IELTS Listening - Section 1 - Day 12
Day 12: Job Enquiry
This IELTS-style listening practice focuses on job titles, start dates, working days, hourly pay, training details, interview times, phone numbers, and application references.
Practice Method
- Listen once without pausing.
- Answer Questions 1-10 while listening.
- Check the answer key only after finishing.
- Replay the difficult parts.
- Read the transcript after you try the questions.
- Write one mistake to fix in your next practice.
Questions
Listen to the audio and answer Questions 1-10.
Questions 1-5
Complete the job enquiry form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Job Enquiry
1. Job title: cafe __________
2. Start date: 20 __________
3. Working days: Friday and __________
4. Hourly pay: __________ pounds
5. Training length: __________ hours
Questions 6-10
Complete the applicant details below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Applicant Details
6. Interview time: __________
7. Applicant surname: __________
8. Phone number: 07964 __________
9. Bring photo ID and a __________
10. Application reference: __________
Answer Key and Review
1. assistant
2. June
3. Saturday
4. 12
5. 3
6. 2:45
7. Hussain
8. 318 774
9. certificate
10. J5063
Distractor Explanation
- The kitchen assistant job is already filled, so the correct job is cafe assistant.
- The applicant asks about 18 June, but the confirmed start date is 20 June.
- Training pay is 10 pounds, but the normal hourly pay is 12 pounds.
- 2:15 is not available; the final interview time is 2:45.
Review Focus
- Did you avoid writing the filled kitchen assistant job?
- Did you catch the confirmed start date?
- Did you separate training pay from normal pay?
- Did you write the final interview time?
Transcript
Day 12 IELTS Listening Practice - Section 1
Topic: Job Enquiry
Manager: Good morning. Riverside Cafe. This is Emma speaking.
Applicant: Hello. I am calling about the part-time job advertised online.
Manager: Of course. We had two jobs advertised, a kitchen assistant and a cafe assistant.
Applicant: I was interested in the kitchen assistant job.
Manager: That one has already been filled, but the cafe assistant job is still available.
Applicant: Cafe assistant is fine. What would the work involve?
Manager: Serving customers, taking orders, and helping to clear tables.
Applicant: When would the job start?
Manager: We first hoped someone could start on the eighteenth of June, but that is too soon now. The confirmed start date is the twentieth of June.
Applicant: The twentieth of June. That works for me.
Manager: The usual working days are Friday and Saturday.
Applicant: Both days every week?
Manager: Yes, Friday and Saturday, from ten in the morning until four in the afternoon.
Applicant: What is the hourly pay?
Manager: During training it is ten pounds per hour, but after training the hourly pay is twelve pounds.
Applicant: So the normal pay is twelve pounds per hour.
Manager: Correct. The training is three hours, usually before the first shift.
Applicant: Okay, three hours.
Manager: Would you like to come for an interview?
Applicant: Yes, please. What times are available?
Manager: I had a time at quarter past two, but someone has just taken it. I can offer quarter to three.
Applicant: Quarter to three, so 2:45.
Manager: Yes, 2:45 tomorrow afternoon.
Applicant: That is fine.
Manager: Can I take your full name?
Applicant: My name is Bilal Hussain.
Manager: Could you spell your surname?
Applicant: Hussain. H U S S A I N.
Manager: Thank you. And your phone number?
Applicant: It is zero seven nine six four, three one eight, seven seven four.
Manager: Let me repeat that: 07964 318 774.
Applicant: Yes, that is right.
Manager: Please bring photo ID and a certificate from your last course or school.
Applicant: Photo ID and a certificate. Got it.
Manager: Your application reference is J five zero six three.
Applicant: J5063?
Manager: Yes, J5063. Please show that at reception when you arrive.
Applicant: I will. Thank you.
Manager: You are welcome. Goodbye.
Applicant: Goodbye.
When a job or appointment time is rejected, cross it out immediately and wait for the confirmed option.
This IELTS-style educational practice is created by IELTS Booster Lab. It is not official IELTS material and is not affiliated with IELTS, British Council, IDP, Cambridge, or any official IELTS partner.
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