IELTS Listening • Section 1 • Day 8
Day 8: Weekend Trip Booking
This IELTS-style listening practice focuses on travel times, price distractors, included items, phone numbers, booking references, and final confirmations.
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 trip notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Weekend Trip
1. Trip destination: Lakeford __________
2. Departure date: 6 __________
3. Coach leaves at: __________
4. Return time: __________
5. Early booking price: __________ pounds
Questions 6-10
Complete the booking details below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Customer Details
6. Sunday meal included: __________
7. Bring comfortable shoes and a __________
8. Customer surname: __________
9. Phone number: 07395 __________
10. Booking reference: __________
Answer Key and Review
1. Village
2. September
3. 8:20
4. 6:45
5. 60
6. breakfast
7. rain jacket
8. Shah
9. 248 116
10. T6308
Distractor Explanation
- The normal price is 75 pounds, but the customer books today, so the correct answer is 60 pounds.
- The coach leaves at 8:20, but the customer should arrive at 8:05. The departure time answer is 8:20.
Review Focus
- Did you catch the discounted price?
- Did you avoid confusing arrival time with departure time?
- Did you hear "double one" as 11?
Transcript
Day 8 IELTS Listening Practice - Section 1
Topic: Booking A Weekend Trip
Agent: Good afternoon. City Travel Agency. How can I help you?
Customer: Good afternoon. I would like some information about weekend trips by coach.
Agent: Certainly. Are you interested in a city trip, a beach trip, or a countryside trip?
Customer: A countryside trip, please. I want something quiet.
Agent: We have a weekend trip to Lakeford Village. It is popular with students and families.
Customer: That sounds nice. When does the next trip leave?
Agent: The next trip leaves on Saturday the sixth of September.
Customer: What time does the coach leave?
Agent: The coach leaves at eight twenty in the morning from Central Bus Station.
Customer: And what time does it return?
Agent: It returns on Sunday evening at six forty-five.
Customer: Okay. How much is the trip?
Agent: The normal price is seventy-five pounds, but there is an early booking price of sixty pounds if you book today.
Customer: I will book today then.
Agent: Good. The price includes coach travel and one night at a guest house.
Customer: Does it include meals?
Agent: It includes breakfast on Sunday, but lunch and dinner are not included.
Customer: That's fine. Where exactly is the guest house?
Agent: It is on Hill Road, near the village square.
Customer: Do I need to bring anything special?
Agent: Please bring comfortable shoes and a rain jacket.
Customer: Okay. Can I reserve one place?
Agent: Yes. May I have your full name?
Customer: My name is Imran Shah.
Agent: Could you spell your surname?
Customer: Yes. S H A H.
Agent: Thank you. And your phone number?
Customer: It is zero seven three nine five, two four eight, double one six.
Agent: Let me repeat that. Zero seven three nine five, two four eight, double one six.
Customer: Yes, that is correct.
Agent: What is your email address?
Customer: It is imran dot travel at mail dot com.
Agent: Thank you. Your booking reference is T six three zero eight.
Customer: T six three zero eight. Got it.
Agent: Please arrive at the bus station fifteen minutes before departure.
Customer: So I should arrive at eight oh five.
Agent: Yes, eight oh five is best.
Customer: Great. Thank you for your help.
Agent: You are welcome. Goodbye.
Customer: Goodbye.
Do not only check correct or incorrect answers. Notice the exact words that gave the answer, the spellings, the numbers, and any corrected information in the conversation.
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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