Cambridge IELTS 5 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 1

Dreamtime Travel Agency — IELTS Listening Answers

All 9 answers for Dreamtime Travel Agency, Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 1 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.

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Dreamtime Travel Agency answer key at a glance

Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.

  1. 1minibus
  2. 215
  3. 3April the 18th
  4. 4Pallisades
  5. 5–6B, D
  6. 7280
  7. 814
  8. 920 %
  9. 1039745T

What this part tests

This part is tested with Note Completion (Q1–4). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.

Questions 1–4: 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.

Q1minibusalso accepted: by minibus, a minibus
“RECEPTIONIST: Actually it's by minibus. We like to keep those tours small and personal so we don't take a whole coachload of people”

Asked about transport, the receptionist says 'it's by minibus', because they keep tours 'small and personal'.

Q215also accepted: fifteen, 15 people, fifteen people
“In fact, we only take up to fifteen people on this tour, although we do run it with just twelve or thirteen”

They 'only take up to fifteen people on this tour, although we do run it with just twelve or thirteen'.

Q3April the 18thalso accepted: April 18th, 18th of April, 18th April, 18 April, April 18
“Mmm, let me see. Um, there's one in three weeks' time which is April the 18th, and then we don't have another one until June the 2nd”

The next departure is 'in three weeks' time which is April the 18th', before the 2 June tour.

Q4Pallisades
“It's called The Pallisades.CUSTOMER: The Paris what?RECEPTIONIST: No, it's actually The Pallisades, P-A-L-L-I-S-A-D-E-S”

The hotel is 'The Pallisades', spelled 'P-A-L-L-I-S-A-D-E-S' after the customer mishears it as Paris.

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Where does the Dreamtime Travel Agency listening section come from?

It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–10.

What question types appear in Dreamtime Travel Agency?

The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.

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