Answer Key and Audio Script – Listening Strategies For The IELTS Unit 1, Activity No 3

1. My name is Barbara Cooper. I’ll spell it for you. Barbara, B-A-R-B-A-R-A, Cooper,
C-O-O-P-E-R. Did you get it? I’m Barbara Cooper.2. Do you need my full name? My first name’s John, J-O-H-N. Yes, J-O-H-N. And my
surname’s Murphy, M-U-R-P-H-Y.3. A: My Christian name is Stephen.
B: Now, there are different ways of spelling that, aren’t there?
A: Yes. Mine’s P-H.
B: Pardon?
A: You spell it 5-T-E-P-H-E-N.
B: Thank you.

4. A: Place of birth, please madam.
B: Adelaide. A-D-E-L-A-I-D-E. Would you like me to spell it again? A-D-E-L-A-I-D-E.

5. Hello, I’d like to order a book by Martha Hunt. Hello? It’s not a very good line, is
it? Martha Hunt, M-A-R-T-H-A H-U-N-T. That’s it. The title of the book is Slight.

6. Hello, er… I have a reservation. The name’s James, James Black.

7. A: Where do you live?
B: A suburb of London called Greenwich.
A: Gren.
B: No, no. G-R-double E-N-W-I-C-H, Greenwich.

8. A: Hello, I have an appointment with Miss Parker.
B: Your name, please?
A: Terry Fisher. That’s T-E-R-R-Y, Terry. F-I-S-H-E-R, Fisher.
B: Thank you.