Placing a Party Catering Order

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Recording

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You can replay the recording as many times as you like while practising. In the real exam you hear it once only.

Questions

Questions 1–5

CATERING ORDER FORM

Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Surname:(max 1 word)

Date of party:(max 2 words)

Number of guests:(max 1 word)

Order reference:(max 1 word)

Contact number:(max 2 words)

Questions 6–8

Food order

Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Sharing Platter menu — price per head: £(max 2 words)

Meat dish added:(max 2 words)

Birthday cake (chocolate sponge) — price: £(max 2 words)

Question 9

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What special requirement does Ben mention for the food?

The whole order must be

A. it must be vegetarianB. it must be nut-freeC. it must be dairy-free

Questions 10–11

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

There is a refundable deposit of £______ on the serving dishes.(max 2 words)

The driver will aim to arrive at ______.(max 2 words)

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About this Listening test

“Placing a Party Catering Order” is an original IELTS Listening practice test in the style of Part 1 with 11 questions (Form Completion, Table Completion, Multiple Choice and Sentence Completion). Play the recording, answer as you listen, then submit to have every answer marked instantly and read the transcript.

Part 1 is a conversation between two people in an everyday situation — booking a taxi, joining a gym, arranging a delivery. You answer 10 questions, almost always form, note or table completion, by catching specific details: names, spellings, phone numbers, dates, prices and addresses.

How to approach it

Use the preparation time to read every gap and predict what each answer will be: a name, a number, a day of the week, an amount of money.
Note the word limit on the instructions — writing "the 14th of June" where "ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER" is allowed throws away a mark you actually heard.
Common trap: The correction trap: a speaker gives a detail, then changes it ("let’s say Tuesday — actually, Wednesday is better"). The corrected version is the answer, and Part 1 does this constantly.

Read the full Listening Part 1 strategy guide · How we write and check our tests

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