and wait for it to come right you won't be ready  you have to track the conversation by tracking all the word

s that are already there yes and  like Jessica said this will be on the blog so you can make sure go there so that you can see  what a note completion looks like if you haven't yet taken the I exam that would really help to  see this table with headings and bullet points and like Jessica said a lot of information that's  already there you want to check for keywords when you read these questions so you know the signpost  words to look for as your tracking in the audio yes so this looks like a tab

le and the first title  says River Adventure so it's going to be someone talking to a travel agent all right about taking  a River Adventure so that's the title and there's information under that on the Note question and  it says big sailboat goes out three times a day so I would underline sailboat and three times so  I would listen for those words so I know where I'm at in the audio and then the next part of the  table says first stop with another bullet and here's our first question it says ca

n blank so the  number one blank at the bottom of cliffs so Cliffs is definitely a keyword you're going to want to  underline that and making predictions here right this is clearly going to be some type of activity  that you can do at the bottom of these Cliffs yeah so predict word form what are you listening for  here we're listening for a verb right can you even predict what that is you can eat you can swim you  can take pictures you can um bungee jump at the bottom of the cliffs I don't know

so you can even  predict possible answers and then there's another title it says second stop right so these are the  places that the boat is stopping at and here is number two it says blank church so Circle church  that's a key word I'm listening for that and I'm listening for some sort of description of the  church maybe the name of the church um so either like an adjective or a noun I'm listening for um  and then it says Brewery next door with tastings so I underlined Brewery I underlined tast

ings  right I'm going to track those words as I listen and that's such a good such good advice that you  gave here Jessica this bullet Point brewery next door with tastings there's no question there  there's no number in blank so I think a lot of students might make the mistake of just skipping  that one going right to the next question whereas this is going to help keep you keep track of  where you are in the audio so you definitely want to pay attention to keywords there as well y  these are t

hese are all Insider 3 Keys strategies guys allar english.com keys to get the complete  system of strategies for the exam uh continuing on here the next is the next bullet point is a  question it says pay extra for blank okay so pay extra for what it'll be a noun probably right  maybe some sort of food or experience you know um and then what's the last question today and  the last bullet point says take and then this is a question there's a blank here for number four  blank on the Moors so somet

hing you can take right some kind of trip adventure you want to predict  here this will also be a noun something that you can take exactly exactly okay awesome all right  guys uh so here is uh half of a part one that you would hear on the real exam Aubrey is going  to be a tourist agent and I am a customer hello thank you for calling Urban Adventures how can  I help you hi uh I'm looking for a fun activity for a group of about 10 to 15 people definitely  how about going out on the river we have

a huge new sailboat that takes three trips a day and  holds about 50 passengers H is there food and drink provided no not on board but there is along  the way there is an opportunity to swim though at the base of the most stunning Cliffs the water is  a bit cold but invigorating where else does the boat stop besides the swimming hole I was hoping  this would be a lot more than just going up and down a river it actually does make a few stops so  once you get on board the swimming opportunity is a

fter about half an hour then you have about 45  minutes to dry in the sun before getting off at the Flanigan church it's over 600 years old let  me write that down how do you spell that that's f l a n n i g n thanks got it so I'm sure it's  beautiful but I'm not sure how long it church will hold our interest of course do you have any  children in the group nope just me and some other adults all around the age of 35 uh we're old  high school friends oh fantastic well in that case there is a brewe

ry attached to the church  that has also been in operation for centuries the monks there are widely known for the beer  they make you can take a tour and even taste some is the brewery tour included in the cost of the  boat Excursion the the tour is actually free you only have to pay for any pints that you buy all  right sounds good so far uh what about food not at that stop no the other thing to do there that  most tourists absolutely love though is walking behind the church along the Moors it'

s a stunning  opportunity to take photos okay guys so that's the end of that listening audio now let's talk about  the answers so the first question was can blank at the bottom of the cliffs so the answer is swim  and what she says it's not exactly the same right it's parallel Expressions she says there is  an opportunity to swim though at the base of the most stunning Cliffs so base is the same as  bottom and the only other verb in there that can be the answer is swim nice this next one I helps

  you out often with words that might be difficult to spell and names and that's what they do here  this next one you have blank church and you might hear them say the Flanigan church and panic not  knowing how to spell that but luckily this this would be if I were taking this test I'd be like  who thank goodness when they say can you spell that please and then they spell it out for me  totally um yeah guys anytime you hear something spelled out in part one of the listening which  happens quite

often that is an answer okay or else they wouldn't bother spelling it all right  so number three was pay extra for blank so we predicted either a noun or an experience of some  sort and the answer is pints or beer right both of those would be acceptable because she says  both of those words nice and then the last one take blank on the Moors and this is either photos  or a walk because both are said here that Taurus absolutely love walking behind the Moors and it's  an opportunity to take photos

so both would work but notice you may you must make the grammar match  right if you write walking which is what is in the audio it will be incorrect because you can't say  take walking on the Moors so remember it can't it won't always be word for word often when it's a  verb you'll need to make sure the grammar matches the question yeah exactly exactly um and I mean  you should just write photos right cuz answer I think is most obvious um I will rarely require  you to change the gramar you almos

t always write exactly what you hear the speaker say Okay um  okay awesome so again guys if you enjoyed today's listening practice um leave us a rating and review  on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen Maybe on Spotify um also you can see the this episode in  video form uh if you go to our YouTube channel is energy TV and leave us a comment there if you love  this lisening practice and want us to do more we would happily do so these are super fun for us to  do and yeah be sure to if you need

more practice there's some really great practice in our online  course three keys IELTS so all your english.com Keys awesome awesome all right Aubrey uh remember  guys that we are now releasing in episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays all right so we will see  you guys on Friday see you Friday bye [Music] bye