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IELTS Practice Listening: Matching Features Diagram ID: #56942 Medium Lounge
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Listen to the conversation and match the places to the appropriate letters on the map.
Diagram
You will hear a conversation between a student and a manager about finding rooms and facilities in a building. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. Can you tell me how to get to my room, please? Of course. You're in the new wing, which is very freshly painted and pleasant. But I'm afraid you're going to have to go to a couple of other offices before you can have the key. You're in the admissions office now. Leave this office and turn right and go to the end of the hall. The last office is the fees office, where you can pay the balance of your room deposit. They'll give you a receipt. Okay. After you've been to the fees office, come back past admissions. You'll see a very large room at the north-western corner of the building. You can't miss it. That's the student lounge. And if you go in there, you can meet some of the other students and see who'll have a room near you. That's good. Can I get a cup of coffee there? Yes. There's a vending machine in the corner. Then go to the key room, which is opposite the lift and next to the library. Show them your receipt and you can pick up your key there. My luggage was sent on ahead. Do you know where I should collect it? The box room is next to the women's toilet. You'll have to get the key from the key room. Thank you.
A B C D E F
1 Fees Office
2 Student Lounge
3 Key Room
4 Box Room
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Question Focus: Location directions - following step by step instructions

Why this is correct: The answer is Fees Office because the speaker clearly says it is the last office when you go to the end of the hall. This matches the position marked on the map.

Passage Reference: Leave this office and turn right and go to the end of the hall. The last office is the fees office, where you can pay the balance of your room deposit. They'll give you a receipt.

Common Mistake: Some students choose Admissions Office because it is mentioned first. This is a Sequence trap because the speaker gives directions and the fees office comes after admissions.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'the last office is the fees office' = Statement: 'Fees Office'

Tips: Follow the directions in order and imagine yourself walking through the building.

Key Vocabulary:

  • last = final
  • deposit = money paid before

Question Focus: Synonym match - room description and location

Passage Reference: After you've been to the fees office, come back past admissions. You'll see a very large room at the north-western corner of the building. You can't miss it. That's the student lounge.

Why this is correct: The answer is Student Lounge because the speaker points it out as a very large room in the north-west corner. He then names it directly as the student lounge.

Common Mistake: Some students choose another large room on the map without checking direction. This is a Partial truth trap because size is correct but the corner is wrong.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'very large room at the north-western corner' = Statement: 'Student Lounge'

Tips: Listen for direction words like north, south, left, and right when using a map.

Key Vocabulary:

  • corner = angle of the building
  • lounge = common room

Question Focus: Location relationship - opposite and next to

Passage Reference: Then go to the key room, which is opposite the lift and next to the library. Show them your receipt and you can pick up your key there.

Why this is correct: The answer is Key Room because the speaker gives two clear position clues - opposite the lift and next to the library. This exact position matches the map.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes choose the room near the lounge. This is a Context shift trap because the speaker has already moved on to a new location.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'opposite the lift and next to the library' = Statement: 'Key Room'

Tips: When you hear two location clues together, use both to check the correct place.

Key Vocabulary:

  • opposite = facing
  • next to = beside

Question Focus: Specific nearby location

Passage Reference: The box room is next to the women's toilet. You'll have to get the key from the key room.

Why this is correct: The answer is Box Room because the speaker clearly says it is next to the women's toilet. That exact position is shown on the map.

Common Mistake: Some students choose the key room again because it is mentioned. This is a Distractor trap because the speaker talks about the key room only to explain how to get access.

Paraphrasing: Transcript: 'The box room is next to the women's toilet' = Statement: 'Box Room'

Tips: Focus on what the speaker is locating, not just the last place mentioned.

Key Vocabulary:

  • collect = pick up
  • luggage = bags

General Tips:

  • For map questions, draw the route in your head as the speaker gives directions.
  • Listen carefully for position words like opposite, next to, corner, and end.
  • The speaker often names the place after describing its location.
  • Questions usually follow the order of the recording, so stay calm and move forward.
  • You hear the recording once only, so stay focused and do not overthink.

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