A Conversation Between a Student Looking for a Host Family and a Housing Adviser - IELTS Listening Sample Answer

The IELTS Listening section comprises two conversations and two monologues. Candidates need to answer 40 IELTS listening questions. This topic - A conversation between a student looking for a host family and a housing adviser is IELTS Listening section One. Candidates need to answer the following question types:

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ADVISER: Good morning, how can I help you?

STUDENT: Good morning. Umm, I understand you help fix up students with host families.

ADVISER: That's right ... are you interested in ...?

STUDENT: Yes ...

ADVISER: Well please sit down and I'll just take a few details.

STUDENT: Thank you.

ADVISER: Right now ... what name is it?

STUDENT: Jenny Chan.

ADVISER: Can you spell that please?

STUDENT: Yes ... J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.

ADVISER: Right ... and what is your present address?

STUDENT: Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road.

ADVISER: OK, and do you know the phone number there?

STUDENT: Yes ... I have it here, ummm ... 2237676, but I'm only there after about 7 pm.

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.

ADVISER: Great ... and can I ask you your age?

STUDENT: I've just had my nineteenth birthday.

ADVISER: And how long would you want to stay with the host family?

STUDENT: 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.

ADVISER: You're working on it? Fine ... and what will be your occupation while you're in the UK?

STUDENT: Studying English?

ADVISER: And what would you say your level of English is?

STUDENT: 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.

ADVISER: Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer?

STUDENT: Ummm, well I'm studying right in the centre but I'd really like to live in the north-west.

ADVISER: That shouldn't be a great problem ... we usually have lots of families up there.

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.

ADVISER: Anything about your actual room?

STUDENT: I would prefer my own facilities - 'en suite', is that right? 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.

ADVISER: Is that all?

STUDENT: Well ... I'm really serious about improving my English so I'd prefer to be the only guest if that's possible?

ADVISER: No other guests ... Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you're willing to pay. What did you have in mind?

STUDENT: I was thinking in terms of about £60-£80 a week, but I'd go up to a hundred if it was something special.

ADVISER: Well I don't think we'd have any problems finding something for you.

STUDENT: Oh, good.

ADVISER: And when would you want it for?

STUDENT: I'd like to move in approximately two weeks.

ADVISER: Let me see, it's the 10th today ... so if we go for the Monday, it's the 23rd of March.

STUDENT: Yes.

ADVISER: Right ... good, and if I could ask one last question ...

Questions 1-10.

Complete the form below, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HOST FAMILY APPLICATION

Example Answer
Name: Jenny Chan
Present address: Sea View Guest House, 1. _________
Daytime phone number: 2237676

[NB Best lime to contact is 2. _________]

Age: 19
Intended length of stay: 3. _________
Occupation while in UK: student
General level of English: 4. _________
Preferred location: in the 5. _________
Special diet: 6. _________

Other requirements:

- own facilities
- own television
- 7. _________
- to be 8. _________

Maximum price: £ 9. _________a week
Preferred starting date: 10. _________

Question 1.

Answer: 14 Hill Road

Explanation: The student mentioned her full address ‘Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road’. So the answer is 14 Hill road.

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Question 2.

Answer: Between 9 and 9:30/ 9-9.30

Explanation: The host asks the time when the student will be available. The student responded ‘between 9 and, let me see, half-past before I leave for the college’. Therefore the answer should be between 9-9:30.

Question 3.

Answer: One year/ 1 year

Explanation: The adviser asks the student about the time duration of her stay. She answered ‘I'm planning on staying a year’ so the answer should be one year.

Question 4.

Answer: Intermediate

Explanation: Adviser questions her about the level of English to which the student answered ‘I suppose it's intermediate’. Therefore the answer should be Intermediate.

Question 5.

Answer: North-West

Explanation: The student wishes to ‘to live in the north-west’. The answer must be north-west.

Question 6.

Answer: Vegetarian

Explanation: The student talks about the requirements of her diet. She said 'I am nearly a vegetarian ... not quite’. Hence the answer should be Vegetarian.

Question 7.

Answer: garden/ a garden/ a real garden/ real garden

Explanation: The student said ‘I'd also like the house to have a real garden rather than just a yard,’ so another requirement will be a garden.

Question 8.

Answer: only guest/ the only guest

Explanation: The student said ‘ I'd prefer to be the only guest’ so the answer should be only guest.

Question 9.

Answer: 100

Explanation: As stated by the student ‘i would go up to a hundred if it was something special’. So the answer would be 100.

Question 10.

Answer: 23rd March/ Monday, 23 rd March

Explanation: The adviser said about the move in ‘we go for the Monday it's the 23rd March’. As per this we can infer that 23rd march is the answer.