Unit One Names and Places One SAE EN orn erent Ce CaCO RUG people’s names or geographical names. Therefore, you should PRR Dee eRe ar ee Cec Ge PSR e BO RC rm OR Scat Deron R ernie nts Meccan ered CUR C ee Re ate toa z EE Tee eee CRS GR CRs co oce ttl race Cee R ste OCU eR TTS ACT! accuratel rane i tCet rt a at DNRC cera Reena F our pronunciation and increase your knowledge aoe earnsPartOne The Letters of the Alphabet {A Listen to the recording and repeat these letters after the speaker. Capital letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Smalllettess abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Ga [Link] B. Listen to the recording and write down the letters. 1 anne 3 4 5 6 - 2 8 - 9 10. Woo _ 2B. 14. 15. 16. 7. . BL C. Circle the letters you hear. Listen to some common abbreviations and write them down in the spaces provided, Do you Inow what each one stands for? PR ceeoegeccey © 0s. mes Listen to the names of the places and write them down. Do you know where these places are in Britain? Lo 2. = ne on 6. 7. 8. he 10. Me 12. 1B 14, 15. 16. 17. 18, 19, 20. 10 ~ Basic IELTS Listening vwawwanhantrivietcomPan'Two Getting to Know Each Other een ees Listen to the conversations and answer the questions. 1. A: What's Joseph's last name? B: His last name is 2. A: Softy, what's your name again? B: OK, my first name is and my last name is spelled 3. A: Excuse me, what's her name? B . 1 and her last name is spelled 4, A: What is Ms. Smith’s first name? Br It's spelled 5. A: Who is the man in the middle? B: He is my friend, ‘A: Where is he from? B: He is from Jat name = family name = surname first name = given name aww inhantrivietcom, ‘Unit One Names and Places ~ 112 34 08.Me3 Task A Look at the map of Britain, Please listen and write down the people's names next to the place where they come from, Task B Listen to the recording again and fill in each blank with a proper name. 1 comes from Edinburgh 2 _.... comes from Newcastle. 3. is from Liverpool. 4 is from Glasgow. « 5. is from Cardiff. . 6. teaches in London. 7 comes from Manchester University. 8. is from Belfast. 12 ~ Basic IELTS Listening [Link]is from Nottingham University 10. is from Cambridge University. ie 1. Bainburgh is the capital of Seotland and it’s the centre of government and eommeril lif, The famous este and international festival attract thousands of visitor 2, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are the chief cies in Seoland, 5. Aberdeen is Scotland's chief fishing port. 4, Cardi, Swansea and Newport ar the chief urban centres in Wales, 5, Belfast i the centre of Northern Ireland. Listen to some self-introductions and complete the information about each person. Name ‘What does she do? - ‘Whereis she from? “What sport does she like? ; \ How often? & wwownhantrivietcom Unit One Names and Places - 13Name ‘What does he do? ‘Where is he from? ‘What does he like? ‘Where does he work? ‘Where does he go at weekends? 3 Name ‘What does he do? How often does he work? ‘Where does he plan to go? ‘When does he plan to go? 4 Name What does she do? ‘Where does she work? ‘Where does she plan to go? How long does she work on Sundays? Name ‘What does she do? Where is she from? What does she like to do after work? s Listening www [Link]Name >) What does he do? yy? Whereis he from? What does he like? How many children does he have? 7. Name ‘What does she do? ‘Whereis she from? Where does she work? ‘What does she like? ‘What's her favourite one? Whereis he from? What does he do? Where does he work? ‘What does he like? ‘What kind of sport does he like? How often? Exercise 5 ‘Ate you ftom Australia? Ae Ti Listen to the conversation carefully. Fill in the table below as you listen. [Link] UnitOne Names and Places ~ 15Ya 09, mp3. Listen to the conversations and complete the information about each person. 1 First Name Linda Last Name Country Subject | First Name Joseph First Name Last Name Maclain Country Subject eee urges @ [Link] Se Task A Look at the maps of some countries, Listen to the recording and write down the people's names next to the country where they come from. de « oft) 3 se 16 ~Basic IELTS Listening ‘[Link]Task B Listen to the conversations again and fill in the forms below. L ‘Ms. Hee First name Country Nationality 2. Me. Smith First name Country Nationality 3. Surname — First name Country. Language — . ‘When to use the computer 4 Last name. we First name Country Nationality —____ Last name oa - = First name ~ — ~ Country wwwnhantriviet-com Unit One Names and Places ~ 17is cats Listen to the conversation carefully. Fill in the table below as you listen. 18 - Basic IELTS Listening [Link]Unit Two Numbers RRR B ECan quired to listen to a variety of numbers like telephone numbers, times, dates, amounts of money, ete. This unit will help you to practise: * listening and writing figures, fractions, percentages, PRC ROT er cea SB etn nance CN Co EC Ont Onn Sat eC WCE CRO ROR OPEC RURAL POC ESC OMe CS SRE Com A mOgn oe oN Re an RCo Re nC Cn OCR De scot oe UC Cae oe Cee cote s7PartOne Cardinals [ The numbers used to count the obje Listen to the following numbers and repeat them after the speaker. 