A telephone conversation between a man booking a pitch at a caravan
IELTS Listening — IELTS Practice Originals, Listening Practice Test 2, Section 1
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{# Shown in full, as the review screen does after a sitting: it is the text a searcher is looking for, and hiding it would leave this page with nothing on it but a heading. #}Section 1. You will hear a telephone conversation between a man booking a pitch at a caravan park and a member of the park's staff. First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
WOMAN: Good afternoon, Meadowbank Caravan Park, Rachel speaking. How can I help?
MAN: Hello, I'd like to book a pitch for the summer, please.
WOMAN: Of course, I'll take the details. First, will you be in a tent, or...?
MAN: No, we camped in a tent last year, but we've just bought a caravan, so we'll need a caravan pitch this time.
WOMAN: A caravan pitch, lovely. And your arrival date?
MAN: We'd originally planned the thirteenth of August, but my leave changed, so it'll be earlier, the third of August.
WOMAN: Let me be sure, arriving the third, not the thirteenth?
MAN: That's right, the third.
WOMAN: And how many nights?
MAN: We said four at first, but we've decided to make a proper break of it, so five nights.
WOMAN: Five nights, from the third. And the party?
MAN: Two adults and three children. My brother talked about joining with his two, which would have made it a real crowd, but in the end it's just the five of us.
WOMAN: Two adults and three children, noted. Now, pitches: we have standard grass pitches, electric pitches, and the larger premium ones.
MAN: Do we need power?
WOMAN: If you want electricity, to run a fridge or boil a kettle, then yes, you'd want an electric pitch.
Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
MAN: Then one with electricity, definitely.
WOMAN: An electric pitch is eighteen pounds a night. The premium ones are twenty-two, and the plain standard pitches are fourteen, but for a family the electric is the sensible middle option.
MAN: Eighteen's fine. What's on site, facility-wise?
WOMAN: There's a small shop for the basics, and, the thing families tell us they value most, a laundry. We did have a swimming pool, but I should be honest, it's closed for repairs all this season.
MAN: A shame about the pool, but the laundry will be a lifesaver with the children.
WOMAN: I'll give you a booking reference, it's M-B, two-two-oh-eight.
MAN: M-B, two-two-eight-oh?
WOMAN: Not quite, the oh comes before the eight, so it's two-two-oh-eight.
MAN: Ah, I see, got it, thank you.
WOMAN: Now, finding us. Most sat-navs try to send you off at junction eleven, but that takes you down a dreadful narrow lane. Come off at junction twelve instead, and follow the brown tourist signs.
MAN: Junction twelve, not eleven, right.
WOMAN: A couple of house rules. Dogs are welcome, I take it you have one, but they must be kept on a lead everywhere on the park. And we ask everyone to keep noise to a minimum after ten in the evening; we get a lot of families with little ones.
MAN: We do have a dog, so on a lead it is, and quiet after ten, no problem at all.
WOMAN: Wonderful. I'll email the confirmation across shortly. Enjoy your stay.
MAN: Thank you, goodbye.
That is the end of Section 1. You now have some time to check your answers.