Community Garden Open Day Welcome: Listening Answers & Explanations
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The recording opens: “Hello, and welcome, everybody, to the Bridgeton Community Garden open day. My name's Wendy, and I coordinate the volunteers here.”
- Transcript length: about 437 words
- Questions: 10
- Question types: Plan / Map Labelling, Matching Features, Multiple Choice
“Community Garden Open Day Welcome” is an original IELTS-style practice recording written by IELTS-Bank. It is not taken from an official IELTS or Cambridge test, so these answers only apply to our version.
Answer key at a glance
Community Garden Open Day Welcome answers with explanations
Questions 1–5: Plan / Map Labelling
Label the garden plan. Where is each area located?
Choose the correct location A–F for each area from the list.
- A. straight ahead from the Canal Street gate
- B. to the left of the lawn, along the fence
- C. on the right of the lawn, in the sunny corner
- D. at the far end, beyond the vegetable beds
- E. on the far right, next to the meadow
- F. by the entrance gate, on the left
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the main lawn
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Answer: A — straight ahead from the Canal Street gate
Why: The main lawn is located straight in front of the entrance through the Canal Street gate, as indicated by Wendy when she describes the layout of the garden.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 2 “Straight in front of you is the main lawn, where we're holding the plant sale and the refreshments today.”
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the vegetable beds
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Answer: B — to the left of the lawn, along the fence
Why: The vegetable beds are located to the left of the lawn along the fence, as stated in the passage.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 3 “To the left of the lawn, along the fence, are the vegetable beds — this is the heart of the garden, where we grow all our produce.”
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the wildflower meadow
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Answer: C — on the right of the lawn, in the sunny corner
Why: The wildflower meadow is located on the right of the lawn in the sunny corner, as indicated in the passage.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 3 “On the right of the lawn, in the sunny corner, is the wildflower meadow, which is buzzing with bees at this time of year.”
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the orchard
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Answer: D — at the far end, beyond the vegetable beds
Why: The correct answer is D because the passage states that the orchard is located "beyond the vegetable beds, at the far end.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 4 “Beyond the vegetable beds, at the far end, is the orchard, with apple, pear and plum trees.”
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the greenhouse
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Answer: E — on the far right, next to the meadow
Why: The greenhouse is located on the far right, next to the meadow, as stated in the passage, which matches option E.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 5 “The greenhouse is over on the far right, next to the meadow, and that's where we raise all our seedlings.”
Questions 6–9: Matching Features
Which volunteer role suits each kind of person?
Choose your answers from the list of roles A–D and select the correct letter for each type of person.
- A. the vegetable growing team
- B. the market stall
- C. the schools programme
- D. the seed-saving group
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someone who loves being outdoors and getting their hands dirty
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Answer: A — the vegetable growing team
Why: The vegetable growing team is suitable for someone who loves being outdoors and getting their hands dirty, as it involves digging, planting, and weeding, mostly at weekends, according to the passage.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 6 “If you love being outdoors and getting your hands dirty, the vegetable growing team is for you — that's digging, planting and weeding, mostly at weekends.”
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someone who is good with people
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Answer: B — the market stall
Why: The passage states that someone who is good with people can help run the stall at the local market, which involves chatting and handling money rather than gardening.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 7 “If you're good with people, we could really use help running the stall at the local market, where we sell our surplus produce — that's more about chatting and handling money than gardening.”
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someone who enjoys working with young people
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Answer: C — the schools programme
Why: The passage states that the schools programme involves working with young people, making it suitable for someone who enjoys this type of interaction.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 7 “For anyone who enjoys working with young people, our schools programme brings classes in to learn about nature, and we need friendly helpers for that.”
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someone who prefers quiet work on their own
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Answer: D — the seed-saving group
Why: The seed-saving group is suitable for someone who prefers quiet work on their own because it involves careful, detailed work that can be done at one's own pace, as mentioned in the passage.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 8 “And if you'd rather work quietly on your own, the seed-saving group is perfect — it's careful, detailed work, collecting and labelling seeds for next year, and you can do it at your own pace.”
Question 10: Multiple Choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
What must visitors NOT bring onto the garden site?
- A. chemical weedkillers or pesticides
- B. their own tools
- C. children
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Because the garden is organic, nobody may bring
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Answer: A — chemical weedkillers or pesticides
Why: Visitors must not bring chemical weedkillers or pesticides onto the garden site because the garden is entirely organic, as stated in the passage.
What you hear · Transcript, paragraph 9 “And please note the garden is entirely organic — so we ask that no chemical weedkillers or pesticides are ever brought onto the site.”
Estimated band score for this test
Your raw score out of 10 scaled to the 40-question IELTS Listening conversion table. This is the same estimate the practice page shows after you submit. A single recording is a small sample, so treat it as a guide.
| Correct answers | Estimated band |
|---|---|
| 10 / 10 | 9.0 |
| 9 / 10 | 8.0 |
| 8 / 10 | 7.5 |
| 7 / 10 | 6.5 |
| 6 / 10 | 6.0 |
| 5 / 10 | 5.5 |
| 4 / 10 | 5.0 |
| 3 / 10 | 4.0 |
| 2 / 10 | 3.5 |
| 1 / 10 | 2.5 |
| 0 / 10 | 0.0 |
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Tips for the question types in this test
Listening Part 2
- In the preparation pause, read the questions and mark the key difference between multiple-choice options, so you listen for meaning rather than matching words.
- For a map task, orient yourself before the audio starts: find the entrance or starting point, the compass if there is one, and every label already printed.
Common trap: Map disorientation: "on your left" is the speaker’s left along the route being described, not the left of the page.
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