Cambridge IELTS 19 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 4
Céide Fields — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Céide Fields, Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Céide Fields answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q31–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–40: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the transcript, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“when local people were digging in the bog, they were constantly hitting against what seemed to be rows of stones. He realised that these must be walls and that they must be thousands of years old for them to predate the bog which subsequently grew over them.”
The rows of stones are identified as walls that predate the bog, so the plural noun 'walls' fits the note.
“Patrick Caulfield’s son Seamus, who had become an archaeologist by then, began to explore further.”
The archaeologist who explored further was Patrick Caulfield's son Seamus, so the relationship word is 'son'.
“He inserted iron probes into the bog to map the formation of the stones, a traditional method which local people had always used for finding fuel buried in the bog for thousands of years.”
Iron probes were traditionally used for finding fuel buried in the bog, so the uncountable noun 'fuel' fits.
“Objects remain so well preserved in these conditions because of the acidity of the peat and the deficiency of oxygen”
Objects survive because of the acidity of the peat and the deficiency of oxygen, so the missing gas is oxygen.
“able to build bigger houses. These weren’t round as people often assume, but rectangular with a small hole”
The houses were not round but rectangular with a small hole, so the shape adjective 'rectangular' fills the gap.
“The pots were used for many things; as well as for storing food, pots were filled with a small amount of fat and when this was set alight, they served as lamps.”
Pots filled with fat and set alight served as lamps, so the plural noun 'lamps' names their second use.
“Evidence from the Céide Fields suggests that each plot of land was of a suitable size to sustain an extended family.”
Each plot was large enough to sustain an extended family, so the noun after extended is 'family'.
“This must have been a year-round activity as no structures have been found which would have been used to shelter animals in the winter.”
No structure for sheltering animals in winter has been found, so the cattle must have stayed out in the winter.
“The soil would have become less productive and led to the abandonment of farming.”
The soil would have become less productive, leading to the abandonment of farming, so the gap takes 'soil'.
“but this began to change and the conditions became wetter as there was a lot more rain”
Conditions became wetter because there was a lot more rain, so the weather noun 'rain' explains the change.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Céide Fields listening section come from?
It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 31–40.
What question types appear in Céide Fields?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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