This twinning association talk listening test page gives you Section 2 of Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 in full: the official answer key for Questions 11–20, playable audio, an explanation for every question with the exact transcript line that proves it, and the whole recording script. The speaker addresses members of an association linking Stanthorpe in England with Malatte in France, reviewing a visit, anniversary plans, fundraising and hosting arrangements, before describing the grounds of Farley House.

Questions 11–15 are multiple choice items that reward rejecting what the speaker cancels or dismisses, and Questions 16–20 label a plan of Farley House, where the letters A–H mark positions on the printed plan. Track the compass directions and left-right turns with the map and plan completion strategy, eliminate the dismissed options with the multiple choice strategy, and confirm every answer on the complete Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 answers page covering all four sections.

Listening Audio — Section 2

Play the recording once, without pausing, and answer Questions 11–20 before you check the key. In the real exam you hear each section exactly once.

Questions 11–20

Questions 11–15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

• Stanthorpe Twinning Association

11. During the visit to Malatte, in France, members especially enjoyed going to a theme park. experiencing a river trip. visiting a cheese factory.

• A — going to a theme park.
• B — experiencing a river trip.
• C — visiting a cheese factory.

12. What will happen in Stanthorpe to mark the 25th anniversary of the Twinning Association? A tree will be planted. A garden seat will be bought. A footbridge will be built.

• A — A tree will be planted.
• B — A garden seat will be bought.
• C — A footbridge will be built.

13. Which event raised most funds this year? the film show the pancake evening the cookery demonstration

• A — the film show
• B — the pancake evening
• C — the cookery demonstration

14. For the first evening with the French visitors host families are advised to take them for a walk round the town. go to a local restaurant. have a meal at home.

• A — take them for a walk round the town.
• B — go to a local restaurant.
• C — have a meal at home.

15. On Saturday evening there will be the chance to listen to a concert. watch a match. take part in a competition.

• A — listen to a concert.
• B — watch a match.
• C — take part in a competition.

Questions 16–20

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A–H , next to Questions.

• Farley House

16. Farm shop

17. Disabled entry

18. Adventure playground

19. Kitchen gardens

20. The Temple of the Four Winds

Twinning Association Talk Listening Answers

Questions and Answers

Twinning Association Talk Answer Explanations

11. B (experiencing a river trip) — the speaker recalls “the final boat trip down the river”, adding “that was the real highlight”. A fails because “The theme park trip had to be cancelled”, and C fails because learning “how cheese is produced” was an arranged visit, not the part members enjoyed most.

12. A (A tree will be planted) — for Stanthorpe’s own anniversary project, “we’ve decided to plant a poplar tree in the museum gardens”. B fails because the association “considered buying a garden seat” until “the authorities weren’t happy with that idea”, and C fails because Malatte is “building a footbridge in the municipal park”, which is the French town’s plan.

13. B (the pancake evening) — the fundraising paragraph states “Our pancake evening was well attended and made record profits”. C fails because the cookery demonstration was only “nearly as successful”, and A fails because “Numbers for our film show were limited because of the venue”, so it raised less.

14. C (have a meal at home) — the advice for the tired visitors’ first evening is “have dinner in the house or garden rather than eating out”, which rules out B. A fails because the stroll belongs to the next morning, when it is “market day in town”.

15. A (listen to a concert) — at the football club “we’ll have Toby Sharp and his band performing English and Scottish country songs”, which is live music. B fails because the football club is only the venue, and C fails because the quiz night with prizes happened the previous year.

16. G — the farm shop is in the old stables, “the first building you come to”, whose units are “built round a courtyard”, and “the shop’s in the far corner on the left”. On the printed plan, the letter at that far left corner of the courtyard is G.

17. C — the disabled entry is recommended because the main entrance to the house “has a lot of steps”, and the speaker locates it “on the far side of the house from the car park”. The letter marking the entrance opposite the car park side of the house is C.

18. B — the adventure playground stands “at the northern end of the larger lake”, sitting “in a bend on the path that leads to the lake”. The letter printed at that northern tip of the big lake is B.

19. D — the kitchen gardens are “rectangular and surrounded by a wall” and lie “to the north-east of the house, quite near the smaller lake”. The letter beside that walled rectangle near the small lake is D.

20. A — for the Temple of the Four Winds the directions run “take the right-hand path” at the fork, “with the woods on your left”, until “the temple is right at the end”. The letter at the end of that right-hand path on the plan is A.

