Cambridge IELTS 3 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 1
Christmas Dinner — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Christmas Dinner, Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 3 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Christmas Dinner answer key at a glance
Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q1–10). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–10: 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.
“That new Indian restaurant in Wetherfield is supposed to be excellent the Rajdoot.PETER: How do you spell that?JOAN: R-A-J-D-O-O-T.PETER: But it’s bound to be packed.JOAN: Well, let’s put that down as the first choice”
The restaurant is the Rajdoot, and Joan spells it 'R-A-J-D-O-O-T' after Peter asks how it is written.
“What about the Park View Hotel as a second choice?PETER: Yes, that’s always reliable. Park View Hotel”
The second choice is 'the Park View Hotel', which Peter calls 'always reliable', so the name fills the gap.
“What about the Park View Hotel as a second choice?PETER: Yes, that’s always reliable. Park View Hotel JOAN: And the London Arms in case.PETER: London Arms”
The back-up booking is 'the London Arms', added 'in case' the first two choices are unavailable.
“Park View Hotel: 777192 and London Arms: 208657”
The London Arms number is '208657', given alongside Park View's 777192, so the digits belong to that restaurant.
“JOAN: And a non-smoking section! You know what the boss is like”
Joan insists on 'a non-smoking section', adding that Peter knows 'what the boss is like' about smoking.
“Roast dinner or lentil curry sounds ordinary but my friend said it was really tasty”
The vegetarian option is 'lentil curry', which sounded ordinary but a friend said was 'really tasty'.
“Oh, and if we go ahead, they’d like a £50 deposit”
The restaurant would like 'a £50 deposit' if the booking goes ahead, so fifty is the amount.
“And they say with such large numbers we have to choose the menu in advance”
Because of the large numbers, they 'have to choose the menu in advance', the action needed before the meal.
“PETER: It was let’s see the 4th of November”
The date chosen is 'the 4th of November', written with the ordinal number for the booking.
“PETER: Well, the Newsletter is probably your best bet.JOAN: Good idea. I’ll go and do that now”
Peter says 'the Newsletter is probably your best bet', so that is where Joan should look.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Christmas Dinner listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 3, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Christmas Dinner?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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