This college one-day classes enquiry listening test page gives you Section 1 of Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 2 in full: the complete answer key for Questions 1–10, playable audio, an explanation for every question with the exact transcript line that proves it, and the entire recording script. The recording is a phone call to Steynford College about one-day classes from Vietnamese cookery to beginner DIY, tested through a single table completion task with a ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER limit.

Prices are corrected mid-call, the candle class moves from January to April, and the first figure you hear for the bread class is not the one that scores, so read each table row before the audio starts and predict what the column needs with the table completion strategy. Then check every mark against the complete Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 2 answers page, which covers all four sections of the paper.

Listening Audio — Section 1

Play the recording once, without pausing, and answer Questions 1–10 before you check the key. In the real exam you hear each section exactly once.

Questions 1–10

Questions 1–10

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

College One-Day Classes Enquiry Listening Answers

Questions and Answers

College One-Day Classes Enquiry Answer Explanations

1. 13 January — the table’s first row leaves the date blank for the Vietnamese food class, and the caller supplies it: “I think that was on the 13th of January”, which the man confirms with “you’re right about the date”. The key prints the number with the month, a format the ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER limit allows.

2. 48 — the bread making row asks for the price, and the man states “The actual cost is £48”, before adding that ingredients carry “an extra charge as well as that for the ingredients”. The extra charge runs to “no more than twenty pounds”, so twenty is the trap figure and the answer is the bare number 48.

3. pizza — the row lists what participants make, and two items are already printed, because the man says “they make white bread and then they make sourdough” before adding that “they learn how to make pizza”. White bread and sourdough cannot score twice, so pizza completes the list.

4. India — the stem reads The teacher trained in ……, and the man explains the massage is “a traditional technique used in India” and that she “did her training there”. There points straight back to the country just named, so India fills the gap.

5. mirror — participants practise on their own faces, so “you have to take a mirror to the class, so you can see what you’re doing”. Wrinkles describes what the massage treats rather than an item to bring, and the singular mirror matches the Bring a …… stem.

6. 6 April — the candle making row needs the new date, and the man checks before giving it: “yes, it’s on the 6th”. The trap is the old date, because “It was on the 23rd of January but they had to change the date”. The key prints 6 April, one number and one word inside the limit.

7. natural — the stem says Only …… ingredients are used, which paraphrases the line “the candles are all made out of natural products”. Products becomes ingredients in the table, so natural is the adjective that scores.

8. 67.50 — the silk painting price comes from “It’s £67.50”, and the speaker adds that “there’s a similar class I’ve seen that was £110”, which is the distractor figure. Write the bare number 67.50 with its decimal point and no currency symbol, exactly as the key prints it.

9. shirt — the advice on protecting clothing is “like an apron if you’ve got one, or a shirt that you don’t use any more”, because the dye stains. Apron is already printed in the stem, so shirt takes the gap.

10. hammer — the DIY row lists tools, and drill and saw appear in the stem already; the caller fills the missing tool herself with “how to use a hammer”, and the man confirms with “Yes, you’ll do that too”. Shelf names the practical job, not a tool, so hammer scores.

Listening Transcript — Section 1

MAN: Hello, Steynford College external course registration, can I help you?

WOMAN: Yeah, I’m ringing to find out about one-day classes next year. I got a leaflet about them in the post but I lost it, and I understand some of the classes are filling up fast, so I might need to book quite soon if I want to go ahead.

MAN: Sure. Can you remember which one you were considering?

WOMAN: There were a few actually. I remember there was one on how to make Vietnamese food that sounded good. I think that was on the 13th of January. It cost about 60 pounds.

MAN: Yes, you’re right about the date, but it’s 59 pounds actually. It’s a very popular class, and among other things the teacher explains how Vietnamese food includes lots of different herbs. I’m afraid that all the places are taken at present, but I can put you on the waiting list if you want?

WOMAN: No, that’s OK. I’m quite interested in the bread making class. That’s in March sometime, isn’t it?

