Cambridge IELTS 5 · Listening · Test 4 · Part 1
Host Family Application — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Host Family Application, Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 4 Part 1, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Host Family Application answer key at a glance
Questions 1–10. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Form Completion (Q1–10). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–10: Form Completion
Strategy: Read the form labels to predict the answer type, then listen for the paraphrase. Copy the exact word, name or number within the limit.
“Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road”
The address needs a number plus street name, given as 'Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road', so both parts belong in the gap.
“ADVISER: So when would be the best time to catch you? STUDENT: I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-past, before I leave for the college”
A time is required: he suggests 'between 9 and, let me see, half-past', before leaving for college, so 9.30 fits the morning call.
“I'm planning on staying a year but at the moment I'm definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit”
A length of stay is needed: he is 'planning on staying a year' although currently booked for 'four months only', so one year is intended.
“Umm. Good, I think I'd like to say 'advanced' but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose it's intermediate”
A level word fits: he would like to say 'advanced' but his written work is weaker, so he concludes 'it's intermediate'.
“Ummm, well I'm studying right in the centre but I'd really like to live in the north-west”
The area of town is 'the north-west' — he is studying in the centre but 'would really like to live' there, so the hyphenated direction is needed.
“ADVISER: And do you have any particular requirements for diet?STUDENT: Well, I'm nearly a vegetarian . . . not quite.ADVISER: Shall I say you are? It's probably easier that way.STUDENT: That would be best”
A diet category is required: she says she is 'nearly a vegetarian' and agrees to record it that way, so vegetarian fills the gap.
“And also if it's possible a TV and I'd also like the house to have a real garden rather than just a yard, somewhere I could sit and be peaceful”
The preference is for 'a real garden rather than just a yard', somewhere to 'sit and be peaceful', so the noun phrase is a real garden.
“STUDENT: Well . . . I'm really serious about improving my English so I'd prefer to be the only guest if that's possible”
He would 'prefer to be the only guest if that's possible', so the occupancy wanted is no other lodgers — the only guest.
“I was thinking in terms of about £60–£80 a week, but I'd go up to a hundred if it was something special”
A weekly figure is needed: he starts at 'about £60–£80' but 'would go up to a hundred' for somewhere special, so 100 is the ceiling.
“ADVISER: Let me see, it's the 10th today . . . so if we go for the Monday it's the 23rd March.STUDENT: Yes”
The date is worked out aloud: 'it's the 10th today ... so if we go for the Monday it's the 23rd March', confirmed with 'Yes'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Host Family Application listening section come from?
It is Part 1 of Cambridge IELTS 5 Listening Test 4, and it covers Questions 1–10.
What question types appear in Host Family Application?
The part is tested with Form Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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