13 18 7 20 23 31 34 39 a 14 40 58 60 or 85 7 RNHolameeeiita Ge 14.mP3 Listen to the following numbers and write them down. You will hear someone reading the numbers in the box. Some of them are correct, and some are not. When the number is correct, put a tick (v) by it Ifit’s wrong, put a cross (x). Look at the box below and listen to the recording. 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 62 i 20 ~ Basic IELTS Listening [Link]36 nN 74 |peece 96 50 | 19 88 12 7 Go| 33 | 78 7 49 Listen to Exercise 4 in the recording, When you hear a number that is in the box, draw a cross (x) next to the number. One of the numbers in the box is not in the recording. Which number is it? Now listen to the following numbers. 6 96 1 49 | n B 78 9 a ney | 8 |. 75 64 51 25 | 33 [zz eet or E Listen carefully and write the numbers in the blanks, Write the numbers in figures, not words, 1. The sweater costs __ pounds. 2, Tom bought... books yesterday. 3. Mary is _. years old. 4, Janet was minutes late. 5. There are students in my class. 6. My grandfather has __ grandchildren. 7. Bill wears size - 8. The temperature was °C yesterday. 9. The train arrived at o'clock. 10. 1 got ‘on my English test. 5 wwwnhantrivietcom Unit Two Numbers ~ 21Listen carefully and circle the correct numbers. 1. The student from New York bought (50 ~ 15) new books lst week. 2. My uncle George lives at (13 ~ 30) King’s Road. 3. Mr. Johnson was (40 ~ 14) minutes late for his lecture. 4. It took (16 ~ 60) hours to finish his work. 5. Mary finished the test in (17-70) minutes. 6. My friend Alan lost (19 ~ 90) pounds on the first day of cass. 7.1 paid (80 ~ 18) pounds for that coat. 8, He lives at (5062 ~ 1562) Green Street; York, 9. Her address is (3040 - 1340) Farm Street, Brighton. 10. We bought (14 — 40) CDs last month. tc 100 one hundred, or a hundred ‘20 to hundred © “1. In Brian, we use a comma ) not pint some other eountris. sae a He sess [Link] numbers 110, 1200, 1900, 1400, 150, 1600, 1700 100, 1900 are sometimes sad as eleven hundred, twelve hundred, thirteen hundred, ete. 22 - Basic IELTS Listening wewwanhantrivietcom69 19,03 Listen to the following numbers and repeat them after the speaker. 201-324-109 414240634523 744599717 © 20.mP3 xer Listen to the following numbers and write them down, The Observer ‘The Independent | ‘The Guardian Financial Times Sunday Express Daily Express “The Sun Daily Mirror wwwinhantrivieicom Unit Two Numbers ~ 23Ya 22.3 Listen to the recording and write down the numbers in the correct columns. Heathrow Gavwick | ees. Write the numbers. How fast can you figure out the answers? Try to write the answers before you hear them. Example: 1.23447 =70 2 Chereme - 3 9% oe 4. 10. 24 ~ Basic IELTS Listening [Link]Part Two Ordinals The numbers used to 4, et, Read the following ordinal numbers after the speaker. _____pepzs icate position or order in a list are called ordinal numbers: 1, 2°, 1. first rg 2, second, a 3. third a 4, fourth ae 5h ob 7h a 14, fourteenth 14h 27. twenty-seventh 27% 15, fifteenth is 28, twenty-cighth 28" ty 16. sixteenth 16" 29. twenty-ninth 29% [Link] 17 30. thirtieth 30% [Link], 18 31. fortieth 40% 19, nineteenth 19 32, fiftieth sot 20. twentieth 20% 33. sixtieth, 60" 21, twenty-first. 21 34, seventieth 70" 22, twenty-second 2M 35, eighticth > 80 3 Bcvineteth 90% 37. one hundredth 100" 38, one thousandth 1000! Listen to the recording and write down the numbers you hear. Write the numbers in words. [Link] 2. 6 10. 4 3 4 7 8. - nL. 12, 15, Unit Two Numbers ~ 25Listen carefully and circle the correct numbers. 1. My office is on the (6"*— 5) floor. 2. The team from Shanghai won the (1**~ 4%) place in the tennis match. 3, Jim was the (22° — 274) in the last marathon race. 4. Mary's birthday ison the (25! ~ 29) of September. 5. Our seats are in the (21**- 23") row. 6. The meeting will be on the (3°— 1*) of April. 7. The theatre is on the (15" ~ 50) Street. 8, People celebrated the (45 55) anniversary of the school lat year. 9. Alaska was the (5% ~ 50%) state in America. 