MAN: Yeah, the 20th of March. Would you like to register for that?

WOMAN: I’m not sure. How much is it?

MAN: The actual cost is £48 but then there’s an extra charge as well as that for the ingredients – I’m not sure how much that is, no more than twenty pounds I think.

WOMAN: So what sorts of things do they make in the class?

MAN: Oh, various types of bread; I think they make white bread and then they make sourdough, that seems to be very fashionable at present, and they learn how to make pizza, which is apparently really good.

WOMAN: Well I’d definitely be interested in that, but there were also a few other classes that sounded interesting. I think there was one on face massage? I’d love to learn how to do that.

MAN: Yeah, that’s on the 23rd of February and it costs just £35 for the day. The teacher’s great, the type of massage done is a traditional technique used in India and she actually did her training there. The massage is meant to relax you and get rid of lines and wrinkles. You practise it on yourself so you have to take a mirror to the class, so you can see what you’re doing.

WOMAN: OK.

WOMAN: And I think there was a class in candle making?

MAN: Yes that’s sometime in April, I think. Let me check … yes, it’s on the 6th. It was on the 23rd of January but they had to change the date. It’s just £52. That’s a popular course too. I think one reason why people like it is because the candles are all made out of natural products. It’s filling up fast but there’s still a few places left.

WOMAN: Yes one of my friends did that class. She said the candles make really good presents. In fact she gave me one.

MAN: By the way, have you heard about the class on silk painting? That’s being held on the 18th of May. You learn how to create designs on silk fabric and colour them using special dyes. Apparently people can produce beautiful artworks that way, either to put on the wall as a picture or to use for something like a scarf. It’s £67.50, which is really good value I think – there’s a similar class I’ve seen that was £110.

WOMAN: That sounds interesting. Would I need to bring the silk?

MAN: No, the only thing is everyone has to bring something to protect their clothing, like an apron if you’ve got one, or a shirt that you don’t use any more, because the dye can really stain your clothes.

WOMAN: Right. Then the last class I was considering was a bit different, that was on DIY for beginners. I’d like to learn how to do household repairs. Are there any places left on that?

MAN: That’s on the 24th of February – yes, there are a few places. It’s a bit more expensive – it’s £125 – but it’s a very popular class. You learn how to use an electric drill and a saw.

WOMAN: Yeah, that would be really useful, and I even need to learn how to use a hammer because I always end up hitting my fingers.

MAN: Yes, you’ll do that too. And when you’ve learned how to use the basic tools, you do a practical job which is fixing a shelf to a wall.

WOMAN: Great. Just what I need to know. Right, well I’d like to enrol for that and also for …

Key Vocabulary and Spelling

Study Tips

The whole section runs under ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER, and Questions 1 and 6 show why that matters: 13 January and 6 April each count as one number plus one word, while the 13th of January breaks the limit. Predict each column type before the audio starts — a date, a price, a country or a made item — with the table completion strategy.

Corrections carry half the marks. The caller misremembers 60 pounds and is corrected to 59, the bread class costs £48 before a separate ingredients charge, and the candle class keeps its old January date alive in the recording before the man settles on the 6th. Keep listening until each point is fully settled, because the first figure you hear is rarely the one that scores.

Write money and dates in the key’s format: 48 and 67.50 as bare figures with no currency symbol, and two-part dates as number plus month. The listening spelling rules guide covers the number and date formats that cost candidates marks in exactly this way.

Practice More Listening Tests

Mark the ten answers, reread the explanation for every miss, and log the result on the full Cambridge IELTS 21 Listening Test 2 answers page, which holds the keys, explanations and transcripts for all four sections. The free IELTS listening practice course from Simply IELTS drills the skills this section rewards: tracking corrected prices and dates, respecting the ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER limit, and writing figures such as 67.50 accurately. Then try this interactive listening test: maple syrup ielts listening test with answer for a food-themed practice run, and continue to Section 2, the History and Nature Walks listening test to keep the full paper in order.