Cambridge IELTS 8 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 2
Dinosaur Museum — IELTS Listening Answers
All 7 answers for Dinosaur Museum, Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 1 Part 2, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Dinosaur Museum answer key at a glance
Questions 11–20. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Sentence Completion (Q11–15). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 11–15: Sentence Completion
Strategy: Find the stem's keyword in the transcript, then complete the sentence with the exact words the grammar requires, within the word limit.
“In regard to opening hours, we're open every day of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except on Mondays when we close at 1.30 pm”
Monday closing time is '1.30 pm', earlier than the usual 8 pm on other days.
“And, in fact the only day in the year when we're closed is on the 25th of December”
The only closed day is 'the 25th of December', so both day and month are required.
“If you bring a school group to the museum, when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group in the car park. One or more of the tour guides will welcome you there and brief you about what the tour will be about”
School groups wait 'in the car park', where tour guides welcome and brief them.
“This allows 15 minutes to get on and off the coach, 45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities”
The guided tour lasts '45 minutes', separate from the 15 and 30 minutes for other stages.
“Then outside the museum at the back there are tables, and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the open air”
At the back outside 'there are tables', where students can eat their own lunch in the open air.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Dinosaur Museum listening section come from?
It is Part 2 of Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 11–20.
What question types appear in Dinosaur Museum?
The part is tested with Sentence Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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