Listening Transcript — Section 2

It’s great to see so many members of the Twinning Association here tonight. Since the twinning link between our two towns, Stanthorpe here in England and Malatte in France, was established, the relationship between the towns has gone from strength to strength.

Last month, 25 members of the association from Stanthorpe spent a weekend in Malatte. Our hosts had arranged a great programme. We learned how cheese is produced in the region and had the chance to taste the products. The theme park trip had to be cancelled, but we all had a great time on the final boat trip down the river-that was the real highlight.

This is a special year for the Association because it’s 25 years since we were founded. In Malatte, they’re planning to mark this by building a footbridge in the municipal park. We’ve been discussing what to do here and we’ve decided to plant a poplar tree in the museum gardens. We considered buying a garden seat to put there, but the authorities weren’t happy with that idea.

In terms of fundraising to support our activities, we’ve done very well. Our pancake evening was well attended and made record profits. And everyone enjoyed the demonstration of French cookery, which was nearly as successful. Numbers for our film show were limited because of the venue so we’re looking for somewhere bigger next year.

We’re looking forward to welcoming our French visitors here next week, and I know that many of you here will be hosting individuals or families. The coach from France will arrive at 5 pm on Friday. Don’t try to do too much that first evening as they’ll be tired, so have dinner in the house or garden rather than eating out. The weather looks as if it’ll be OK so you might like to plan a barbecue. Then the next morning’s market day in town, and that’s always a good place to stroll round.

On Saturday evening, we’ll all meet up at the football club, where once again we’ll have Toby Sharp and his band performing English and Scottish country songs. Toby will already be well known to many of you as last year he organized our special quiz night and presented the prizes.

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Now on Sunday, we’ll be taking our visitors to Farley House. You may not all be familiar with it, so here’s a map to help you. You can see the car park at the bottom of the map. There’s an excellent farm shop in the grounds where our visitors can buy local produce – it’s in the old stables, which is the first building you come to. They’re built round a courtyard, and the shop’s in the far corner on the left. There’s also a small café on the right as you go in.

I know that one or two of our visitors may not be all that mobile. The main entrance to the house has a lot of steps so you might want to use the disabled entry. This is on the far side of the house from the car park.

Children will probably be most interested in the adventure playground. That’s at the northern end of the larger lake, in a bend on the path that leads to the lake. There’s lots for children to do there.

There are a number of lovely gardens near the house. The kitchen gardens are rectangular and surrounded by a wall. They’re to the north-east of the house, quite near the smaller lake. They’re still in use and have a great collection of fruit and vegetables.

The Temple of the Four Winds is a bit more of a walk – but it’s worth it. Take the path from the car park and go past the western sides of the stables and the house. Then when the path forks, take the right-hand path. Go up there with the woods on your left and the temple is right at the end. There are great views over the whole area.

OK, so that’s . . .

Key Vocabulary and Spelling

Study Tips

Every multiple choice question in this section hides its answer behind a rejection. The theme park “had to be cancelled”, the garden seat is blocked by the authorities, the footbridge belongs to the French town, and the film show lost money to a small venue. Listen for the verbs and past participles that close an option down — cancelled, considered, rejected — and cross each one off with the elimination method in the multiple choice strategy.

The plan task rewards orientation before detail. Locate the car park “at the bottom of the map” the moment the speaker mentions it, then convert every phrase into movement: far corner on the left, far side from the car park, northern end, north-east of the house, right-hand fork with the woods on your left. The map and plan completion strategy trains this compass-first routine, and the letters themselves come from the printed plan, so trust the description you have tracked rather than any letter you hear in passing.

Section 2 is a monologue, so there is no second speaker to confirm or correct an answer. Write your letter while the speaker moves to the next feature, keep the five descriptions in question order, and return to any unresolved letter in the pause before checking, because the talk moves from fundraising to hosting to the grounds without repeating itself.

Practice More Listening Tests

Mark the ten answers strictly, then place this section in context on the full Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 answers page, which collects the keys, explanations and transcripts for all four sections. The free IELTS listening practice course from Simply IELTS builds the monologue skills this section tests: tracking a single speaker, rejecting cancelled options and following directions across a plan. Put those skills straight to work with this interactive listening test: maple syrup ielts listening test with answer, then continue to Section 3, the Vegan Egg Alternative Project listening test for the paper’s two-speaker discussion.