Listening Part 1 Questions 1–10 1 The correct answer is ‘28th’: Shirley says, ‘It’s free the week beginning the 28th’.
‘14th’ is incorrect as the woman says, ‘it’s already booked that week’.
‘7th’ is incorrect as seven is the
number of nights that the cottage is available, not the date.
2 The correct answer is ‘550’: Shirley says,
‘it’d be £550 for the week’ for Granary Cottage.
‘500’ is incorrect as that is the amount Tom had budgeted to pay, not the actual cost.
3 The correct answer is ‘Chervil’: Shirley gives the name of another cottage and then spells
it out.
4 The correct answer is ‘garage’: Shirley tells Tom that Chervil Cottage
‘was built as a garage’.
‘Cottage’ is incorrect as that is what it is now.
5 The correct answer is ‘garden’: Shirley tells Tom that ‘you get to [the garden] from the living
room through French doors’.
‘Deckchairs’ is incorrect as the gap has ‘a’ in front so the answer
must be singular.
‘Patio’ is incorrect as that has not been built yet.
6 The correct answer is ‘parking’: Shirley says,
‘parking isn’t a problem – there’s plenty of
room at the front for that’.
‘Farmyard’ is incorrect as this is the area where the parking spaces
are located.
7 The correct answer is ‘wood’: Shirley says,
‘We can provide all the wood you need for [the
stove].’
‘Coal’ is incorrect as
Shirley only mentions coal when saying that wood ‘smells so
much nicer than coal’.
8 The correct answer is ‘bridge’: Shirley says, ‘There’s a famous stone bridge … and you can
see it from the living room.’
