Cambridge IELTS 13 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 1
Cookery Classes — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Cookery Classes, Cambridge IELTS 13 Listening Test 1 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Cookery Classes answer key at a glance
Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Table Completion (Q1–10). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–10: Table Completion
Strategy: Work row by row. The row label tells you where to look; the column heading tells you what kind of word you need.
“They focus on seasonal products, and as well as teaching you how to cook them, they also show you how to choose them.”
The gap needs a verb after 'how to', and the paired structure 'how to cook them ... how to choose them' supplies it.
“And could I get a private lesson there?”
The table records a type of lesson, and the caller asks for a 'private lesson', so that adjective is the answer.
“And this company has a special deal for clients where they offer a discount of 20 percent if you return for a further class.”
The discount is stated directly as 'a discount of 20 percent', and 'percent' may be written with the % symbol.
“They concentrate on teaching you to prepare healthy food, and they have quite a lot of specialist staff.”
The gap describes the style of food, and the speaker says the school teaches you 'to prepare healthy food'.
“It’s more to do with recipes that look at specific needs, like including ingredients that will help build up your bones and make them stronger, that sort of thing.”
The gap follows 'build up your', and the transcript says ingredients 'help build up your bones and make them stronger'.
“And if you want to know more about them, every Thursday evening they have a lecture at the school.”
The table lists a Thursday evening event, and the speaker says 'they have a lecture at the school' — a singular noun.
“That’s got a rather strange name, it’s called The Arretsa Centre”
The centre's name is given as 'The Arretsa Centre'; this is a proper noun, so the capital letter matters.
“They do a bit of meat and fish cookery but they mostly specialise in vegetarian dishes.”
The gap needs a type of dish, and the school 'mostly specialise in vegetarian dishes', so the adjective 'vegetarian' fits.
“In fact, I think I might have seen that school today. Is it just by the market?”
The location clue is 'just by the market', and 'by' points to the position the table asks for.
“And they also offer a special two-hour course in how to use a knife.”
The two-hour course covers 'how to use a knife', so the singular noun naming the tool is 'knife'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Cookery Classes listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 13 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Cookery Classes?
The part is tested with Table Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
Are these reading answers reliable?
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