IELTS Listening Questions - Free Listening Samples

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This listening practice simulates the second section of the IELTS Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 11-20.

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Questions 11-14

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Kingsford Botanic Gardens

Advice about visiting the gardens

Visitors should

• Some plant (11) are uncommon or threatened

• Photo shortcuts can harm the (12)

• The site is maintained by only five (13)

• Animals waiting outside are given water and (14)

The correct answer is varieties because Joanna says the gardens contain rare plant types, including endangered species.

Associated Text:
We have a number of rare varieties, including a few endangered species, and we ask that everything stays in the ground for everyone else to enjoy.

The correct answer is flowerbeds because Joanna warns that visitors crossing them for photographs can cause damage.

Associated Text:
you'd be amazed how much damage can be done in a single afternoon by people walking across the flowerbeds trying to get a photograph.

The correct answer is gardeners because Joanna explains that only a team of five people looks after the gardens.

Associated Text:
The gardens are looked after by a small team of just five gardeners

The correct answer is shade because pets left outside the gardens have shade and water available in the car park.

Associated Text:
other dogs and pets need to be left in the car park, where there's shade and a water trough provided.

Questions 15-20

Label the map below.

Choose Write the correct letter A-I, next to questions 15-20. for each answer.

15 Glasshouse

16 Fountain

17 Herb garden

18 Bandstand

19 Lily pond

20 Visitor centre

The correct answer is G because the glasshouse is in the far north-eastern corner, reached by taking the right-hand path before the north gate, which matches location G.

Associated Text:
Back on the main path, keep going past the lawn towards the north gate. Just before you get to that gate, the path on your right takes you across to the glasshouse in the far north eastern corner of the gardens.

The correct answer is B because the fountain is on the western side of the main path between the main lawn and the north gate, which matches location B.

Associated Text:
From there, the path brings you into the main lawn, the open green space at the heart of the gardens. Just beyond that, before the main path heads up to the north gate, you'll see the fountain on the western side of the path, between the main lawn and the north gate

The correct answer is F because the herb garden is on the main path in the middle of the gardens between the visitor centre and the main lawn, which matches location F.

Associated Text:
If you walk straight up the main path from the entrance, you'll come across the herb garden. It's right on the main path itself, in the middle of the gardens, so you really can't miss it, between the visitor centre and the main lawn

The correct answer is C because the bandstand is at the first bend on the western loop branching from the main lawn, which matches location C.

Associated Text:
To reach the bandstand, you'll need to come off the main path. So once you're by the lawn, look west for the path that branches off from its side, and the bandstand is at the bend you come to on that western loop.

The correct answer is I because the lily pond is in the south-eastern corner where the path along the eastern wall ends, which matches location I.

Associated Text:
Over on the other side of the gardens, the lily pond is in the south eastern corner. From the main lawn, take the path that branches east, follow it all the way to the eastern wall, then walk south along the wall, the lily pond is right in the corner where the path ends

The correct answer is E because the visitor centre is just inside the south wall, to the left of the entrance between the entrance and the lawn, which matches location E.

Associated Text:
We're standing here at the south entrance, looking north into the gardens. The visitor centre is the small building set back from the main path, just inside the south wall. As you came in from the entrance, it's on your left, between the entrance and the lawn.

Note: After the instruction audio, you will have 20 seconds to look at questions before listening to the talk.

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