COLLINS LISTENING FOR IELTS
Track 1
Steave: Hey, Jenny!
Jenny: Oh, hi Steve, nice to see you.
Steave: Good to see you, too. How's it going?
Jenny: Fine, thanks. I'm so glad the exams have finished.
Steave: Me too. So, are you going on holiday this summer?
Jenny: Yes, I've decided to go to Mexico for the whole summer vacation. I can't wait I'll
be there for six weeks in total
Steave: That sounds great. What are you going to do there?
Jenny: Well, actually, it’s a working holiday. I'm going to work at a school teaching
English to children. What about you? Do you have any plans?
Steave: Yes, I'm going for a short break to Paris in August.
Jenny: Are you going with your family?
Steave: No, I'm going with my best friend and we've enrolled in a language school to
study French for two weeks.
Jenny: That sounds like fun. Have a good trip.
Steave: You too.
Track 2
Reception: Good afternoon, Royal Mount Hotel. How may I help you?
Customer: Hello… Er, I’d like to book a twin room, please, for next week.
Reception: One minute, please… I'll just check if we have one available. Yes, we do, sir.
Now I just need to take a few details if I may.
Customer: Yes, of course.
Reception: What name is the booking under?
Customer: My name… Duncan Geoffrey. That’s G-E-O-double F-R-E-Y
Reception: G-E-O-double F-R-E-Y. Aha. and could I have a contact telephone number,
please?
Customer: Yes, 5762 23821.
Reception: When will you be arriving, sir?
Customer: Sometime on the evening of the nineteenth.
Reception: Okay… September 19th…
Customer: Yes, and we'll be leaving on the twenty-third of September. How much will
that be in total?
Reception: So … that's a twin room… for a twin it would normally be £235 in total, but I
can give you a special rate, as it’s low season: £210 for the six nights.
Customer: Great. Thank you.
Reception: And how would you like to pay for that? We accept cash, bank transfer or
credit cards.
Customer: I'll pay cash on arrival, if that's okay.
Reception: Of course, sir. We look forward to seeing you.
SMALL PRACTICE
Track 1
Steave: ___, Jenny!
Jenny: Oh, __ Steve, nice to ___ you.
Steave: Good __ see you, too. _____ it going?
Jenny: ____, thanks. I'm so ____ the exams have ________.
Steave: Me ___. So, are you _____ on holiday this ______?
Jenny: Yes, Ive _______ to go to ______ for the whole ______ vacation. I can't ____
I’ll be there ___ six weeks in _____
Steave: That sounds _____. What are you _____ to do there?
Jenny : Well, actually, its _ working holiday. I'm _____ to work at _ school teaching
English __ children. What about ___? Do you have ___ plans?
Steave: Yes, ___ going for a _____ break to Paris __ August.
Jenny: Are ___ going with your ______?
Steave: No, ___ going with my ____ friend and weve ________ in a language school
to study ______ for two weeks.
Jenny: That sounds like ___. Have a good ____.
Steave: You too.
Track 2
Reception: Good _________, Royal Mount Hotel. ___ may I help ___?
Customer: Hello… Er, __ like to book _ twin room, please, ___ next week.
Reception: ___ minute, please… I’ll ____ check if we ____ one available. Yes, __ do,
sir. Now _ just need to ____ a few details __ I may.
Customer: ___, of course.
Reception: ____ name is the _______ under?
Customer: My ____... Duncan Geoffrey. That’s ____________ F-R-E-Y.
Reception: G-E-O-double _______---. Aha. and could _ have a contact _________
number, please?
Customer: ___, 5762 23821.
Reception: ____ will you be ________, sir?
Customer: Sometime __ the evening of ___ nineteenth.
Reception: Okay.. _________ 19th…
Customer: Yes, ___ well be leaving __ the twenty-third of _________. How much will
____ be in total?
Reception : So … that's _ twin room… for _ twin it would ________ be £235 __ total,
but I ___ give you a _______ rate, as its ___ season: £210 ___ the six nights.
Customer: Great. Thank you.
Reception: And how would ___ like to pay ___ that? We accept ____, bank transfer
or ______ cards.
Customer: I’ll ___ cash on arrival, __ that's okay.
Reception: __ course, sir. We ____ forward to seeing ___.