English with a Smile Academy

IELTS Beginner Listening

Listen • Answer • Check • Practise again

Use this lesson step by step

Watch the ten-activity lesson on YouTube with English captions

  1. Download a worksheet. Read the instructions.
  2. Listen with captions hidden. Write your answers.
  3. Replay difficult parts, then open the separate answers.
  4. Read each reason. Check the transcript and captions.
  5. Record your mistakes. Repeat without captions on another day.

මුලින් උපසිරැසි නොබලා අසා පිළිතුරු ලියන්න. පසුව වෙනම පිළිතුරු පත්‍රයෙන් හේතු බලන්න.

Ten short classroom clips; this is foundation practice, not a complete IELTS mock or an official score predictor.

Course registration | Questions 1-8

Book/clip ID: I03-A-Q01-08

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Good morning, Westfield Community Centre. How can I help? Hi, I’d like to register for the photography course. Certainly. Can I take your family name? Yes, it’s Perera - P-E-R-E-R-A. Thank you. We have two photography courses. The advanced one is full, but there’s space in Digital Photography. That’s the one I want. It starts next Thursday. The class begins at 6:30 p.m. - not 6:00 as shown on the old leaflet. Fine. The total fee is 85 dollars. Classes are in Room 14. Do I need a camera? We provide cameras, but please bring a notebook. Great. Finally, your mobile number? It’s 077 245 6190.

Study centre | Questions 9-14

Book/clip ID: I03-B-Q09-14

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Welcome to the new Riverside Study Centre. From Monday to Friday, the building opens at 8:30 in the morning. Some students have asked for an 8 o’clock opening, but we cannot offer that yet. Laptops can be borrowed for three hours at a time. Please remember that they must stay inside the building. The quiet room is on the second floor; it was originally planned for the first floor, but that space became the computer lab. Food is not permitted in study rooms, although you may eat in the café area. Wednesday used to be our busiest day, but this term Friday has the highest number of visitors. Finally, if you want a group study room, please book online. Reception staff can help you use the booking system, but they cannot make the booking for you.

Number and spelling accuracy drill

Book/clip ID: I03-NUM

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Phone: zero, seven, seven, four, zero, eight, six, three, three, two. Price: 47 dollars and 50 cents. Time: six fifteen p.m. Date: the thirtieth of September. Room number: 315. Postcode: KT4 8PL.

Word spelling accuracy drill

Book/clip ID: I03-SPELL

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environment. Wednesday. certificate. accommodation. equipment.

Changed information | Practice 1

Book/clip ID: I04-DIST-1

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We originally booked you for Tuesday, but the doctor is away then. I can see you on Thursday instead.

Changed information | Practice 2

Book/clip ID: I04-DIST-2

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The seminar used to be in Room 16. Sorry, that notice is old - today it is in Room 18.

Changed information | Practice 3

Book/clip ID: I04-DIST-3

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The website still shows thirty dollars, but students now pay twenty-four with the new discount.

Changed information | Practice 4

Book/clip ID: I04-DIST-4

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I thought we would take the train, but it finishes too late. We have decided to go by bus.

Changed information | Practice 5

Book/clip ID: I04-DIST-5

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Registration opens at nine, but the actual workshop begins at nine thirty.

Bridge worksheet | Questions 6-10

Worksheet audio ID: bridge-beginner-speech (the announcement).

Book/clip ID: BRIDGE-BEGINNER-Q06-10

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Good morning. The reading workshop was planned for Room Four, but we have moved it to Room Six. It begins at ten fifteen, not ten thirty. Please bring a notebook and a blue pen. There is no attendance fee. Book your place by Friday.

More practice

Two free worksheets and separate answers are above. Extra sets of3,6,10 or10+ with answers: charges apply.

තවත් වැඩපත්‍ර සහ පිළිතුරු කට්ටල සඳහා ගාස්තු අදාළ වේ.

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