Answers to Royal Wedding Listening

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Below you will find:

  • Questions
  • Recording
  • Transcript
  • Answers

Note: If you have not completed this listening exercise, please click here to do the lesson before you look at the answers. Click here: Royal Wedding Listening Exercise

Questions

  1. When did Queen Victoria get married?
  2. Which date in May did Prince Harry and Megan get married?
  3. How many people were invited to their wedding?
  4. How old is Prince Philip?
  5. What is the approximate cost of the wedding?
  6. How long was the bride’s veil?
  7. How many people watched the wedding worldwide?
  8. What year was Anne Boleyn executed?

Recording

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Transcript

Use the transcript to listen and practice your pronunciation.

Royal Wedding Listening Practice

Two hundred years ago the colour white was used for funerals. However, in 1840 Queen Victoria decided to wear a white dress for her wedding to Prince Albert. Since that day, white dresses have been considered traditional for, not only royal weddings, but all weddings in the UK.

The wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle took place on Saturday, 19th May, 2018 at Windsor Castle. About 600 people were invited to the service and even Prince Harry’s grandfather, Prince Philip, who is 96 years old, attended . The cost of Prince Harry and Megan’s wedding has been estimated at over £20 million. The dress alone is put at about £300,000. It was a simple design with a 16ft veil. The ceremony was watched by about 18 million people around the world. Strangely enough, the date of May 19th was actually the date that King Henry VIII executed Queen Anne Boleyn in 1536.

Notice: This information is from this website: Reader’s Digest

Answers

Answers may be written in lower case or upper case. I recommend you all to USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR ALL ANSWERS.

  1. 1840
    1. No other answer is possible
  2. 19 / 19th / SATURDAY 19 / SATURDAY 19th
    1. No other answer is possible.
  3. 600
    1. no other answer is possible
  4. 96
    1.  no other answer is possible
  5. £20 MILLION / 20,000,000 POUNDS / £20,000,000
    1. £20 million is the best way to write the answer. If you have written 20000000 – it is very hard for the person marking to see correctly. Always punctuate your numbers to help the reader.
    2. £20 millions is wrong – there is no “s”.
  6. 16ft / 16 FEET / 16 FOOT
    1. No other answer is possible
  7. 18 MILLION / 18,000,000
    1. No other answer is possible. “millions” is wrong.
  8. 1536
    1. No other answer is possible

I hope you found this lesson useful 🙂

All the best

Liz

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Comments

  1. Udara Ranasinghe says
    October 6, 2018 at

    Thank you so much Liz for these help full tips.

    Reply
  2. Amagba maryann says
    July 30, 2018 at

    My name is maryann,am so much interested in this execise,.thanks.

    Reply
  3. Amit Sharma says
    July 27, 2018 at

    Hi Liz,

    Hope you’re doing well .

    In the Royal Wedding Audio clip, the date it wedding was 19 May 2018, Saturday. But the answer you have wrote is 19/ Saturday. Can we write answer as 19 May 2018, Saturday? Was there any specific reason that you didn’t write month in the answer?

    Thanks
    Amit

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    • Liz says
      July 27, 2018 at

      The question starts: “Which date in May…” – the word May is already given in the question and is not needed in the answer.

      Reply
  4. Joel says
    June 13, 2018 at

    Dear Liz, was it deliberate that you wrote your answers in block letter?

    Reply
    • Liz says
      June 13, 2018 at

      It is best to write your answer USING CAPITAL LETTERS FOR LISTENING AND READING.

      Reply
  5. Deborah says
    June 10, 2018 at

    Is it right to write 18M ( M for million)?

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    • Liz says
      June 10, 2018 at

      No. Write the word. It is fine to write “1 min” for one minute. If you are not sure, write the word.

      Reply
  6. Divyanshu Garg says
    May 30, 2018 at

    Amazing
    Can you please create more lessons like this

    Reply
  7. sweety says
    May 30, 2018 at

    Is it okay to write one word answer if the question says not less than three words…
    please advice

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    • Liz says
      May 30, 2018 at

      It’s fine. The instructions are NOT MORE THAN, the instructions are NOT “not less than”.

      Reply
  8. Waqas says
    May 29, 2018 at

    Very good practice Liz one question the answer to Q 5 which 20 million do we need to write pounds what if we do not write would we lose marks? Please advise

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 29, 2018 at

      Yes you need to write “pounds” or use the symbol £. The pound symbol was not given in the question, so you must provide it in the answer.

      Reply
  9. Akinola abike says
    May 29, 2018 at

    Its very interesting and educational, thanks
    Liz

    Reply
  10. janardanareddy says
    May 28, 2018 at

    thank you Liz

    Reply
  11. Myat Myat San says
    May 28, 2018 at

    Thank you so much,I intreested your teaching.