10. The final exam is on the (25% ~ 264) of June, 26 ~ Basic IELTS Listening wawwznhantriviet comSew Part Three Decimal Fractions i In decimal fractions, an “0” has two names. Fit comes before the decimal point, i's called agit | after the point, it’s pronounced ok. Numbers before the decimal point are said normally: one, two, ten, thirteen, twenty-four, two hundred, etc. After the point, we say each number by itself; we don't say hundred, thousand, etc., e.g. 1.23, we say one point two three. Look at the notes: | 0.1 naught point one 0.01 naught point oh one } 0.002 naught point oh oh two 2.123 two point one two three 41.005. forty-one point oh oh five = 7 TET Cy, ‘Exercise 1B ig) Oh [Link] You will hear about passenger traffic at Britain’s main airports in 1990 and 1993, Listen to the recording and write down the figures in the correct columns, 1990 (in millions) Manchester | Glasgow Birmingham | “Edinburgh [ I Newcastle ft Bristol ‘We use pereentages when we wan! to express e number more simply, Percentage means the numberof X per 100; for example, there ar 50 students inthe clase and f 25 of them are boys, we can say 604 ofthe students are ba “The “per cont” i said after the number: s 20% "went per cent 28%. twenty-six per cent . ‘We can use % with decimals: 102% seven point oh two per cent : 0.51% °° naught poiat five one per cent [Link] Unit Two Numbers - 27is a [Link] Now listen to the report on consumers’ expenditure in 1983 and 1993 at market prices and write down the percentages in the correct columns. 1993 (%) Consumer Food Alcoholic drink Tobacco Housing Recreation, entertainment and education | Other goods and services pean rr Total number Other EU countries | Australia, Canada or New Zealand | The United States | Commonwealth countries ‘The Middle East | South Aftica BU = Buropean Union 28 - Basic IELTS Listening www nhantrivietcom(a a2.Me3 ibs Look at the pie charts and listen to the short interview about the earthquake, Write down the per- centages you hear. ‘We asked Nanaimo people about earthquakes: Do you feel that local schools are adequately Do you have an earthquake emergency kit in prepared for an earthquake? your home? pa You will hear a talk about British trade in 1993. As you listen, write down the percentages in the appropriate places. Geographical Distribution of Trade in 1993 Exports imports ber developed DEVELOPED OIL-EKPORTING yy OTHER, (COUNTRIES (COUNTRIES ES countnes [Link] Unit Two Numbers ~ 29Part Four Money [ ith money has pound (E) and pence) 1 pound = 100 pence. | cis written before the number, but itis said after the number. £1 afone pound £20 twenty pounds £100 afone hundred pounds pis written after the number, and said after it Sp. . fifty pence T6p. seventy-six pence ‘A sum of money can be said in different ways: £10.50. 1. ten pounds fifty pence 2. ten pourids fifty 3. ten fifty | £21.99 - 1. twenty-one pounds ni 2. twenty-one potinds ninety-nine 3. twenty-one ninety-nine Listen to the recording and write down the price for each item. CD player wv rice: price: 4 price: price 30 - Basic IELTS Listening [Link]4 35.4 Listen to the recording and write down the prices (in figures) in the spaces provided. 1, How much does this cost, please? 2. What's the price of that book, please? 3. How much are those shoes, please? 4, Hoow much is that, please? 5. How much is the bill, please? 6. Can you tell me how much is left in my bank account, please? 7. How much will it cost to send this letter to France? 8. What's the price of that bike over there? 9. How much isthe return ticket to Edinburgh? 10, How much does this cost, please? Bus fare (minimum) Underground fare (minimum) ‘Taxi fare (minimum) Coach fare Unit Two Numbers ~ 31 ‘[Link]ea 7.3 Listen to the second part of the talk and write down the prices in the boxes provided. Prive Rent for one room Rent for a one-bedroom flat A local telephone call | Posting leer Abottle of beer Use of a large washing machine | Use ofa small washing machine Use ofa tumble drier ‘Washing powder (a medium-sized packet) Ashirt Apair of jeans | ‘Ajacket | | ‘A patt of running shoes I | Awarm coat | Aight raincoat | | Astin A day dress 32 ~ Basic IELTS Listening [Link]Part Five Time 3 20.9 Listen to the recording and write down the times, 1. Excuse me. Can you teil me the “me, please? Yes, it's 2. Do you have the right time, please? I think it’s 3, Do you know what time the next train to Leeds i, please? Yes, it's 4, When do the banks open, please? At 5, What time does the film finish, please? 6, When did they come? At 7. What time do you finish your work today? 8. Do you know when the play finishes? Yes, at exactly 9, Excuse me, please. What time does the Glasgow train arrive? 10. When is the next flight to Paris? 11, What time does the Oxford train arrive? wow nhantrivieticom Unit Two Numbers ~ 3312, When does the Tokyo flight leave? 13, What's the next train to Liverpool? 14, What time does the London train arrive? 15. When does your mother come? 16. When does the teacher come? 1 2 14:14 1440 3. 4 16:13 1630 5. 18:14 18:40 ee You are going to hear a conversation between two friends. As you listen, write down some of the details in the right columns, You will need to write a time, or length of time, or a few words to describe the activities, Some of the items have already been completed. 34 ~ Basic IELTS Listening [Link]| Get up Study at schoo! ‘Work again Listen to Mike, Susan, and Ellen talking about their daily schedules. Complete the chart below as you listen, Name i lo Cree [Link]-com Unit Two Numbers~ 35