This vegan egg alternative project listening test page gives you Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 in full: the official answer key for Questions 21–30, playable audio, an explanation for every question with the exact transcript line that proves it, and the complete recording script. Students Colin and Marie compare their projects — bread waste reused through 3-D printing and an egg substitute made from chickpeas — before describing touch-sensitive food labels and weighing up an article on food trends.

Questions 21–22 and 23–24 are Choose TWO tasks whose letters score in either order, and Questions 25–30 match six food trends to the students’ opinions from a box of eight. The correct letters follow a judgement rather than a first mention, so track each speaker’s attitude with the multiple choice strategy, keep both voices separate, and verify every letter on the complete Cambridge IELTS 19 Listening Test 1 answers page covering all four sections.

Listening Audio — Section 3

Play the recording once, without pausing, and answer Questions 21–30 before you check the key. In the real exam you hear each section exactly once.

Questions 21–30

Questions 21–22

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

21–22. Which TWO things did Colin find most satisfying about his bread reuse project? receiving support from local restaurants finding a good way to prevent waste overcoming problems in a basic process experimenting with designs and colours learning how to apply 3-D printing

• A — receiving support from local restaurants
• B — finding a good way to prevent waste
• C — overcoming problems in a basic process
• D — experimenting with designs and colours
• E — learning how to apply 3-D printing

Questions 23–24

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

23–24. Which TWO ways do the students agree that touch-sensitive sensors for food labels could be developed in future? for use on medical products to show that food is no longer fit to eat for use with drinks as well as foods to provide applications for blind people to indicate the weight of certain foods

• A — for use on medical products
• B — to show that food is no longer fit to eat
• C — for use with drinks as well as foods
• D — to provide applications for blind people
• E — to indicate the weight of certain foods

Questions 25–30

What is the students’ opinion about each of the following food trends?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to

• A. This is only relevant to young people.
• B. This may have disappointing results.
• C. This already seems to be widespread.
• D. Retailers should do more to encourage this.
• E. More financial support is needed for this.
• F. Most people know little about this.
• G. There should be stricter regulations about this.
• H. This could be dangerous.

• Opinions

25. Use of local products

26. Reduction in unnecessary packaging

27. Gluten-free and lactose-free food

28. Use of branded products related to celebrity chefs

29. Development of ‘ghost kitchens’ for takeaway food

30. Use of mushrooms for common health concerns

Vegan Egg Alternative Project Listening Answers

Questions and Answers

Where two letters are shown for a single question, either order is accepted, exactly as in the official answer key.

Vegan Egg Alternative Project Answer Explanations

21. B (finding a good way to prevent waste) — Marie names the reward of the project: making “something appetising out of bits of old bread that would’ve been thrown away otherwise”. Turning discarded bread into food is waste prevention, and Questions 21 and 22 accept the letters B and D in either order.

22. D (experimenting with designs and colours) — Colin had “time to play around with different patterns for the biscuits” and to add fruit and vegetables “to make them a more appetising colour”, ending “really pleased with what I managed to produce”. E fails because “I’d used that before”, A fails because restaurant interest is only a hope, and C fails because “The basic process was quite straightforward”, so nothing had to be overcome.

23. A (for use on medical products) — Marie looks beyond food: “I thought it might be really good for drug storage in hospitals and pharmacies”. Drugs stored in hospitals are medical products, and Questions 23 and 24 accept the letters A and E in either order.

24. E (to indicate the weight of certain foods) — Colin proposes using the label “for other things besides freshness. Like how many kilograms a joint of meat is”. Kilograms measure weight, so E matches; B fails because bumps showing spoiled food is the existing design, C fails because milk and juice already work, and D fails because “It started off as a project to help visually impaired people”, so it is not a future development.

25. D (Retailers should do more to encourage this) — Marie notes “the shops are still full of imported foods”, and Colin agrees “they need to be more proactive to address that” before adding “somehow motivate consumers to change”. Shops are retailers, and needing to do more to encourage local buying is exactly option D.

26. G (There should be stricter regulations about this) — on packaging, Colin observes that supermarket goods are “still covered in plastic” and declares “The government needs to do something about it”. Government action means regulation, which matches G rather than E, because no money is discussed.

27. C (This already seems to be widespread) — asked about gluten and lactose-free food, Marie replies “Lots of people I know have been buying that type of food for years now”, and Colin notes purchases happen “even if they haven’t been diagnosed with an allergy”. Long-standing mass buying is the definition of already widespread.

28. B (This may have disappointing results) — the celebrity-chef products disappoint both students: Marie says “I bought something like that once, but I won’t again”, and Colin’s spice mix “didn’t actually taste of anything”. A purchase that fails to deliver taste gives disappointing results.

29. F (Most people know little about this) — ghost kitchens carry a restaurant’s name but are “a cooking facility just for delivery meals”, and Marie stresses “people aren’t aware of that – it’s all kept very quiet”. Colin’s follow-up question shows he had never heard of them either, which matches F.

