Conversation Among Anita, Lee, And Tutor About John Chapman’s Presentation - IELTS Listening Sample Answer

Oct 5, 2021

IELTS Listening section tests the candidate’s listening skills through four sections. There is a total of 40 IELTS listening questions. Candidates need to properly listen to the audio as it is only played once. This topic - A conversation among Anita, Lee, and tutor about a presentation on John Chapman is IELTS listening part 1. This IELTS listening sample answer helps candidates understand how to answer multiple-choice questions.

Audio Transcript:

Tutor: Well, Anita and Lee, that was an interesting presentation you made about John Chapman.

Anita: Thanks.

Lee: Thanks.

Tutor: There are a few points, I’d like to run through before you write it up. One thing, which you didn’t explain was why you decided to do a presentation on this man who spread apple varieties across the US.

Anita: Well ages ago, we were chatting about stuff, we’d read as children and I told Lee “The Johnny Appleseed” story.

Tutor: Mmmmm…..

Anita: I had these American storybooks when I was small. Then, when we were looking into the area of domesticated species of plants for our presentation, we realized that the introduction of the apple with the settlers in the US would be a good case study.

Lee: And I remembered Chapman. So we looked up the real guy behind the legend.

Tutor: Right. I think that would have made a good intro.

Anita: I thought it was too personal.

Tutor: Just a couple of minutes would have drawn your listeners in. Anyway, now a more serious point. You didn’t mention the sources of some of your information.

Lee: We used some books and journal articles and did an internet search and found some good sites.

Anita: We’ve put them on the back of the handout, we gave everyone at the end.

Tutor: No! See. “Johnny Appleseed Man and Myth 1967”. The thing is you really have to make this explicit when you talk and anything you show, data you project from your laptop, etcetera, you must have the source on it.

Anita: Right. Okay.

Questions:

Choose the correct answers A-C and write answers next to 1-5.

What did John Chapman do?

Imported apple varieties across the US
Extended the varieties of apples across the US
Scattered the apple varieties across the US
Exported the apple varieties in America

Answer: B

Explanation: From the conversation, it is very clear the John Chapman was the person who spread across the varieties of apples across the US.

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Why did Anita and Lee choose to talk about John Chapman?

Chapman’s story was relevant to their studies
They wanted to talk about their childhood story
Because Chapman was Lee’s favorite hero
They wanted the audience to know about the Johnny Appleseed story.

Answer: A

Explanation: The reason behind Anita and Lee choosing John Chapman as their topic of speech is because they thought the story Johny Appleseed story by John Chapman was similar to their subject.

What did the tutor question Anita and Lee about?

Why didn’t they mention the sources of the information to the audience?
Why did they decide to do a presentation on John Chapman?
Both A & B
None of the above

Answer: A and B

Explanation: The tutor questioned Anita and Lee why did they decide to do a presentation on John Chapman. The tutor also asked why they didn’t provide sources of information in the presentation. Therefore, the correct answers are both A and B.