ielts listening task 4 – form completion

PART 1

Questions 1 – 8 Complete the form below.

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

PACKHAM’S SHIPPING AGENCY – customer quotation form

Example

Country of destination: .K..e..n..ya…..

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Name: Jacob 1 …………

Address to be collected from:

2

…………

College, Downlands Rd

Town:

Postcode:

3

Bristol

…………

 

Size of container:

Length: 1.5m

Width: 4 ………… Height: 5 …………

Contents: clothes

6 …………

7 …………

Total estimated value: 8 £…………

Tapescript for IELTS Listening Recording 1

You will hear a telephone conversation between a customer and an agent at a company which ships large boxes overseas.

A

Good morning Packham’s Shipping Agents. Can I help you?

B

Oh yes, I’m ringing to make enquiries about sending a large box, a container, back home to Kenya from the UK.

A

Yes, of course. Would you like me to try and find some quotations for you?

B

Yes, that’d be great. Thank you.

A

Well first of all, I need a few details from you.

B

Fine.

A

Can I take your name?

B

It’s Jacob Mkere.

A

Can you spell your surname, please?

B

Yes, it’s M-K-E-R-E.

A

Is that ‘M’ for mother?

B

Yes.

A

Thank you, and you say that you will be sending the box to Kenya?

B

That’s right.

A

And where would you like the box picked up from?

B

From college, if possible.

A

Yes, of course. I’ll take down the address now.

B

It’s Westall College.

A

Is that W-E-S-T-A-L-L?

B

Yes, … college.

A

Westall College. And where’s that?

B

It’s Downlands Road, in Bristol.

A

Oh yes, I know it. And the postcode?

B

It’s BS8 9PU.

A

Right … and I need to know the size.

B

Yes, I’ve measured it carefully and it’s 1.5m long …

A

Right.

B

0.75m wide …

A

OK.

B

And it’s 0.5m high or deep.

A

Great. So I’ll calculate the volume in a moment and get some quotes for that. But first can you tell me, you know, very generally, what will be in the box?

B

Yes there’s mostly clothes.

A

OK. [writing down]

B

And there’s some books.

A

OK. Good. Um … Anything else?

B

Yes, there’s also some toys.

A

OK and what is the total value, do you think, of the contents?

B

Well the main costs are the clothes and the books – they’ll be about £1500 but then the toys are about another two hundred – so I’d put down £1700.

Answers:

  1. Mkere

  2. Westall

  3. BS8 9PU

  4. 0.75 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (wide) / three(-)quarter(s) (of) (a) metre/meter (wide) /

    ¾ m (wide) / 75 cm(s) (wide)

  5. 0.5 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (high/deep) / (a) half (a) metre/meter (high/deep) /

    ½ m (high/deep) / 50 cm(s) (high/deep)

  6. & 7 in either order

(some) books (some) toys

8. 1,700

Words in brackets are optional – they are correct, but not necessary. Alternative answers are separated by a slash (/).