30. H (This could be dangerous) — on mushrooms taken for health concerns, Marie warns “They might be taking a big risk there”, and Colin concedes “it’s hard to know which varieties are safe to eat”. Unknown safety plus risk is the definition of H.

Listening Transcript — Section 3

COLIN: I haven’t seen you for a bit, Marie.

MARIE: No. I’ve been busy with my project.

COLIN: You’re making a vegan alternative to eggs, aren’t you? Something that doesn’t use animal products?

MARIE: Yes. I’m using chickpeas. I had two main aims when I first started looking for an alternative to eggs, but actually I’ve found chickpeas have got more advantages.

COLIN: Right.

MARIE: But how about your project on reusing waste food – you were looking at bread, weren’t you?

COLIN: Yes. It’s been hard work, but I’ve enjoyed it. The basic process was quite straightforward -breaking the stale bread down to a paste then reforming it.

MARIE: But you were using 3-D printing, weren’t you, to make the paste into biscuits?

COLIN: Yeah, I’d used that before, but in this project, I had time to play around with different patterns for the biscuits and finding how I could add fruit and vegetables to make them a more appetising colour, and I was really pleased with what I managed to produce.

MARIE: It must’ve been a great feeling to make something appetising out of bits of old bread that would’ve been thrown away otherwise.

COLIN: It was. And I’m hoping that some of the restaurants in town will be interested in the biscuits. I’m going to send them some samples.

MARIE: I came across something on the internet yesterday that might interest you. It was a company that’s developed touch-sensitive sensors for food labels.

COLIN: Mmm?

MARIE: It’s a special sort of label on the food package. When the label’s smooth, the food is fresh and then when you can feel bumps on the label, that means the food’s gone bad. It started off as a project to help visually impaired people know whether food was fit to eat or not.

COLIN: Interesting. So just solid food?

MARIE: No, things like milk and juice as well. But actually, I thought it might be really good for drug storage in hospitals and pharmacies.

COLIN: Right. And coming back to food, maybe it’d be possible to use it for other things besides freshness. Like how many kilograms a joint of meat is, for example.

MARIE: Yes, there’s all sorts of possibilities.

COLIN: I was reading an article about food trends predicting how eating habits might change in the next few years.

MARIE: Oh things like more focus on local products? That seems so obvious, but the shops are still full of imported foods.

COLIN: Yes, they need to be more proactive to address that.

MARIE: And somehow motivate consumers to change, yes.

COLIN: One thing everyone’s aware of is the need for a reduction in unnecessary packaging-but just about everything you buy in supermarkets is still covered in plastic. The government needs to do something about it.

MARIE: Absolutely. It’s got to change.

COLIN: Do you think there’ll be more interest in gluten and lactose-free food?

MARIE: For people with allergies or food intolerances? I don’t know. Lots of people I know have been buying that type of food for years now.

COLIN: Yes, even if they haven’t been diagnosed with an allergy.

MARIE: That’s right. One thing I ’ve noticed is the number of branded products related to celebrity chefs – people watch them cooking on TV and then buy things like spice mixes or frozen foods with the chef’s name on. I bought something like that once, but I won’t again.

COLIN: Yeah – I bought a ready-made spice mix for chicken which was supposed to be used by a chef I’d seen on television, and it didn’t actually taste of anything.

MARIE: Mm. Did the article mention ‘ghost kitchens’ used to produce takeaway food?

COLIN: No. What are they?

MARIE: Well, they might have the name of a restaurant, but actually they’re a cooking facility just for delivery meals – the public don’t ever go there. But people aren’t aware of that – it’s all kept very quiet.

COLIN: So people don’t realise the food’s not actually from the restaurant?

MARIE: Right.

COLIN: Did you know more and more people are using all sorts of different mushrooms now, to treat different health concerns? Things like heart problems?

MARIE: Hmm. They might be taking a big risk there.

COLIN: Yes, it’s hard to know which varieties are safe to eat. Anyway maybe now…

Key Vocabulary and Spelling

Study Tips

Treat the Choose TWO boxes as two separate eliminations. In Questions 21–22 the wrong letters are near misses built from the same conversation: 3-D printing was technology Colin already knew, restaurant interest is a future hope he voices, and the basic process caused no problems at all. Circle the two statements the speakers evaluate positively, because the examiner’s letters sit in the judgements, and either order of B and D scores full marks.

In the matching task, the opinion sentence usually lands second. The trend is named first — local products, packaging, ghost kitchens — then the students deliver the verdict: “seems so obvious”, “needs to do something about it”, “it’s all kept very quiet”. Note the verb in each verdict and match it to the box: needing government action is regulation, being kept quiet means people know little, and a big risk is danger. Track both speakers with the Band 8 listening strategy, because in Section 3 the agreeing second speaker often supplies the deciding word.

Two options from the box never score, so use them as free eliminations. Option A about young people and option E about financial support have no anchor anywhere in this discussion, and stretching the speakers’ words to reach them wastes seconds. Write each letter the moment the verdict sentence ends, because the conversation moves quickly through the six trends with no signposting numbers.

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