    Reply
  12. tayyaba says
    May 25, 2018 at

    thank you mam…

    Reply
  13. Glory says
    May 25, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz.

    Reply
  14. Ogbagha glory says
    May 25, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz.

    Reply
  15. Anene Anthonia says
    May 25, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz, i appreciate so much.

    Reply
  16. Swosti Shrestha says
    May 24, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz, It was really fruitful 🙂

    Reply
  17. Ly says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Hi Liz,

    I think there is a mistake in the transcript. That is “About 600 people where invited…” It should be “were invited”?

    Regards
    Ly

    Reply
  18. Amara Ibeawuchi says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Thanks a lot, Liz! This exercise was quite helpful.

    Reply
  19. Gurlovleen kaur says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Hi liz …i hd my speaking test today ….overall it was gud bt in cue card ,I wasn’t able to speak for 2 mins n also repeated my last line ….i spoke fr about 1:30 mins .do u think it ‘ll affect my score more than 0.5 band ?

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 23, 2018 at

      Your score for fluency is not calculated in that way. Relax and wait for your results 🙂

      Reply
  20. Gabriel says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz. It was quite helpful

    Reply
  21. Anunkor Chisom says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Tnk u Liz

    Reply
  22. Nadasha Amal says
    May 23, 2018 at

    The answer u gave about 96 years was a valuable point to me. I didnt know this before. Thank u so much mam. Ur classes are outstanding. U r the best ielts teacher I have ever seen. I have my exams on june 2nd.

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 23, 2018 at

      Short answer questions and sentence completion questions have different rules for writing answers. Learn about each type of question.

      Reply
  23. Rezki Dinda says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Number 2 asked about date, why the answer just 19? Why not 19th May 2018?

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 23, 2018 at

      Because the question already gave the word “May”. The year was not relevant to the question because it asked for a date in May – which means the day in a particular month.

      Reply
  24. favour says
    May 23, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz, I’ve corrected my mistakes, you are the best.

    Reply
  25. Millicent ejiro says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Millicent says :
    Thanks Liz, understood.

    Reply
  26. Hend says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Hi Liz, if i answered the question No. 5 ,by over 20 million pounds ,is it true ?

    Reply
  27. Navdeep says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz…
    I have a doubt in question 4 instruction is one word or number.Can we write answer 96 years.

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 22, 2018 at

      No, it would be wrong. A grammatically correct answer would be “96 years old” but that is not possible. We do not say “96 years” English.

      Reply
  28. tayyaba says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Hello Mam,
    Could you please explain me? why 1st answer is not “IN 1840”?
    and 4rth answer is not “96 years”?

    Reply
    • Liz says
      May 22, 2018 at

      You don’t use prepositions in short answer questions. For the second question, see the other comments as I’ve already answered this one.

      Reply
  29. Deborah says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz, Your test are helping me catch up and be more attentive

    Reply
  30. cha says
    May 22, 2018 at

    How about 20 million pounds. Is it correct?

    Reply
  31. Jefferson Oghuma says
    May 22, 2018 at

    I wrote 96 years @ no 4. Would this be different from simply stating 96?

    Reply
  32. Rabella says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thank you, Liz. It’s very helpful 🙂

    Reply
  33. Rawia Obida says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thank you, Liz it’s really helpful.

    Reply
  34. ganga says
    May 22, 2018 at

    mam, is May 19th may consider as correct for the second question?

    Reply
  35. Baljinderkaur says
    May 22, 2018 at

    5/8.thanks …

    Reply
  36. Riya Benny says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thank u mam

    Reply
  37. Janet says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thanks Liz, I’ve noted my mistakes.

    Reply
  38. Gurpreet Singh says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Thank you so much dear Liz. My speaking cue card topic hear a decision you have recently change . What is decision. What happened about. What feel that . Speaking test place in Indore India

    Reply
  39. buddhik says
    May 22, 2018 at

    dont use symbols of currency.its wrong

    Reply
  40. Ramandeep Kaur says
    May 22, 2018 at

    1. In 1840
    2. Saturday, 19th,May
    3.600
    4. 96 years old
    5. £20 million
    6.16ft veil
    7.18 million people
    8. In 1536

    Reply
  41. Tharun Kumar says
    May 22, 2018 at

    Yes liz, thank you…

    Reply
  42. Francisca says
    May 22, 2018 at

    8/8. Am glad. Thanks Liz. You are just awesome. In no.3, if one writes ‘about 600’ , will that be correct since that’s what the speaker said and it’s still a word and a number? Thank u.

    Reply

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