Cambridge IELTS 11 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 1
Hiring A Public Room — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Hiring A Public Room, Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 1 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Hiring A Public Room 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.
“The Charlton Room – C-H-A-R-L-T-O-N. That’s got seating for up to one hundred.”
The room name is spelled 'C-H-A-R-L-T-O-N' and seats up to a hundred, so Charlton is the answer.
“So from six pm to midnight that’d be £115 – that’s the weekend price, it’s £75 on weekdays.”
For six pm to midnight the weekend price is '£115', against £75 on weekdays, so 115 is the figure.
“But we do insist that this is paid in cash, we don’t take cards for that.”
Payment 'is paid in cash, we don't take cards', so cash is required.
“And what about parking?”
The hirer asks 'And what about parking?', so parking is the facility being discussed.
“For example, you’ll have to see about getting a licence if you’re planning to have any music during the meal.”
A licence is needed 'if you're planning to have any music during the meal', so music is the trigger.
“And about a week or ten days before your event you’ll need to contact the caretaker, that’s Mr Evans, to make the arrangements for entry – he’ll sort that out with you.”
The caretaker makes 'the arrangements for entry' about a week before, so entry is the word needed.
“Well, they’ll have a lot of equipment, so rather than using the front door they should park their van round the back and use the stage door there.”
Caterers should 'use the stage door' at the back, so stage is the door name.
“So there’s a locked cupboard and you’ll be informed of the code you need to open that.”
They will be told 'the code you need to open' the locked cupboard, so code is the number.
“Right. So what do we need to do after everyone’s gone? Sweep the floors I suppose?”
Cleaning after the event means they must 'sweep the floors', so floor is the answer.
“Of course. We’ll make sure everything’s left tidy. Oh, and I forgot to ask, I presume we can have decorations in the room?”
The hirer asks whether 'we can have decorations in the room', so decoration is the item allowed.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Hiring A Public Room listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 11 Listening Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Hiring A Public Room?
The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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